3-Day Survival and Leuser Ecosystem Tour

3 days Free cancellation

3-Day Survival and Leuser Ecosystem Tour, photo 2 — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

Let's explore the Leuser Ecosystem in Aceh and its stunning biodiversity. With an experienced forest guide, feel the different experience of living and mingling with nature in one of the most beautiful tropical rainforests! Be prepared that during the duration of the trip you will be taken on an adventure through various forest passages into the expanse of the Leuser Ecosystem Area and discover new possibilities in every corner of the most beautiful forest crossing.

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At a glance

Duration: 3 days
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 10 people
People per booking: 1–10
Guide: Malay, English
Operated by: Jejak Rimba Raya

Ages: Youth (13–23 years) · Adults (24–50 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Basic first aid
Included: Lunch
Included: Forest guide
Included: Dinner
Included: Breakfast
Included: Documentation photo
Included: Camping tent & basic camping gear

Not included

Not included: Alcoholic Beverages
Not included: Other personal user's equipment

Itinerary

Day 1 · Trail starting point to Alue Raya

Stop 1

one day Admission included

The first day tourists will do a trekking tour with a forest guide from the starting point of the basecamp to the Alue Raya meeting point with a duration of 2-3 hours, where each route that will be passed is fully directed by the forest guide. From the first starting point, you will pass through a very clear watershed with moss rocks and also a waterfall spot, where tourists can wash their faces, fill up drinking water, and take pictures. Furthermore, the trip will pass through the gardens of local residents and begin to enter the atmosphere of the tropical rain forest of the Leuser Ecosystem. Tourists can also observe directly the various endemic biodiversity of Leuser, to the existing wild plant and animal life. Among them are forest corridor land cover that is still sustainable, flocks of birds, various primates so if you are lucky you can also see Sumatran orangutans directly. Furthermore, tourists will enter the Alue Raya peak savanna landscape and rest at this point at night.

Rice with grilled fish, coffee, tea, and mineral water at Jejak Rimba Raya Camp · Rice with anchovy sauce, coffee, tea and mineral water at camping ground · Baked tubers, jam bread, coffee, tea and mineral water at camping ground

The first night tourists will stay at the camping ground Alue Raya

Day 2 · Alue Raya jungle trekking to cross the corner of the Leuser rainforest

Stop 1

one day Admission included

The second day, after breakfast, tourists will go on a trekking tour back to various corners of the Leuser forest which are more stunning and quite challenging. Tourists will be taken to a dense forest atmosphere with denser and denser corridor land cover. On each trekking route, tourists are more likely to encounter a meeting point where the Leuser forest river flows which are very clear. Later the forest guide will help catch fish or river shrimp in an environmentally friendly way to stock up on lunch. In between, tourists are also allowed to document every route they pass and are also assisted by their own forest guide. The next lunch hour meeting will be held on the bank of the river with a panoramic view of a peaceful and beautiful forest setting. Before the afternoon tourists will be trekking tour again until it ends at Jejak Rimba Raya Camp and rest here the following night.

Rice with local grilled fish and mineral water in nature · Rice with grilled chicken, coffee, tea and mineral water at Jejak Rimba Raya Camp · Egg fried rice, coffee, tea and mineral water at Jejak Rimba Raya Camp

The second night tourists will stay at the Jejak Rimba Raya Camp

Day 3 · Trail starting point to Sarah Baru

Gunung Leuser National Park

12 hours

On the third day, tourists will be invited to go on an adventure into a long, clear river flowing in the forest of the Leuser Ecosystem Area, by boarding a local canoe or wooden boat and a 2-3 hour drive. On every trip, tourists will see a panoramic view of another corner of the very beautiful stretch of the Leuser Ecosystem from a wooden boat. Get ready for a variety of new wonders from a stretch of tropical rain forest that tourists can enjoy and witness firsthand.

Rice with vegetables and processed tempeh, fruit dishes and mineral water on the Sarah Baru river · Rice with duck curry, coffee, tea and mineral water at Jejak Rimba Raya Camp · Egg fried rice, coffee, tea and mineral water at Jejak Rimba Raya Camp

The third night, tourists will stay at Jejak Rimba Raya Camp