Batang Gadis National Park is an national park in Sumatra that is located in Mandailing Natal regency. It was named after the main river that flows and divides Mandailing Natal Regency, the Batang Gadis River.

Understand

Mount Sorikmarapi

History

Parts of the forest within the national park have been protected by the Dutch colonial government since 1921. The proposal for a national park was submitted by the local government in 2003, and the Batang Gadis National Park was declared in 2004.

Landscape

This national park has diverse ecosystems, ranging from highland swamp forests, wetlands, river valleys, limestone forests, lowland hill forests to mountain forests.

Flora and fauna

There are at least 47 species of mammals, 247 of birds, 240 vascular plants and 1,500 microorganisms in the park.

The mammals that can be found are Sumatran tiger, Malayan tapir, Malayan porcupine, Asian golden cat, leopard cat, Indian muntjac, goral (Naemorhedus sumatrae), Java mouse-deer, binturong, sun bear and Sambar deer. There were 13 endemic species of bird recorded in the park, including Salvadori's pheasant and Schneider's pitta. Amphibians include the caecilian Ichtyopis glutinosa and the long-nosed horned frog, etc.

Get in

By plane

• 1 Minangkabau International Airport (PDG ^IATA), in Padang city. (updated Oct 2024)
• 2 Kualanamu International Airport (KNO ^IATA), in Medan city. (updated Oct 2024)

Fees and permits

A cultural tour in Batang Gadis National Park is priced at Rp670,000 for 3 days and 2 nights (Feb 2022). Participant visitors will get facilities in the form of homestays, car and driver rentals, 7 meal times and 2 break times, a guide, and some souvenirs. For tourist information in Batang Gadis National Park, you can contact WhatsApp +62 82-370-434-044. Or you can contact Tapanuli Trekking Tour.

See

• There are historical ancient Japanese colonial caverns as well as natural caves that are spreaded through the park.

Do

• Climbing the Mount Sorikmarapi.
• Rafting at Batang Gadis River.

Sleep

Stay safe

There were 10 recorded wildlife conflict incidents from 2017 to 2019, involving Sumatran tigers (6 times), and also sun bear, binturong, siamang, macaque one by each.

Go next

The protection of Batang Gadis as a national park is part of a plan to create the Northern Sumatra biodiversity conservation corridor, which would be connected, via a series of protected areas and forests, to Gunung Leuser National Park in the north of the island.