TOURIST INFORMATION/INDONESIAN NATURE GUIDES ASSOCIATION
WELCOME TO BUKITL LAWANG NORTH SUMATERA INDONESIA
WHAT IS BUKIT LAWANG?
Bukit Lawang is the name a village in situared on the edge of the Gunung Leuser National Park(GLNP)."gung" means "mountain","bukit means"hill" and "lawang" means "door" or "gate" and, therefore,"Bukit Lawang"means " The Hill Which is Gateway To The Mountain".
MOUNT LEUSER NATIONAL PARK
Bahorok is only part of 1.094 square kilometer or 1.094.962 hectare of Mt.leuser NATIONAL PARK.The magnifient rain forest of this park have become famous throught the world as harbor some most endagered and rare species on the earth for example Sumateran Rhineceros,Orangutan and Raflessia the largest flower in the world.The park in inhabited by animals like the great argus pheasant,elephant,sumateran tiger,and as many as seven species of primates one which has imperssive,far reach in vocal display.the agile and pretty face thomas leaf monkey and long tailed macaques are also commonly seen.
in total the park lists 285 species of bird,90 mamals,reptiles and 35 of apmbhibians.the park flora contains some 3500 plant species and on each hectare og the lowland forest you can find amazing 60-130 tre species.
Geological there are several limestone formation along the foothills of the mountains, some with the beatiful caves long age these were coral reeps which have since been uplifted from the sea at rate of few millimeters per year by the process of colding floors and drifting comtinets.thyese infitely slow collision and the wnormous forces involved have led to the formation of high mountain and volcanic zones,only some 1800 years ago,during glacial times,the peaks of the park Mt.leuser,Mt.kemiri and others,were still covered by glaciers snow and ice sea level at that time was more than 80 m lower than at present and the island of sumatera,java,and borneo then formed one huge land mass which was connected via malaysia to the asian mainland.
