Bukit Lawang, Indonesia Travel Blogs

the orangutans of Bukit Lawang....
Jun 23, 2008 (99 photos)

... lack of variety and get back into the groove of searching out their own food from the forest.     A little bit about Bukit Lawang.  It's a small town right on a river, the size of which is perfect for tubing...wide and shallow.  But ...

Day 62: Falling in Love With Bukit Lawang
Jul 22, 2008

... ... See deh animal... Trekking together... with orang-utan... Walking together... Singing together... Everything together! In Bukit Lawang...HEY!" ...all typos deliberate. Ita's brother also whipped out a photo album and a pamphlet about his ...

*Day 61: Homesick :-(
Jul 21, 2008 (14 photos)

... bush as soon as the assistant threw a stick at it. Props to the monkeys. My local made, jungle-grade Bukit Lawang flip-flops were also proving their worth, despite leaving my feet vulnerable to mosquitoes they were perfectly adequate  ...

*Day 60: Orangutans & French Lullabies
Jul 21, 2008 (18 photos)

After a warm fruit filled bowl of "muesli"(actually coconut flavored debris from the bottom of their toaster oven), I was fetched by guide Abdul and followed him on a round through the village to pick up the other four trekkers. The first was a ...

Jungle Trekking
May 20, 2003 (3 photos)

Day 111 - Bukit Lawang Five minutes into the day and we started to get worried. Covered head to toe with mosquito bites (Kirsty even looks like she's got a black eye because of a particularly nasty one) it promised to be an itchy day. Less than an hour ...

Penang - Medan - Bukit Lawang
May 20, 2003

... , sung by someone who had inhaled more than two complete lungfuls of helium. On arrival in Indonesia, we managed to skate round Medan straight to Bukit Lawang, thus avoiding what is reputably one of the shittiest city in the world. Arrival re-united us ...

Bukit Lawang
May 20, 2003

... tubes tied together and carried six of us (Kirsty, Elle, one guide, two assistants and me) plus our luggage back to Bukit Lawang in an embarrassing time of less than an hour putting our 'marathon' efforts of yesterday to shame. Tubing in Sumatra however ...

Orangutans in Bukit Lawang
Nov 13, 2006 (19 photos)

... but the lack of hot water and useless hotel staff made the start to the next day less than briliant (mild understatement). The village of Bukit Lawang on the very edge of the jungle would be our base for the next four nights but to get there we had the ...

Dzien 2 Bukit Lawang
Jun 12, 2009 (4 photos)

... od pazdziernika do kwietnia. Celem dzisiejszego dnia jest zobaczenie ciekawszych miejsc w Medan, farmy krokodyli i dotarcie do Bukit Lawang u wejscia do parku Gunung Leuser. Prosze jeszcze wczesniej Antka o zatrzymanie sie przy kantorze. Wymieniam 200usd ...

In the jungle...the mighty jungle...
Sep 1, 2009

I can't believe I missed out on Kings of Leon at T in the Park just because I couldn't handle the whole camping aspect of festival life...I was only planning on going for the one night too!! Yes, I have been in the jungle for the last two days camping out ...

Trekking in the jungle with Orangutan
Jul 7, 2009 (18 photos)

... '. I miei programmi ancora non sono chiari, cosi al mattino dopo ho deciso di seguire Lisa e Ida verso Bukit Lawang. Bukit Lawang e' un paese circondato dalla giungla dove vivono, quasi indisturbati, diversi orangotango. Inizialmente non pensavo ad un ...

Tubing is ace...
Sep 2, 2009

... to go tubing!! Well what fun that was...15 of us on 2 rafts with jungle boys steering us home in the quickly rising waters to Bukit Lawang!! Once we were back, completely soaked, we went for a drink on the decking of one of the hostels with the rest of the ...

Oranguans!!!!
May 8, 2007 (15 photos)

 Off bright and early on Tuesday 8th heading for Sumatra.  An excellent 5 hour ferry crossing, didn;t even realise we were in the water!  Wish we could have said the same about the next six hours in an series of buses on an arse-breaking road!  The scenery ...

Dzien 3 Spanie w dzungli
Jun 13, 2009 (8 photos)

O godzinie 9:00 przy restauracji umowieni jestesmy na trekking. Dzisiaj spanie bedzie w namiotach w srodku jungli. Juz sie nie moge doczekac :) Tymczasem 7:00 rano i pada deszcz :( Ale jaki deszcz. Jestesmy po sniadaniu. American Brekfast. Tosty, srosty. ...

