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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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