There is much work to be done here in the jungle.  Over the next week or weeks, here are the activities you can expect.  Days and times for activities will vary.

1. Nursery Activities – Establishing and maintaining a tree and plant nursery is an important component of the creation, restoration, and maintenance of the Wildlife Biolink Corridor Project. You will be collecting seedlings, seeds , and fruits for nursery, and also learn how to prepare and cultivate tree saplings or seeds in the nursery
   
2. Establishing Wildlife Biolink Corridors to reconnect the fragmented forest occurring on private lands to the Gunung Leauser National Park. Through this activity, volunteers will gain an understanding, as well as be directly involved in creating wildlife corridors needed by wildlife (including critically endangered Sumatran orangutan and other primates and animals), through tree and bamboo plantings and establishing rope bridge crossings. 

3. Tree Maintenance - Maintaining trees and tree plantings in the biolink and        conservation area is a crucial part of the wildlife corridor program, to ensure a higher survival rate of planted trees.

Working in small groups of volunteers in the project area, your activities will include monitoring the population of wild Orangutans at Batu Kapal, occurring in isolated rainforest fragments on private lands, abutted by palm oil, rubber plantations, and farmland. The long-term aim is to develop and conduct an education program in schools near this Orangutan habitat.

Please note we have a strict no-human contact or feeding policy for wild animals. We aim to keep wild animals wild through the protection and reforestation of their habitat!

You will have the opportunity to monitor, survey, record, and track movements of some of the forest’s most elusive wildlife, including other primates such as Thomas Leaf Monkeys, Silver Langurs, and Macaques!  This activity is run up to 3 times a day at different times to capture data over a complete day. 

You will participate in locating, observing, identifying, monitoring, photographing, and GPS recording areas with wild populations of orang-utans, primates, and other animals and birds in the Batu Kapal conservation project area and at specified GPS points of interest in the program

Biodiversity identification

• Learning to identify tree species
• Insect identification (eg butterflies, dragon flies etc).
• Keeping a photographic record of animal and bird sightings, as well as plants identified
• Compiling, identifying and analysing data collected
•  Developing a species list of fauna and flora occurring in the conservation area

Get involved with our Upcycling Plastics Project. 

Assist with cleaning and rubbish removal on trails, in the conservation site, and along the river once a week.

Making Eco bricks from single-use plastic bottles and plastic bags. 

Building rubbish collection bins, fences, and buildings out of eco-bricks.

Making sleeping mats, reusable bags, baskets out of yarn made from single-use plastic bags.

Don't forget your "home"!  Volunteers are responsible for cleaning and maintaining their volunteer dormitory and bathroom, helping with cooking meals and washing  dishes

 ROAR COMMUNITY PROJECT – (Reduce or Activity Recycle Project)

Help with recycling projects and sorting at the conservation site and the local guesthouse.

Help at the project site with composting to produce organic compost and fertilizer

Help plant and weed and harvest edible garden, fruits, and vegetables

Reduce plastic waste through the ROAR program. Stage one – Zero Plastic Bottles project 

Batu Kapal is a beautiful jungle location in the mountains adjacent to Gunung Leasur National Park on the Landak River and just 15-20 minutes by motorbike or a  50-minute walk from the village of Bukit Lawang - prime wild Sumatran orangutan country.

In your spare time on the weekends, you will have the opportunity to visit some nice places around Bukit Lawang. Or stay on afterward to explore Sumatra and Indonesia.

We are happy to arrange to take you on day activities (at your own cost) around Bukit Lawang, Batu Kapal, Batu Katak, and Tangkahan on weekends or after your volunteering placement has finished at our special volunteer prices and you can also visit Lake Toba and Berestagi (volcano lands).

Choose from optional free time activities below (cost extra)

1. ½ day, 1 day, 2 and 3 day jungle treks to Adi Back camp and Batu Gajah camp in the national park

2. Hot springs day trip by 4WD including lunch 

3. Nature and wildlife walk (3 hours) to look for birds, animals, monkeys, and orangutans in the trees along the Landak River 

4. 3-hour motorbike tour of the villages and rice fields, visit cottage industries, rice hulling and drying, palm sugar, tofu, bamboo weaving

5. Traditional massage

6. Rock scrambling open caving adventure at Bat Cave. ( 2-3 hours)

7. Relaxing, swimming, and exploring the Landak River

8. Optional Jungle art. Get your inspiration from the jungle, drawing landscapes, mountains, rivers, animals, and jungle scenery. Pencils and art paper provided (Free)

9. River stone sculptures. Stacking and making pebble towers alongside the river (Free)

10. Learn some Indonesian language with our team (Free)