The Gunung Leuser National Parc, about 80 km by car from Medan, situated in Northern Sumatra, is a perfect setting for an Orang Utan Rehabilitation centre. The parc is situated in pristine rainforest and gives wildlife enthusiasts the unique opportunity to get up and close with our ancestors, the Orang Utan. The literal translation means People of the Forest and when you see this image you can probably understand why...This is one of the great places in Indonesia that I would love to visit over and over again, also partly because of the kindness and expertise of the local guides in the parc. The Rehabilitation Centre has a flyer that shows how incredible cruel and plain stupid human beings can treat these incredible animals. The centre frees, often young Orang Utans, from captivity and rehabilitates them in such a way that they can live peacefully again in their natural surrundings. As is often the case with animals living in the relative wild, one has to be a bit lucky to meet the animals, prefferably from a safe distance....But with patience and use of the friendly expertise of the local guides, you might get as lucky as I have been...