August 08, 2014

BATU KAPAL COMMUNITY

BATU KAPAL COMMUNITY
Batu Kapal Community
By : David Chan

Birds and Orangutans watch 
Batu Kapal Community is a group of peoples that is engaged in preserving the natural environment in the Batu Kapal area. Batu Kapal means Stone Ship/Boat, the naming of this area might came from one of the stone cave that looks similar to a big boat. Its located in the outskirts of Gunung Leuser National Park (TNGL) 4km away from Bukit Lawang, Bahorok District, North of Sumatra. Batu Kapal covers the area more than 2Ha Contain Private Plantation like Rubbers, Corns, Fishponds, Caves, Rivers, and Jungle owned by Mr. Nasib Suhardi. He used to be a Professional Guide in Bukit Lawang , now that he lives and work in Australia this local bussiness is running by the Community he starts sometimes around February 2013 called BATU KAPAL COMMUNITY, the Community contains family and friends who lives surroundings.

Batu Kapal Orangutan
Along with NATURE EDUCATION mission, this community has a vision to preserve their land as media for Ecotourism Education specially Environment and Conservation as the main subject. This Community think that Ecotourism is one good solution to save the forest from deforestation & and also the wildlifes. Batu Kapal can be reach an hour walking from Bukit Lawang or take an Ojek (Local motorbike transportation)

Batu Kapal Camping Ground
Basic facilities;

Camping Ground is provided for staying
Tents, matras, and other basic need could be provided.

Bungalow & Restaurant
Anyone can order great local and european food in the Restaurant, a Profesional chef Masno will cook for you, if you are not doing your own survival food.

Visitor can visit around 30Ha lands with local guide, and do some activities to explore the area.
Some education programs is waiting for you anytime you need, those are ;
- Jungle and River, Cave conservation are to preserved Jungle, Community lands, and surroundings
- Some Education for visitors or students are ;
            1. Environment and Conservation.
            2. Batik Painting Training by Bayoue Trre
            3. Cooking Lesson with Chef Masno
- Research and Community Development
            1. Wildlifes, Birds and Orangutans watch

- Ecotourism.
            1. Wild Cave Expedition
            2. Rafting (Tube and Boat Rafting)
            3. Jungle Trek upto 7days living in the Jungle
Batu Kapal Cave expedition 


Sumatra Discovery was lucky to meet Mr. Nasib while he was on holiday and his Community crew, staffs and members on our last visit to Batu Kapal. We spent 3days and 2night at Batu Kapal, we even have the chance to see 3 the mother and her 2 babies of the 17 Orangutans who lives in the area near the cave, while we were about to start our Wild Batu Kapal Cave Expedition.
Cave Expedition

Batu Kapal Campfire
Wild Cave Expeditions are tour through the undeveloped portions of the cave where there are no designated trails, handrails, or electric lights. Participants on these guided tours are required to wear helmets, lights, pads, Trekking shoes/Sandal and gloves -- all of which are not provided for your use.

Batu Kapal is proud to be home to the North Sumatra finest wild caving expeditions which are regarded as the most challenging and exciting tours in this part of the country. Trained cavers will guide you through the exotic trails, Bat chambers, and complicated tunnels which can take up to 3hours or more crawling between the sharps stones & slippery soft yellow sands. Our expeditions are fun, thrilling, and absolutely amazing!

Sumatra Discovery Jungle suites 
If you considering to stay at Batu Kapal Camping ground, it could be an experience you wanted to share with everyone, Imagine the sounds of nature at nite, swim at a clear Landak river, sleep just next to the sounds of a river flows, campfires, barbeque, and get along with people who visit this very quiet place, do some traditional Takraw sports in the afternoon, completely relax far from the world.

Enjoy some of our Photo Galleries during our stay at Batu Kapal Camping Ground.
Batu Kapal Batik Painting by Bayoue trrey

Cooking Lesson with Chef Masno

Batu Kapal Bungalow and Restaurant with Chef Masno

Takraw : Bayoue in Action

An exciting sport Takraw is very famous in the southeast asia

Spear fishing at Landak River 

Setting up Campfire

Surviving Breakfast :D 

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