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Travel | Bukit Lawang

The drive from Medan to
Bukit Lawang is only about
90km. In just two hours you’ll
witness the urban sprawl
of Medan’s concrete jungle
recede as the hot and heavy
air of congestion begins to
thin, giving way to a cooler
climate and scenes of rural
life in the thick of Sumatra’s
elevated rainforests.
And soon, as you pull in to
Bukit Lawang, you’ll sense
you’re on the edge of where
civilisation meets the wild.
The Bohorok River, which flows between
the local village to the right and the national
park to the left.
Visitors/hikers entering the Gunung
Leuser National Park with their guide.

I arrive just before sunrise to meet my
licensed guide, Ipol, in front of Ecolodge
Bukit Lawang Cottages, where I have
arranged t