In Indonesia , in the north of the island of Sumatra, is the village of Bukit Lawang. It is located on the shore of the mountain river Bokhorok in 2-3 hours drive from the city of Medan. This area is the outskirts of the Gunung Leuser National Park. Its height above sea level is about 500 m.
Climate in Bukit Lavang
This village is located in a zone of a damp equatorial climate. The average monthly temperature here is + 25 ... 27 ° С. In the mountains drops to 6000 mm of precipitation a year. Since the village is in the jungle, it does not have too much heat, and the weather is usually quite comfortable to visit.
Attractions Bukit Lavang
In the village there are just how many attractions that will be of interest to tourists:
- The rehabilitation center of orangutans, Bokhorok, is the main attraction of these places. It was founded in 1973 by zoologists from Switzerland Monica Boerner and Regina Frey. The purpose of its creation is the salvation of this endangered species of primates, as well as the further adaptation of animals to life in nature. In the center of Bokhorok, tourists can observe the life of orang-utans in semi-wild conditions. On the observation platform that is available here daily at 08:30 and at 15:00, people can feed these funny animals and make unique photos with them.
- The cave of bats - the road to it passes by rubber plantations and plantings of exotic durian trees. The cave occupies an area of about 500 square meters. Visit the cave better with a guide who will guide you and show the habitat of bats.
Accompanied by a local guide, you can go on a trip through the jungle, where you will see orangutans in their natural habitat.
Accommodation
The village of Bukit Lavang is a very popular place for tourists. There are enough places in it where you can stay for a few days:
- Fun Family Guest House is a 5 star hotel . There is a swimming pool, free parking, W-Fi, babysitting services are available;
- Hotel Orangutan is a popular 3-star hotel where you can rent bicycles or water sports equipment;
- Ecolodge Bukit Lawang - another 3 star hotel, which has everything for a comfortable stay of tourists;
- Wisma Leuser Sibayak is a guest house located near the center of Bukit Lavang, with a terrace and free Wi-Fi, and pets.
Restaurants
There are in Bukit Lavang and restaurants in which the guests are well fed:
- Jungle Hill Cafe - this cafe serves excellent pizza, as well as Indonesian cuisine ;
- Eriono Restaurant - here you will be served delicious national dishes and drinks;
- Lawang Inn Restaurant - it prepares Asian, Indonesian and vegetarian cuisine.
How to get to the village?
Closest to Bukit Lavang is Kuala Namu International Airport of Medan . Therefore, after arriving here by plane, you can change to a bus that leaves from the airport, and drive to the city of Binjai. There you can change to a motorcycle with a stroller, which is called becchak locally. For 5-10 minutes, he will take you to the stop of the bam (something like a minibus) on which, after 2 hours, you will get to Bukit Lavang.
From Berastangi to the interesting village can be reached by bus with two transfers. First, the bus that goes to Medan will take you to the place Padang Bulan, from there you will get to Pinang Baris by shuttle bus number 120, and from there go by bus to Bukit Lavang.