Highlights of Sumatra

Arrive in the third largest city in Indonesia, and the capital of the island of Sumatra. Through colonisation and centuries of prosperous trading, Medan has grown to become home to a number of diverse ethnic groups including Chinese, Tamils, Malay, Batak natives and ...

This morning we set out on foot to explore the metropolis of Medan. We start with the jewel in the city's crown, the Great Mosque or Masjid Raya Al Mashun. Taking its influences from Arabia, India and Europe, it is a beautifully ornate piece of architecture and we hav...

We leave our lodge today on foot, crossing the river via a footbridge and into the National Park, past locals swimming and bathing. Here we begin our three to four hour search for wildlife, made with a local guide with intimate knowledge of the surrounding rainforest,...

Our journey today takes us from the lush green jungles of Bohorok, through small villages before the jungle starts to give way, with the road snaking upwards as we start to gain altitude. Berastagi sits at 1400 metres above sea level, this elevation brings cooler clim...

We rise early this morning for the relatively easy walk up to the crater of Mount Sibayak (2,212 metres), an active volcano with a dried-up crater at its peak. We start the journey by vehicle, snaking our way up the hairpins of the lower volcano to a small rest area h...

At 100 kilometres long and 30 kilometres at its widest point, Lake Toba is the largest crater lake in the world. It is also home to the Batak people, an ethnic group of people that are indigenous to this area, along with other parts of inland Sumatra and western Java....

After a leisurely breakfast we catch the ferry back to the mainland this morning, where we meet our vehicle and head back to Medan by road. The journey will take around four to five hours, dropping down from the mountains into the jungle, and past numerous rice paddie...

The trip ends after breakfast at our hotel in Medan. There are no activities planned today, so you are free to depart from Medan at any time. If your flight is departing later in the day luggage storage facilities are available at our hotel. If you would like to re...