Welcome to the largest city in Sumatra: bustling, never boring Medan. This is the commercial and business hub of Sumatra and citizens here represent virtually every ethnicity in Indonesia, including Batak, Malay, Javanese, Minang, Acehnese, Indian and Chinese. Take a private Medan tour and find your way around this crowded, multi-cultural city with a reassuring and friendly local guide at your side.

Medan is the jumping off point for the natural wonders of northern Sumatra, like serene Lake Toba and the wild Sumatran jungle. But before you leave Medan, your guide will help you gain insight into life in a large Asian city. Sample a typical breakfast from a popular local noodle stall, learn how to cross the road like a local (there is skill involved in this!) and see examples of the city's impressive architecture at the Grand Mosque of Medan and the Palace of the Sultan.

Your guide can customize the perfect Sumatran experience for you on your private Medan tour.

Medan

This trip is special for you who want to explore Medan for the first time, and don't know where to go. tour with me as local guide will show you everything about Medan, the history, local people, local life, traditions, business, etc. It will be a new and unforgettable experience.

One day tour in medan city

Medan city Tour

Birdwatching is an observation of wild bird species carried out in the forest with the naked eye or with binoculars. This type of activity is included in the special interests tourism activities that can provide pro-environmental benefits & education.
We will spend three full days exploring Mount Kerinci, at over 3800 meters, Sumatra's highest peak.
Exploring the mountain between 0 and 500 up to sea level.
We will search in particular for Sumatra's montane endemics; Schneider's Pitta, Sumatran Cochoa, Salvadori's Pheasant, Red-billed Partridge, Sumatran Trogon, Rusty-breasted, Sumatran Wren Babblers, Shiny and Sumatran Whistling Thrushes.
Other specialties include Dusky Woodcock, Pink-headed Fruit Dove, Rufous-vented Niltava, Spot-necked Babbler, Hornbill Species, and raptors species. Both Salvadori's Nightjar and Sumatran Frogmouth can be seen during night-birding forays though we need some luck to find Rajah Scops Owl and other mountains/hill birds.

NOTE: Tour duration is 12 hours for each day.

Equipment for camping at the forest such as tend, tools for cooking, sleeping bed, etc.

Bird watching with a bird watcher guest from USA in SIlalahi forest.

another photo of my collection bird watching photos at Simalem resort

A photo from my collection at Simalem resort

Passionate Bird watching, as well as birds' songs

Bird Watching Tour

We will fetch you at your hotel/address in Medan at 8. 00
Start for a city tour visit Merdeka square, as a central of Medan city where you can see old Dutch architecture buildings; Town Hall, Former Java's Bank, Post Office, Train Station and other remaining old buildings surroundings. Next visit is Masjid Raya or the Great Mosque built in 1906 by the first sultan and still considered as one the most beautiful mosques in the country.
Note:
Visit Grand Mosque will be not possible during praying time and appropriate dress code is required
 Not too far from there continue with a visit of Maimoon Sultan Palace built in 1888 by the Sultan of Deli (the former name of Medan). This beautiful palace is combining traditional elements of Malay, Islam as well as Spanish and Indian, architectural elements. The palace is until present day inhabited by the Sultan who remain a symbolic figure for the Malay community. Last visit is Tjong A Fie Mansion, an old Chinese house of Mr. Tjong A Fie as Chinese leader in 1920s.

Visiting Old Buildings & Market In Medan

Explore Medan Full Day Tour

6 days 5 night tour you will see many places and The most complete tour in north sumatera, to see more and different place every day. jungle, mountain, lake, view, local people, etnic etc.
This tour program is the perpect tour to see all about north sumatera.

Traveller from holland enjoying the view of lake Toba

Explore Lake Toba-Berastagi-Bukitlawang

North Sumatera 6Days and 5Nights Tour

Bukit Lawang is a small tourist village on the bank of Bahorok River in North Sumatra province of Indonesia. Situated approximately 86 km northwest of the city of Medan.
The Bukit Lawang rehabilitation centre for orangutans was founded in 1973. Its main purpose was to preserve the decreasing number of orangutan population due to hunting, trading and deforestation. The centre closed in 2002 as the place was getting too touristy and unsuitable for animal rehabilitation. Beside we can see semi wild Orangutan also we can make short village tour base on local wisdom culture and daily local activities on this place

NOTE: Tour duration is 8 Hours for each Day

To Hire an authority local guide who will lead us on the way of the orangutan.

