Mystical Lake Toba with Orang Utan

Arrive in Medan.

Upon clearing Customs and Immigration, you will be met by the guide who will be carrying a sign with your name. Your guide will present you with a welcome packet, including all necessary documentation and vouchers, and all contact information for your guide and local offices.

Then you will go to your hotel for check-in. The rest of the day will be at leisure.

Remarks: Transfer duration from KNO Airport to Hotel is about 1.5 – 2 hours

Overnight in Medan

After breakfast, we will pick you up and directly depart to to Bukit Lawang. As long our journey to Bukit Lawang you can see oil palm and cacao plantations with some countryside landscape. Arrive in Bukit Lawang you walking through the bank of the river and crossing the river by traditional canoe and walking up the jungle to see the orang utan on their feeding time. After seeing the orang utans you continue a jungle trekking around Gunung Leuser National Park is the time to experience many kind of flora and fauna as well enjoy the song of birds and siamang ‘the black gibbon’.

Remarks:

– Transfer duration from Medan to Bukit Lawang is about 4 – 4.5 hours

– On this day, you will overnight in a basic tent inside the jungle

– Basic lunch and dinner is included

– Those who bring camera/video in the Orangutan site will be charged additional US$ 6.00 for camera and US$ 18.00 for video.

Overnight in Bukit Lawang

Today you continue your trekking to Aras Pinang for explore the primary tropical rain forest with their wild life living in their natural habitat look around and trying to find wild animals . In the afternoon you will arrive at Aras Pinang Camp the camp near river bank. Overnight at tent in the jungle at Aras Pinang Camp.

Remarks:

– Basic lunch and dinner is included

– On this day, you will overnight in a basic tent at Aras Pinang Camp

Overnight in Bukit Lawang

After breakfast prepared to tubing, from where you back to your hotel by tube through the Bohorok river (around 40 – 50 minutes).

After that you depart to Brastagi with its refreshing weather and magnificent mountain scenery which has an abundance of flowers, vegetables and fruits (most famous of which is the ‘Marquise’ passion fruit). Here you can visit the famous fruits market and views two active volcanoes, Sinabung and Sibayak.

Remarks:

– Basic lunch is included

– Transfer duration from Bukit Lawang to Brastagi is about 4.5 – 5 hours

Overnight in Berastagi

Trekking the Sibayak Volcano

If you are available you can see the sunrise on the top of volcano. You have to get up early in the morning at 04.00 and walk with local guide up to the volcano where you can see a beautiful sunrise. You will have wonderful far views over the environment. Also you can see the smoking sulphur sources on the moon like landscape on the top of the volcano. After descending, you can enjoy Lau Debuk Debuk hot spring. After that you return to Brastagi where you can do your own program in Brastagi.

Overnight in Berastagi

After breakfast you proceed the journey to Samosir Island. Stop will be made at Dokan village, a traditional Karo Bataks village, Sipiso-piso waterfall, Long house of Simalungun Bataks. During the trip you will also pass local spices garden: coffee, cinnamon, clove etc. In the afternoon you arrive in Parapat from where you cross the lake by ferry to Samosir island.

Remarks:

– Transfer duration from Brastagi to Prapat is about 3 hours

– Transfer by Ferry to Samosir island is about 45 minutes

Overnight in Samosir

Samosir Tour by Boat

Today you will make excursion to explore the beauty and cultural aspects of Batak visiting Ambarita village to see the stone chairs, tables and court yard of Siallagan’s clan. Simanindo to enjoy the Bataks traditional ritual dances of the Bataks Tribe. Thereafter continue to Tomok village to see the old tomb of King’s Sidabutar.

Overnight in Samosir

In the morning is free program until you cross the lake by ferry to Parapat from where you drive to Medan through the plantation route and a historical city of Pematang Siantar. You may take a coffee break at hotel Siantar, built in 1912. Then transfer to hotel in Medan for rest.

Remarks: Transfer duration from Samosir to Medan about 4.5 – 5 hours

Overnight in Medan

Medan City Tour – Transfer Airport

We will pick you up for a city tour in Medan visiting Sultan Maimoon Palace, Grand Mosque, Chinese temple and remaining Dutch colonial, Malay and Chinese architecture buildings. After tour, continue to airport to catch you flight to next destination.

**Suggested to book afternoon flight around 16:00 pm above for departure