Orang Utan Bukit Lawang Sumatra

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Orang Utan - Bukit Lawang Medan Sumatera Utara

Here is a video of an American venture to North Sumatra in search of Orang Utan ( Ape ) in their natural habitat.

To get to this place, you have to travel to Medan first if not, then you can also see Orang Utan at the Singapore Zoo although not quite an experience like this.

Medan Must DO

Rafting - Bukit Lawang, Wampu River

This Wampu river rafting trip is a fascinating adventure with many grade 2 rapids.
You will make the rafting with local guides. The trip takes about 4 hours down
the Wampu River. Minimum age is 10 years. You will enjoy the beautiful nature,
sailing on a wide jungle river in the midst of unspoiled impressive huge
rainforest. All around you can see and hear the tropical wildlife.

Trekking -Gunung Leusar National Park

Brastagi is a good base from which to explore Karo Batak villages, through
jungle trekking in Gunung Leuser National Park . The park is one of the largest
national park in Asia. It cover more than 7750 sq km and protect more than 100
different animals, including rhinoceros, elephant, tiger & orangutan and at least
300 spieces of birds.

Medan Must GO

Maimoon Palace

Medan offers plenty of sight and experiences for the visitor. One of the city’s best
known landmarks is Maimoon Palace, the former residence of the Sultan of Deli.
It was built in 1888 by Sultan Makmun Al-Rasyid. Remains of the sultanate, mostly
relics bearing the marks of the Malay nature of the area, can still be found in the
vicinity of the palace.

Grand Mosque

Not far from the palace is the Grand Mosque, one of the most striking anywhere
in Indonesia, built in 1906. The mosque’s grounds contains a graveyard where
a number of sultans of Deli and members of the nobilty are buried.

Bukit Barisan War Museum

The Bukit Barisan War Museum on Jalan H. Zainal Arifin has collection of
weapons and equipment used by the Indonesian freedom fighters during
the war of independence in the late 1940s.

Museum of North Sumatra

The Museum of North Sumatera at 51 Jl. H. M. Joni (open Tue to Sun,
8.30 - 12.00, and 1.30 - 5.00), was established 20 years agoto present and
preserve the natural and cultural history of North Sumatera’s ethnic groups.
Like most provincial museums in Indonesia, this is large, informative, well
laid out and inexplicably deserted. The concrete reliefs on the museum’s
facade depict a couple dressed in traditional costume from each of the
area’s ethnic groups. Inside is the history of Sumatera from pre-history to
the present day. Highlights include a couple of Arabic gravestones from 8
AD and a number of ancient stone Buddhist sculptures found buried under
Medan’s Chinatown district.

Crocodile Park

In Jl. Simalingkar B, is the Taman Margasatwa Zoo, which has collection of
animals both indigenous and foreign to Indonesia. The Crocodile Park is
located in the village Asam Kumbang. Here, hundreds of crocodiles are
hatched and raised in pools. Perfomances of men fighting the animals are
regularly staged.

Belawan Ocean Harbour

Belawan’s ocean harbour is located a little outside this North Sumatran port
town, which is known for its fresh and dried fish and other products of the sea,
and for its typical local seafood.

Waterworks Tirtanadi Museum

This a one-room waterworks museum, next to the old water tower on
Sisingamangaraja street. Old photos and old Dutch equipment are on
display.Open from Monday - Friday.

Rahmat International Wildlife Museum & Gallery

This is a well-kept private museum of its own kind. It displays 400 suffed
animals, most of them shot by the owner. It is interesting if you like dead
animals, it was established in 1999 and open from Tuesday - Sunday.
The entrance is not free.

Sri Marriamman Temple

The Hindu Sri Marriamman Temple, built in 1884 and devoted to the goddess Kali.
This typically colourful and elaborate temple is Medan’s oldest and most venerated
Hindu shrine. Remember to remove your shoes before entering, and keep quiet
inside thetemple grounds. The Sri Marriamman Temple marks the beginning of
the Indian Quarter, the Kampung Keling, the largest of its kind in Indonesia.

Vihara Gunung Timur (Temple of the Eastern Mountain)

This largest Chinese Temple in Sumatera, the Taoist Vihara Gunung Timur
(Temple of the Eastern Mountain), which, with its multitude of dragons, wizards,
warriors and lotus petals, is tucked away on tiny Jalan Hang Tuah, 500 meters
south of the Hindu Temple.