Bukit Tigapuluh National Park (also called Bukit Tiga Puluh and Bukit
Tigapulah), The Thirty Hills, is a 143,223 hectare National Park in
eastern Sumatra, consisting primarily of tropical lowland forest,
largely in Riau province, with a smaller part of 33,000 ha in Jambi
province. It is famous as one of the last refuges of endangered species
such as the Sumatran Orangutan, Sumatran tiger, Sumatran elephant,
Sumatran rhinoceros and Asian tapir, as well as many endangered bird
species. It forms part of the Tesso Nilo Complex biodiversity hotspot.
The Park is inhabited by the indigenous peoples of the Orang Rimba and
Talang Mamak tribes.
Ecosystem types within the Park include lowland and highland forests, with flora such as Gutta-percha, Shorea, Alstonia scholaris, Dyera costulata, Koompassia excelsa, Rafflesia hasseltii, Daemonorops draco and various kinds of rattan.
Ecosystem types within the Park include lowland and highland forests, with flora such as Gutta-percha, Shorea, Alstonia scholaris, Dyera costulata, Koompassia excelsa, Rafflesia hasseltii, Daemonorops draco and various kinds of rattan.