Wildlife & Jungle

The living forest of Bukit Lawang and Gunung Leuser National Park.

A pair of rhinoceros hornbills in the rainforest canopy near Bukit Lawang

The Hornbills

The birds that gave us our name. Northern Sumatra is home to several hornbill species — including the spectacular rhinoceros hornbill, with its blazing red-and-orange casque. Watching a pair glide across the canopy is unforgettable. [Add detail on the species found here and the best places to spot them.]

Sumatran Orangutans

Gunung Leuser is one of the last places on earth to see wild Sumatran orangutans — the only place they still share the forest with tigers, rhinos, and elephants. [Add your orangutan story and what guests can expect.]

Male Sumatran orangutan with large cheek flanges
White-handed gibbon perched on a mossy branch

Gibbons, Monkeys & More

White-handed gibbons calling at dawn, Thomas’s leaf monkeys, long-tailed and pig-tailed macaques, and ground birds like the great argus pheasant — the forest is rarely quiet. [Add more on the primates and birds guests encounter.]

Sumatran orangutan hanging from a tree in the forest canopy
Great argus pheasant on the rainforest floor

The Rainforest Itself

Beyond the wildlife, the Gunung Leuser ecosystem is a wonder in its own right — towering trees, hanging vines, rushing rivers, and countless plants. [Add rainforest scenery here once licensed landscape photos are ready.]