Field Trips to Gunung Palung National Park

GPOCP regularly leads overnight field trips for students and teachers to Gunung Palung National Park. For many, it is their first time inside the park. These trips provide participants with a chance to directly experience the forest and engage in hands-on learning about topics such as plan and animal identification, water quality assessment, forest survival skills, and the importance of orangutans to the ecosystem. Students have even observed and collected data on the behavior of wild orangutans.

To facilitate these excursions, GPOCP collaborated with park officials and local communities to build an environmental education campsite, known as Lubuk Baji, using natural materials and traditional building techniques. Lunuk Baji is also used for hosting workshops, park service training sessions, and is the main eco-tourism location in the park.

A GPOCP-led field trip to Gunung Palung NP for high school students

Newly-constructed Lubuk Baji campsite used for student trips and ecotourism (Photo: Jamie Kemsey)