I know i know i apologize it's been a while ...
Jul 21, 2001

... Springs (discounting the sulphur smell that remains on my body to this minute). From Berestagi, I took the bus through Medan to Bukit Lawang. Located up in the jungle, Bukit Lawang is supposed to be a great place to hang out, tube down the rapids on ...

Bukit Lawang, jungle town
Aug 29, 2006 (5 photos)

... have a version of "Proud Mary" in which they substitute some of the lyrics with words relating to Sumatra, orangutans, the jungle, Bukit Lawang. And they sing with no inhibitions, just belt it out with a lot of passion and unique style. Its great to see ...

Bukit Lawang
Apr 3, 2009 (16 photos)

... tuo kamala tilanne silloin onneksi korjaantui. Talla kertaa Kasperi joi oikeaoppisesti vain Cokista ym. terveellista. Bukit Lawangin vierailun pointti oli tietysti se, mika muillakin matkailijoilla: Kavimme tapaamassa lahiviidakossa joen toisella ...

Going Ape in Bukit Lawang
Aug 25, 2009 (12 photos)

... carrier with air-con and reclining seats.  The seven hour journey was really quite pleasant and passed without incident.  Bukit Lawang is a small village on the edge of the Gunung Leuser National Park.  It is home to approximately 7000 ...

I can not believe I am in Bukit Lawang
Aug 31, 2009

... bags in tow!! Unbelievable... Roughly an hour later we arrive at the bus depot bound for the sleepy, but world widely famous, Bukit Lawang. Having agreed a price before getting into the cycle we find ourselves surrounded by 10 locals and our driver who is ...

northern sumatra
Mar 26, 2007

... bonny, but boring as there was no one there to av a crack wi. so i nashed again the next day to a village near bukit lawang in northern sumatra. i had an absolute crackin time there but i almost lost my life in one of the most scary experiences iv ever ...

Bukit Lawang, Sumatra
Aug 7, 2009 (8 photos)

... another flight down to Medan we hopped a real clunker of a bus to make the rough drive into the jungle to the village of Bukit Lawang.  The largest attraction in the area are the orang-utans who live semi-wild as residents of the local ...

Bukit Lawang
Sep 22, 2008 (27 photos)

... more of a chance of seeing some of the wildlife in the area.  Plus the locals seemed much friendlier there.  Bukit Lawang is like a hippy hang out.  Everyone is very chilled all of the time.  Everyone was super friendly and always ...

Jungle Trek!
Jun 20, 2009 (14 photos)

... it was such a nice place to go. We booked a jungle trek with a tout in Medan, who also offered free transport to Bukit Lawang and accommodation for one night. He showed us reviews and letters from other people who had taken the trek and it seemed like a ...

Lawang-utan
Nov 24, 2008 (30 photos)

... singing songs, including one Yanni & Udin had written to the tune of Jingle Bells: "Jungle trek, Jungle trek, In Bukit Lawang. See the monkeys, see the gibbons, See orangutan!" We slept surprisingly well and were awoken to the smell of the ...

Orangutan City
Jun 4, 2004 (6 photos)

June 2/3 (Bukit Lawang)I travelled to Jakarta, spent the day checking out some local sights and then flew to Sumatra, then island NW of Java to do some jungle trekking. Anyway, I went off on this two day, one night jungle trek (you have to take a local ...

change of plans for Indonesia
Nov 6, 2008 (14 photos)

... in Sumatra and make it back to Medan, Indonesia for our ferry seven days later. we have two places targeted for the week. Bukit Lawang and Danu Toba. this entry is about the journey from Penang to Medan to Bukit Lawang and our time in Bukit Lawang. ...

Bukit Lawang
Feb 24, 2009 (23 photos)

... down the river back to Bukit Lawang and where I stayed for another day chilling in the tranquil village. Bukit Lawang suffered a terrible tragedy in 2003 when a third of the village was killed by a huge flash ...

Orangutans, Gibbons, Cobras
Jul 17, 2006

... in Indonesia such as the myriad of natural disasters and the mistaken assumption that terrorists are running amok on every street corner, Bukit Lawang is nearly devoid of any tourists. I've been here 3 days and have maybe seen 5 other foreigners. I ...

A day of rest
Oct 4, 2008

Today is very lazy and I don't move from my Hostel area until well into the afternoon. After getting through my hangover, we organize dinner with everyone that any of our friends have met to swap stories and generally have a good time. We are all on ...

Orangs-outangs
Dec 21, 2006 (19 photos)

Depart du trek de 2 jours. Il pleut averse depuis 3 jours. Faut dire qu'on est en pleine saison des pluies dans la foret tropicale, alors faut pas se plaindre non plus... Apres 15 minutes de marche, premiere rencontre avec les orangs-outangs. La ...