Hands-on ethical elephant washing experience in the clear river at Tangkahan, North Sumatra – splashing and scrubbing with rescued elephants during a popular day trip from Bukit Lawang, surrounded by lush rainforest near Gunung Leuser National Park.

There is a very tiny village located in North Sumatra Indonesia called Tangkahan. On one side of the village is the Gunung Leuser National Park, and on the other side are vast fields of palm oil plantations which had been tearing …

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