Bukit Lawang literally means "door to the hills". Bukit Lawang is a small village situated 90 kilometers northwest of Medan, the capital city of North Sumatra, Indonesia.
Bukit Lawang is most famous for being one of the last places in the world where one can see Orang-Utans in the wild. Bukit Lawang is situated at the eastern side of Gunung Leuser National Park.
In 1973 a Swiss organisation set up an orangutan rehabilitation centre in Bukit Lawang. The purpose of the centre was to rehabilitate orang-utans released from captivity.