The first stage consist of cruising the river for four hours with an estimate of reaching the first camp before nightfall. Rapidly the boat enters the forest area. Drops of water have been spraying our bodies for long and now the boat is jostled, turned and twisted by the current, hurdled the left and right. Fortunately the pilot maintains courage in our hearts. The river starts narrowing, the current is getting incleasling faster, we need to watch out for branches dagling over our heads.
Some starry hotels are available.
Aceh has one to three star hotels.