Sumatra Orangutan Rehabilitation Center Bukit Lawang – Pongo Resort Bukit Lawang

Sumatra Orangutan Rehabilitation Center in Bukit Lawang – Pongo Resort Bukit Lawang is another entrance into Gunung lesuer national park and also the Sumatran Orangutan Rehabilitation facility build and initiated by the Swiss zoologist Regina Frey and Monica Boerner. This facilities were set up in 1973. The programs was supported by the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) and Frankfurt Zoological Society. In 1975, they left (although Regina Frey is still active today in Bukit Lawang) and the centre was taken over by Rosalind and Conrad Aveling.

A massive flash flood swept all the town and the village of Bukit lawang in 2003. The whole bukit lawang village was flatten and washed with so many casualties. Also the Orangutan Rehabilitation facilities were also destroyed.

The rehabilitation was already attracted a lot of tourist locally and internationally. There was a feeding time at the platform was set up little further away, the newly introduced back to the nature orangutans were still being fed in regular basis. Due to the so many local tourist coming and flocking to this feeding area which increasing the vulnerability for the orangutans, it was time to rebuilt the facilities else where and limited access to tourist. The bukit lawang national park reamin open as the most easy and famous access into Gunung Leuser National Park from Northern Sumatra province

🐾 Gunung Leuser National Park is Wildlife Haven

The park is a vital refuge for some of the world’s most threatened animals, including:

Sumatran orangutans — the only great apes found in Asia and critically endangered
Sumatran tigers — elusive and rare big cats
Sumatran elephants — smaller and more endangered than their mainland cousins
Sumatran rhinoceros — one of the rarest rhino species on the planet

Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program – SOCP

Sumatran orangutan recue, Rhabilitation, and Reindtroduction program is continued in different area and under new name and management. It is called SOCP which stands for Sumatran Orang utan Conservation Programme.

The SOCP continue the success program that was initiatedin Bukiut lawang, to keep rescuing and relocates wild orangutan that under the threat of loosing their habitat and converted to non-forest areas, such as oil palm plantations and other developments.

Furthermore, the SOCP also confiscate orangutans that have been take into the illegal pet trade. Together with the Indonesian Government’s Conservation Authorities, we locate and confiscate illegally held orangutans and assist in prosecuting actors involved in the trade of orangutans and other protected species.

https://sumatranorangutan.org/what-we-do/orangutan-rescue-rehabilitation-and-reintroduction/

Major Rehabilitation and Conservation Centers in Sumatra:

Orangutan Haven (Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme – SOCP): Located near Medan, this modern facility provides sanctuary for orangutans that cannot be reintroduced into the wild due to disabilities or dependency. SOCP focuses on rescue, rehabilitation, and reintroduction, and has a dedicated quarantine center. Located in Batu Mbelin, near Medan

Bohorok Orangutan Centre (Bukit Lawang) – Pongo Resort Bukit Lawang

Established in 1973, this center was once a major rehabilitation center for training confiscated orangutans to survive in the forest. Although now primarily focused on ecotourism, visitors can still see semi-wild orangutans in Gunung Leuser National Park. This facilities are no longer operated due to the facilities has been destroyed by the flood in 2003

Sumatran Orangutan Reintroduction Program – Bukit Tiga Puluh

Sumatran Orangutan Reintroduction Program (Jungle School): Focuses on reintroduction in landscapes such as Bukit Tiga Puluh.

Jungle trek into sumatra rain forest, range from 1 day up to 20 days trekking

Explore the rain forest in the Sumatra National Park of Gunung Leuser Bukit Lawang : Spend a day and up to 20 days trekking into Sumatra most dense rain forest, rugged wild and untouched environment far from the civilization . It is fully guided and well arranged jungle trek tour with a professional English speaking guide and some porters with the rest of the team. Very ethical and highly responsible towards environment and nature with all the jungle trek trip in offer.

Hiking through the rugged and uneven surface of the jungle floor, climbing and clinging to the roots of the tree, steep and slippery. Often we walk following the river stream further into the heart of the national park.Bringing all the necessary item for food and drink, and the camping gear and equipment. Living nomadic and move around from one campsite to another. Searching the wildlife as we walk through it.