5D4N Medan Tangkahan Bukit Lawang – Tangkahan is a small rural settlement on the edge of the Gunung Leuser National Park. It is more isolated than Bukit Lawang and has not been developed to the same extent. Get up close and personal with Sumatra’s largest animal, the Sumatran elephant. One of four Asian elephant subspecies, only around 2000 Sumatran elephant survives and they are high risk of extinction. Experience the beautiful scenery of the rivers cape on the edge of the jungle.

Tangkahan is sometimes mentioned as the HIDDEN PARADISE IN SUMATRA. It is definitely hidden and for many a paradise. It is the perfect place to get off the beaten track, but still have access to nice food and comfortable bungalows. Tangkahan is an interesting place in many ways. Interesting for what it has to offer and an interesting background. The elephants, the jungle, and the clean rivers are obvious attractions.

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What makes Tangkahan different is that it is a good example on how community based eco-tourism can stop illegal logging, improve livelihood, and develop a sense of pride amongst the locals. This development on the border of Leuser National Park where the bigger river Batang Serangan meets the smaller river Sungai Musam is the hidden paradise of Tangkahan.

5D4N Medan Tangkahan Bukit Lawang

DAY 1 : FROM MEDAN TO TANGKAHAN
In the first place, pick-up from Medan airport or hotel by private transportation to the accommodation in Tangkahan and stay overnight there.

DAY 2 : TANGKAHAN ELEPHANT TREKKING
Start at 9 am after breakfast. First, help washing the elephants and afterward do the elephant trekking for one hour, relax by the river and take a swim in the river, and then go to the hot spring. Lastly, in the afternoon you drive to Bukit Lawang and stay overnight there.

DAY 3 : BUKIT LAWANG JUNGLE TREKKING
After breakfast around 8 am and 9 am we set off for a two-day trek, and stay overnight in the jungle (Refer the two days trek on the “trekking” page).

DAY 4 : BUKIT LAWANG TREKKING
We come back from the two-day trek, and stay one more night in Bukit Lawang.

DAY 5 : FROM BUKIT LAWANG TO MEDAN
Private car transportation from Bukit Lawang to Medan (airport or hotel).