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this so-called "magical trip",
you will explore the quite and placid river on a traditional
boat 3 x 10 meter wide (many past tourists of us call
it "African Queen" river boat style) to
visit the Tanjung Puting National Park in Central
Borneo Province where you can trekking around in searching
for orangutans as well as other endemic species of
Kalimantan and other exotic fauna and flora. You will
also watch the ex-captive orangutans re-introduced
to their natural habitat. Many of the orangutans which
have already successfully rehabilitated still come
to the rehabilitation center at Camp Leakey station
to visit the rangers and to interact with the new
coming orangutans. Some times we can also encounter
with the wild orangutans during easy trekking around
the Camp Leakey which is also a research center area.
In the afternoon, the boat will boating slowly on
the quite river where you can take pictures of the
other endemic monkeys of Kalimantan: Proboscis "pinnochio"
Monkeys (nasalis larvatus), birds and other wildlife
playing in the trees before they overnight along the
riverside.
For overnight, we will stay on traditional wooden
boat for the whole night to make the cost more effective.
Overnight on boat also provides us a better opportunity
of sighting the crocodile, birds, monkeys and other
animals at dusk or down at their night time resting
place in the trees at the riverside. In the morning
you will be waked up by the morning dew and ""the
concert of tropical rain forest creatures". A
healthy meals for dinner and Breakfast is prepared
by our expert cooks on Indonesian cuisine. The boat
is spacious 8 x 2.5 meters, which forms a roof and
accommodates for 5 - 6 peoples. You can sleep on it
or inside the boat separated with the guides and the
boat crews. Clean mattresses, pillows, mosquito net
and a simple toilet are available on board.
Meanwhile, there is a riverside lodge across the
river near Tanjung Harapan. This place allow you to
have a nice sleep and good wash for the whole days.
The river side has a very nice surrounding with the
forest background, a lot of faunas to see and observe
too. You will get additional charge based on the type
of the accommodation you choose in the lodge if you
decide to stay here. However, the room rates in the
lodge is quite expensive.
How to Get There
The entry point of Tanjung Puting National Park is
Pangkalan Bun, a town in Central Borneo. To reach
Pangkalan Bun Airport, there is flight available from
Jakarta or Bali and other major cities in Indonesia.
To reach Pangkalan Bun from Bali, you need to take
the flight to Jogyakarta, overnight and by the next
day drive to Semarang Airport, 4 hours away from Jogyakarta.
The transfers from Jogyakarta to Semarang on private
air-conditioned vehicle can be arrange through us.
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