Entrance fee to the Leuser National Park (Bukit Lawang forest as alredy include Leuser National Park)

With guests in front of Leuser National park entrance before trekking to see Orangutans

I recommend my guest to keep a safety distance to see orangutans

At the entrance of Bukitlawang ,Leuser national park. Explaining to the guest the rules to see orangutan

With the guest watching Orangutan at a safety distance

In front of Leuser National park entrance

Orangutan Tour in Bukit Lawang

3 days Orangutan in Bukit Lawang Tour

In the morning at 7. 00 you, YOU will be fetched at your hotel/address in Medan, .
Then depart to Bukit Lawang as one of the observation point at the GunungLeuser National Park to see the Sumatran Orangutans. Upon arrival in Bukit Lawang, I will meet you and give short briefing before we get into the National Park. Start for an experienced 2-3 hrs trekking in this primary Sumatra rainforest. Steep, slopes and dense vegetation will bring you to the excitement of the jungle. Here you have the opportunity to see several species of indigenous flora and fauna. Semi or wild Sumatran Orangutans might cross your way.

Last trek would be at the river banks and continue walk down through the river banks until to the car place. If you wish and time is available, you may relax at the Bamboo restaurants to enjoy drinks and light meals (own account).
After that drive back to Medan and arrive in the late afternoon.
My focus is giving you the best service, safety and quality tour to make your day enjoyable.

Additional Gasoline Per Person, tubing rent, safety gear, trekking pole rent, mineral water during trekking etc. 

Entrance Fee and permit Gunung Leuser National Park Included the ranger/ Local Jungle Guide for trekking, preparing tubing team, porter.

Trekking 2-3 hours into the rain forest in Bukit Lawang, Gunung Leuser National Park and Enjoying River Tubing after trekking

Orangutan tour and river tubing

Visit the largest lake in southeast asia Lake toba. one day tour to lake toba take duration about 8-12 hours tour start early morning from medan to lake toba and explore same area in samosir island.

One day tour To lake toba

Lake Toba Full Day Tour

This tour is the most complete to see some tourist object and attraction in 7 days , North Sumatra, Indonesia.
You will see Nias island with the beautiful beach, lake Toba with the beautiful lake, Berastagi with the beauthiful high lang and vulcaano, Tangkahan with the beautiful junggle, Bukitlawang with the beautiful forest, river and see the Orangutans in forest and Medan plus a combination of watching and monitoring wildlife species in the forest and a short time bird watching around.

All are interesting to do! A sightseeing tour in combination with adventure.

Explaining the wild bee in a local plantation tree

Resting outside the forest with my guests from USA

A chat about wildlife in the forest with my guests from Australia.

A short internship working together for rice harvest at Samosir island

A short rest with my guests from Czech Republic in Bukit Lawang National park

During the jungle trekking we found pangolin attacked by predators: I secured them and then released in a safe location at the forest

Nature & Adventure in North Sumatra

North Sumatra adventure Tour

This tour will bring you to the coffee farm, join the farmers to harvest coffee, process the coffee bean, roasting and cupping.
This special interest tour to learn about coffee process from the coffee farm to one cup of coffee. will introduce you about specialty coffee

processing the coffee bean by semi wash & full wash

to process the spciality coffee need red cerry coffee bean

Join me to visit the coffee farm,proccecing,roastery and barista

Sumatera Coffee Tour

Coffee Plantation Tour Sumatra Arabica tour already ever we done to the a couple tourist from Canada that they testimony reviews very good for the coffee ram view and processing, vidio testimony could be see here: https://youtu. be/giiU45bkhug or at here : https://youtu. be/L28RV3mopyM
In addition to the famous lakes and volcanoes, North Sumatra is also famous for its coffee. I invite you to tour coffee plantations in some of the villages in Karo, Simalungun, Dairi, Mandailing, and other districts in North Sumatra Province plus talking and sharing the experience with the coffee farmer.

