Leuser Mountain National Park is a representative type of coastal forest ecosystems, and lowland tropical rain forests to mountains.
Almost the entire area is covered by dipterocarp forest thick with several rivers and waterfalls. There are rare plants and typical of a giant umbrella leaf (Johannesteijsmannia altifrons), Raflesia flower (Rafflesia atjehensis and R. micropylora) and Rhizanthes zippelnii which is the largest flower with a diameter of 1.5 meters. In addition, there is a unique plant or plant strangler fig.
Rare and endangered species contained in the national parks, among others, introspective / orangutan (Pongo abelii), gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus syndactylus), Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus), Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis sumatrensis), Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae), forest goat (Capricornis sumatraensis), hornbills (Buceros bicornis), sambar deer (Cervus unicolor), and jungle cat (Prionailurus bengalensis sumatrana).
Leuser Mountain National Park is one defined by UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve. Based on the cooperation between Indonesia and Malaysia, also designated as a "Sister Park" with National State Park in Malaysia.
Some locations / attractions to be visited:
- Gurah. View and enjoy the natural scenery, canyons, hot springs, lakes, waterfalls, observation of wild animals and plants such as flowers Raflesia, orangutans, birds, snakes and butterflies.
- Bohorok. Place the rehabilitation of orangutans and natural attractions form a panorama of the river, camping grounds and bird watching.
- Kluet. Boating on rivers and lakes, trekking tours in the coastal forest and caves. This area is the habitat of Sumatran tigers.
- Sekundur. Camping, cave tours and wildlife observation.
- Ketambe and Suak Carambola. Research primates and other wildlife researcher who comes home and library.
- Leuser Mountain (3404 m asl) and Mt. Pecan (3314 m asl). Climbing and mountain climbing.
- Rafting in River Alas. Activity rafting from Gurah-Muara Situlen-wave for three days.
Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
Cultural attractions outside the Park is Lake Toba Festival in June on Lake Toba and Malay Culture Festival in July in Medan. The best visiting season: June to October each year.
How to reach the location:
- Medan-Kutacane is ± 240 km or 8 hours by car,
- Kutacane-Gurah/Ketambe is ± 35 km or 30 minutes by car,
- Medan-Bohorok/Bukit Lawang is ± 60 km or 1 hour by car,
- Medan-Sei Betung / Sekundur is ± 150 km or 2 hours by car,
- Medan-Tapaktuan is ± 260 km or 10 hours by car.
