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Bukit Tigapuluh National Park holds enormous potential as a site for eco-tourism. The huge amount of biological diversity, including rare species of plants and animals, and a unique assemblage of local people living in the area with their knowledge about the utilization of many kinds of resources, are among the key assets that will appeal to tourists

Visitors who arrive from various direction may get to the Park Management Office in Pematang Reba via the following routes: From Jambi airport along the Eastern Sumatran Highway on a 5 hour drive (approximately 310 km) to the National Park office in Pematang Reba; or 45 minuters by flight to Japura Airport in Rengat then about 25 minutes to the National Park office in Pematang Reba.   From Pekanbaru airport along the Eastern Sumatran Highway on a 4 hour drive (approximately 310 km) to the National Park office in Pematang Reba; or 30 minutes by flight to Japura Airport in Rengat then about 25 minutes to the National park office in Pematang Reba.   From Batam airport via Tembilahan by speed boat/ferry on a 4 hour crossing, the to Pematang Reba via a 3 ours drive.

Old Malay traditions have much in common with those seen and described for the Talang Mamak as do the backgrounds to these traditions.

In fact, the Malay and Talang Mamak people have already posses a basic concept of conservation. Even these people have traditional spatial planning concepts. The border between one village and an adjacent one is well managed. In determining areas they will refer to the saying ' Cucur Ayik Sinding Pematang ' meaning that rivers, streams and drainage ditches make the best and least problematic boundaries.

The communities living in Bukit Tigapuluh National Park greatly support conservation management as they sustainably generate income from collecting forest products and due to the shifting cultivation integrated with rubber planting. Their swidden cultivation, which uses an appropriate and sustainable pattern of shifting ' fields ', does not much impinge upon large areas of forest.

The communities in the lowlands of Sumatra and in the surrounding river systems have much in common regarding language and traditions. The social-cultural differences are due to specific adaptations to the local environment, often caused by external influences brought in with economics, politics, and communications with other ethnic groups outside the immediate area.

The communities living in Bukit Tigapuluh practice shifting cultivation and collect forest products for external exchange. This tradition has taken place for thousands of years ago and has been an important factor in shaping the communities' social-politic structure in the Sumatra lowland. Paths, small roads and river are a means of transportation for bringing resources out of the forest and into the surrounding areas. Rivers used in this way as means of transportation include Cinaku, Keritang, Akar and Gangsal rivers in the northern and western part of the park. From Jambi they travel using the Tungkal and Sumai rivers.

The Talang Mamak communities living in the Bukit Tigapuluh National park can be found within Sembilan, Batang Gangsal, Sepuluh Jan, Denalah, and Pasak Melintang areas predominantly. About a hundred years ago all of these people were Talang Mamak, but since the influx of Islam people in three of these hamlets have become Malay. It was estimated in 1999, the communities in Bukit Tigapuluh National Park remaining were 181 households or 844 individuals. Of the total number 97 households or 523 individuals were Talang Mamak and 64 households or 321 individuals were Malay.

History Talang Mamak people belong to the Old Malay ethnic group, representing one of the traditional communities of Indragiri District. Being old traditional people or "Suku Tuha" they have rights to district resources. There are several arguments of where the Talang Mamak came from. According to Obdeyn (a former Indragiri Assistant Resident), Talang Mamak came from Pagaruyung region of West Sumatra, where they were pushed outside because of conflicts concerning adat/tradition and religion. But according to Talang Mamak myth, they were the third generation descended from Adam who came down to the earth at Sungai Limau hamlet and have lived in Sungai Tunu hamlet until now. This can be seen from the saying ' Kandal Tanah Makkah ' meaning that the Talang Mamak were the first human beings to live on the earth.

The Sumatran Orang Utan Reintroduction Program is located in the Bukit Tigapuluh National Park buffer zone, specifically in Suo-suo village, Sumai Sub-District, Tebo District, Jambi Province. This program was launched under considerations that: The Sumatran wild Orang Utan population is suffering a decline because of wildlife trade that is still ongoing. There is a need to build a Rehabilitation Center or Adaptation Station to release Orang Utan confiscated from poacher. The purpose of Sumatran Orang Utan Reintroduction Program is to: Look for and determine a suitable location for the Orang Utan Rehabilitation or Adaptation Station establishment based on appropriate surveys. Establish a Rehabilitation Center and equip it with basic equipment. Build capacity for Ministry of Forestry institutions in support of Orang Utan conservation. Increase awareness about the importance of Orang Utan among local communities. Set up coordination and partnership with government as well as local ins

Both these hamlets are situated in Rantau Langsat Village about 75 km from the National Park office or 2 hours drive. They are also situated close to the National Park boundary and are inhabited by the Talang Mamak community.

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