The main purpose to visit Tangkahan in Langkat district North Sumatra Indonesia is Tangkahan Sumatran Elephant Riding tour with well talented mahouts. This truly has become the most famous tourist attractions in this village located around 3 hours drive from Bukit Lawang and 5 hours from Medan.
Eco-friendly Tangkahan Sumatran ELEPHANT Riding Trip Experience
Having your experience to ride the elephant while cruising and patrolling the jungle would definitely be such an unforgettable memory during your trip in Sumatra. You may hardly see the real wild elephants during the ride despite approximately 200 -300 wild elephants wandering around Gunung Leuser National Park area, unless by very good luck!
Yet the opportunity of riding the elephant certainly would be an appropriate way to experience in knowing how they work on their daily duty to protect the jungle. You still might bump into the wild elephant tracks and foot prints by chance during the jungle cruise.
There are several well trained elephants at Tangkahan village which are available for riding. These elephants previously used to get involved in making troubles by destroying fields, farms, houses surrounding villages due to the food shortage and losing (territories) habitats.
Why Elephant ride?
Yet the opportunity of riding the elephant certainly would be an appropriate way to experience in knowing how they work on their daily duty to protect the jungle. You still might bump into the wild elephant tracks and foot prints by chance during the jungle cruise.
Well trained wild elephants.
Due to the threat of human life, the wild elephants in the conflict areas were carefully captured and finally brought to the elephant training centre at Tangkahan CRU. The captured elephants were taken care very well and then trained for riding.
Patrol the jungle
The aim was to intensively patrol the jungle in search of illegal activities, which clearly means that they were also for jungle ecotourism not merely for tourist attractions. Yet their primary duty was to patrol and guard the wilderness of National Park from any illegal and suspicious activities like animal poaching, illegal logging as well as villages.
Protect their on species on their habitats
And moreover these well trained elephants at Tangkahan CRU would certailny be used to protect wild elephants in the jungle, by driving them farther into the wilderness, away from populated areas in order to reduce the risk of human conflicts and death due to wild elephant stampede.
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