Welcome To Tangkahan!!!
Tangkahan :
Tangkahan,
referred to as the hidden paradise in Sumatra located in border area of
Gunung Leuser National Park, is an ecotourism area in the Langkat
district of North Sumatra, just two hours drive from the neighbouring
ecotourism site of Bukit Lawang or four hours drive from Medan.
In
the 1980s and 1990s, local people were actively cutting down trees
illegally from the park for commercial timber. However, after a time the
people became aware of the damages wrought by such activity and the
errors of their ways, and thus collectively decided to stop illegal
logging and transform the area into an ecotourism destination. Thus in
April 2001, the residents gathered and passed local regulations
prohibiting illegal exploitation of the forest and established the
Tangkahan Tourism Institute (Lembaga Pariwisata Tangkahan, or LPT).
LPT
established an MoU with GNLP Management in April 2002 to manage the
Tangkahan forest for ecotourism purposes. LPT developed the Community
Tour Operator (CTO) system, which provides accommodation and local tour
guides for visitors. In addition to amazing Gunung Leuser National Park forest trekking in the area.
Tangkahan
is combinations of vegetation and topography makes it a marvellous
tourist spot rarely found elsewhere. The Batang and Buluh rivers,
converging exactly in this zone, are typical of rainforest streams, with
diverse varieties of vegetation and colourful rocks and Sumatra
Elephants on their banks. The clear, bluish green river water against
the panoramic view creates a mystical atmosphere. The Best season to
Visit is June to October.
Tangkahan
is also the base of the Conservation Response Unit (CRU), consisting of
a team of ex-captive Sumatran Elephants and their mahouts (elephant
tenders) that regularly patrols the national park to protect from any
possible encroachment. Visitors can also do elephant jungle trekking for
one or two hours by joining the mahouts atop an elephant’s back for a
stroll through the forest, or enjoy four days three nights elephant
jungle trekking from Tangkahan to Bukit Lawang.
Activites :
NOTE : Activites :
THIS ACTIVITIES MANEGED AND ARRANGED INTENDED TO HELP THE EDUCATION
AND CONSERVATION,AND CARE OF ENVIRONMENTAL.
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