Green Lodge Tangkahan

Visitors can take a close look at Tangkahan Elephants that have been a great help to conservation efforts especially around Tangkahan forests in the Gunung Leuser National Park area. The elephants and their tames help monitor the forest and keep the forest save from illegal logger and hunters. You can have a ride on these amazing animals or watch them take a bath or even bath with them.

Ride patrol elephants on a choice of treks with a well-designed and comfortable howdah to experience the adventure of wildlife patrol. Steep slopes and dense vegetation bring you the excitement of the jungle. At the end of the trek you can bathe with the elephant as they spray water to cool off in the forest river. You can join the bathing twice a day 8:30- 9:30 am in the morning, and 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm in the afternoon, and choice your elephant for a hand feeding. According to the senior mahout the bathing time is the golden time to establish an emotional contact between this social animal and mahout.

We offer various elephant packages from a short distance rides overnight forest trip to Bukit Lawang, sleeping in a tent…

For elephant enthusiasts there is a chance to learn how to handle Sumatran in bean elephant’s mahout package. It takes only 3 days to learn to use the basic commands and be able to handle the animal by your own. You will experience all the works that a mahout does to care for the elephant, including bathing the elephant, cooking its food supplement, and riding an elephant by yourself! At night time, there will be a slide program on the conservation and basic biology of the elephant, you can also discuss in more detail about elephant history in Sumatra with our friendly mahout.

Take home an elephant souvenir. Various items from t-shirt, hat, elephant jewelry and mahout personal tools are available at the local souvenir soup.

Be swept away on raft rides, tube over rapids and through caves. Taste the sweet oranges at the local orange groves, all accompanied by the gentle call of the argus pheasant and the cry of the gibbons.