Sumatra Arabika Coffee is the coffee that we offer and"Kukang Coffee" is the only brand name coffee seller from normal Karo Arabica Coffee planted by the farmers around all North Sumatra.

Let's have this tour coffee with me

Tour coffee process, sibayak Vulcano area entrance and all the entrance fees of places to visit.

accommodation to stay overnight to a villager house.

Local Sumatra Arabica Karo coffee plantation view

Sumatra Arabica Karo at Brastagi village picture

drop and enjoy at villager hug in the villager's coffee plantation

doc photo when the traveler get free Kukang coffee

The female Slow Loris At ISCP Slow Loris rehabilitation center

Experience the best Kukang Coffee!

Sumatra Arabica Coffee Three Day Tour

This the perfect tour explore north sumatra, we can visit lake toba the largest lake in southeast asia, explore the batak toba land at samosir island, visit berastagi haighland with famous with vegetables and volcano and the last tour we will make city tour in medan. in medan we will visit historic building, traditional market, cullinary etc

Explore lake toba-Berastagi-Medan!

North Sumatera Tour 5D 4N

-TANGKAHAN is Well-known as the hidden paradise of Gunung Leuser National Park is an Eco-Tourism area in the Langkat district of North Sumatra. The peaceful jungle retreat is located along the Kuala Buluh River next to the dense rainforest. It is the perfect place to lay back from strong traveling and spend a memorable time observing seven rehabilitated adult Sumatran elephants.

-BATU KAPAL is in a tropical forest area rich in flora and fauna. Located not far from Bukit Lawang tourist attraction which is only about 20-30 minutes from Bukit Lawang.

food and drink for the overnight stay at the forest.

Permit entrance to Leuser national park as the Batu Kapal forest is part of Leuser National park.


Viewing Elephant & Wild Orangutan Tour

2 Days Tangkahan Tour

Explore four days Lake Toba with your private guide

Lake Toba is the site of a massive supervolcanic eruption estimated 77, 000 years ago. Recent advances in dating methods suggest a more accurate identification of 74, 000 years ago as the date. It is the largest known explosive eruption on Earth in the last 25 million years. According to the Toba catastrophe theory, it had global consequences for human populations; it killed most humans living at that time and is believed to have created a population bottleneck in central east Africa and India, which affects the genetic make-up of the human worldwide population to the present.

Tasting of special traditional food like SakSang and Ikan Mas naiarsik.

Becak/Machine pedicab to use around the island of Samosir



Seats for tourists to see the batak dancing

Traditional dancing in tuk tuk with German guests

Tour Lake Toba and Samosir island

Private tour to lake toba
Visit the local people, traditional houses, stop at the best spot for photo, try local food, try the local coffee etc.

Explore the Toba lake & Batak village!

Medan-Lake Toba Tour 3 Day 2Night

Berastagi, meaning "rice store", is a town and district of Karo Regency situated on a crossroads on the main route linking the Karo highlands of Northern Sumatra to the coastal city of Medan.

Berastagi town is located around 66 kilometers south of Medan and about 1, 300 meters above sea level. The mostly main job of a village in this area is farmer including agroforestry and nursling farmers such as Vegetables and fruits.
And later we can also manage the travellers communicate with the local farmers and local people in the plantation or at the villages to know much the life culture.

In this location, we can have the idea of culture, nature and the daily way of life of Karo ethnic people who live in Berastagi.

Note: each day tour duration is about 8 Hours.

View from Sibayak Vulcano top in Brastagi

Brown Sugar harvest at Buluh Awar village,Sibolangit

With guests from Holland trying the local "Tuak" - the traditional alcohol made from sugar palm

coffee cherry at Brastagi coffee plantation

view of fruits and vegetables farm at Brastagi

The t-shirt "Save Slow Loris" that I offer as a souvenir to my guests.

Medan,Berastagi and Sibolangit

Explore Sibolangit-Berastagi Tour

Special volcano trekking to berastagi, we will guide you start from medan deive to berastagi highland and from berastagi start for volcano trekking.
We start early in the morning on 1:00 but we can also start on 8:00 am depend to your time. we are flexible!

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