Monday, February 23, 2015

Mount Leuser National Park Indonesia

Travel Adventure - Mount leuser national park is one of the grandest forest areas I south east asia, and also one of the largest, coverinf nearly 9,900 square kilometers (3,670 square miles). Horseshoe shaped and ecompasses awide range of habitats from coastal forest along small strect of the west coast to the tall, non volcanic peaks of the northern central range, including Mount leuser itself, at 3,381 metres (11,092 feet) the second tallest mountain in Sumatra. The park is bisected by the beautiful alas river, down which tourists can paddle and float on white water rafts. In the far east, only two hours from Indonesia’s third largest city, medan, is Bahorok Rehabilitation station where confiscated orphaned orangutans are taken to be rehabilitated into the wild. This is adjacent to the village of bukit lawang and is reached easly by car or bus. The park has about 105 species of mammals and as well a rehabilitant orangutans the visitors should se at least some of the other primates such  as white handed gibbons, Thomas leaf monkey, simang, pigtailed macaques. If time is taken to walk in the park one might be luky to see tracks of Tiger, Elephant and Sumatran Rhinoceros, or the scratch marks made on tall trees by the sun bear. The bird fauna here is rich (313 species recorded) and beautiful with the drumming note of the greater cloucal and the ‘ki-au’ call of the long tailed arguspheasant being among the most characteristic sound. More or less in the middle of the park is the ketambe research station which has been a centre of wildlife research for twenty years.



Mount Leuser National Park

Mount Leuser National Park

Mount Leuser National Park

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