Top 8 Bukit Lawang Trekking Tours

1.2 Days 1 Night Orangutan Trek Bukit Lawang

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 23 reviews · 2 days · from $181Our pick

Start at 9:00 am with a private English or Indonesian speaking guide, then walk 6 to 7 hours through Gunung Leuser National Park in search of Sumatran orangutans and other wildlife. Sleep in a tent beside the Bohorok River, enjoy Indonesian food with mild western-style spice, and return to Bukit Lawang by raft.

“Dino was the best guide ever & omg the food was to die for. I would have never have imagined but I slept like a baby in the jungle. FYI solo traveller, was alone on the trek. Would highly recommend to anyone!”

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2.Bukit Lawang: Jungle Trekking and Rafting Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 7 reviews · 12 hours · from $172

Travel from Medan to Bukit Lawang for a private jungle trek with an English-speaking guide, lunch, fruit, orangutans, and other wildlife. Guides including Henry, Anuar, Amri, and Rizky have led past trips. Finish by getting thoroughly wet on a traditional inner-tube raft down the Bahorok River, then return to Medan.

“I had a positive experience with one issue. I was picked up at my hotel in Medan by two friendly locals in a Honda Brio. The guys had great humor and taste in music. After 3hrs, we met the guide at Bukit Lawang. 20 minute into our hike, we saw an orangutan with its baby. This was worth every minute of the long drive! After an hour of watching it climb trees and getting close to us, we moved to a gazebo for lunch. The same orangutan came up and snatched our food! Chasing at us, we dropped the food and it left us alone. Tbh, this was my favorite…”

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3.Wonderfull Orangutan Sumatera Jungle Trekking and tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · 6 hours - 3 days · from $77Best value

Spend two or three days trekking Gunung Leuser National Park with guides such as Marwan, Imam, Masri, Putra, or Anti. Search for Sumatran orangutans and rainforest wildlife, camp near a river or waterfall, eat fresh local meals, and tube back along the Bohorok River.

“Amazing trekking trough the jungle. The communication before was great and very helpful. Our Guide was expirenced and we had also very delicious food.”

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4.Magnificent View & Jungle Trekking in Sumatra

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 3 reviews · from $287

From Kualanamu Airport, you travel to Bukit Lawang for a four-day Mount Leuser jungle adventure. A small group of up to seven follows English or French-speaking guides through rainforest trails, with meals, hostel lodging, an overnight jungle stay, orangutan watching, stream swimming, and a 45-minute river tube ride back to town.

“Four day trek. It was a great few nights in the jungle with nice people and guides. However we were give the option of a short walk on day 1 (thankfully we all declined) and had a long trek and saw lots of what we came for. Day 2 was very short started late and finished just after lunch. Had a nice swim in a waterfall after lunch but saw no wildlife which is what I came for. Day 3 was better, a decent days trekking and saw a great orangutan up close with just our small group. Day 4 was no trekking, no wildlife and tubing out of camp…”

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5.3 Days 2 Nights Orangutan Trek Bukit Lawang

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · 3 days · from $221

Spend three days in Gunung Leuser National Park with an English-speaking guide, trekking 6 to 7 hours each morning and afternoon, camping beside a river, and watching for orangutans, gibbons, Thomas leaf monkeys, macaques, hornbills, and more. Meals, camping gear, park permits, porters, and a tube-raft return are included.

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6.Jungle Trekking for Orang Utan at Mount Leuser

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · 3 - 9 hours · from $83

Join a licensed English-speaking guide for a small-group trek through Mount Leuser National Park near Bukit Lawang. Walk forest paths and river edges, look for free-ranging orangutans, monkeys, birds, and rainforest plants, then stop for lunch in the jungle. Routes take 3 to 9 hours.

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7.4 day tour to Bukit Lawang incl. jungle trek

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 2 reviews · 4 days · from $507

This four-day small-group trip takes you from Medan to Bukit Lawang for a two-day jungle trek with licensed English-speaking guides. You hike 6 to 8 hours, sleep in a semi-open riverside camp, look for wild orangutans and other wildlife, then return by river tubing. Transfers, accommodation, meals during the trek, and airport pickup are included, though meal details should be confirmed.

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8.Bukit Lawang Orangutan Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · 12 hours · from $166

You leave Medan or Kualanamu Airport at 6:30am for Bukit Lawang, then trek with a local guide through Sumatra’s rainforest to watch semi-wild orangutans, gibbons, macaques, and birds. Lunch, park fees, transport, and a Bohorok River tube or bamboo rafting option are included. The full day runs about 12 hours.

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