Gunug Leuser National Park, Sumatra

Orang Utans Post!

Now some general information about these red haired animals. You can find wild orang utans only in Sumatra (Indonesia) and Borneo (Indonesia and Malaysia). On each island there are around 7000 specimens, the number is now slightly increasing since the rules about poaching have been strengthened and enforced. In Sumatra you will see the orang utans only up on trees (protecting themselves from predators like tigers) while Borneo's are also coming down from the trees for finding food.
There is also a sanctuary here with semi wild orang utans that they reintegrate in the wild step by step.

There is one special orang utan which we were lucky enough not to meet: Mina. A towards humans overly aggressive ape which our guide already had to fight twice. She had some bad experiences with humans. Go ahead and Google her, you will find quite a lot of stories and even videos online.Read more