Bukit Lawang

We certainly still remember the flood disaster in Bohorok, precisely in Bukit Lawang, a village situated on the edge of Gunung Leuser National Park, North Sumatra. For the layman, the disaster was a terrible environmental disaster, which devastated the village and not a little casualties.
After five years of flood disasters, tourism in Bukit Lawang Bahorok back stretch. Tourist arrivals went normal. Water and nature tourism activities that become the main dish, is still interesting to visit. The disaster that struck the second of November 2003 that changed all of society lives in Bukit Lawang in particular and Bohorok in general. Bohorok, a small town located in Langkat and located around the Gunung Leuser National Park in North Sumatra, from visiting the area formerly known as nature tourism. One of the "point of interest," or objects of interest when we visited there was the life of orangutans. This location is dedicated to rehabilitating orangutans siataan, especially coming from Sumatra.
Visitors who come, either from abroad or local tourists, has different interest. Generally the tourists from abroad would prefer a trip to the woods to see the beauty of the natural wealth that is in Gunung Leuser National Park area is. Various primates can be seen, a bird with a melodious chirping sounds, and the kinds of beautiful insects.
In anticipation of visits and enhance the best services for tourists visiting the Bukit Lawang, some parties are trying to do various activities, among which are increasing the capacity of nature tour guides.
Visit Bukit Lawang
If you're visiting to Medan, North Sumatra, could took a visit to Bukit Lawang. The distance from Medan, about 96 kilometers northwest of Medan, with a public or private vehicles can be taken from 2 to 2.5 hours. During the journey will be seen palm oil plantations, as well as several rivers that become the source of life of local people.
Since used as the orangutan conservation area, especially for rehabilitation, this area is known as a tourist attraction of foreign tourists of natural tropical forests. The beauty of Bukit Lawang is inseparable from his position as part of the Gunung Leuser National Park (TNGL). As a national park area, conditions are maintained. The concept of ecotourism to be the main thing here.
When flash floods hit the area this tour, most of the surrounding nature is broken. Body river was swollen by some hundreds of years old trees that have fallen in the river banks hit by the flood, hundreds of casualties were killed, and houses were washed away. But now, almost 90 per cent of Bukit Lawang recovered.
Based on data from Region III Central Conservation Section of the Gunung Leuser National Park, since it opened back in June 2004 after the 2892 flash floods carrying tourists from Europe came to visit until December 31, 2005. Although the number is still far away from traffic before the flood, ie from May to October 2003, as many as 4900 people, but has already shown impact on the state of ecotourism Bukit Lawang.
Tourism is the main livelihood for 2179 people or 593 families resident of Bukit Lawang village, either as owner of the lodge, guides, souvenir sellers and so forth. Lodging already fully charged before the weekend. People from various places come to this village, including tourists from Europe who dominated the foreign visitors, such as Holland, Germany and Switzerland.
In addition to the streets to the woods to see the natural beauty and variety of wildlife there, visitors are also playing the stream. To be able to see where the orang-utan rehabilitation, visitors must walk about a half hour from the inn. Must pass at least two suspension bridges across the river as wide and about eight meters by using a small boat.