Top Things to do in Kalimantan
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The 10 Best Things to do Good for Big Groups in Kalimantan, Kalimantan
Discover the best top things to do in Kalimantan, Indonesia including Tanjung Puting National Park, Orangutan Applause - Day Tours, Varada Borneo Tour, Camp Leakey, Kakaban Island, Derawan Archipelago, Sentarum Lake, Sting-less Jellyfish Lake, Lokbaintan Floating Market, Sangalaki Island.
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1. Tanjung Puting National Park
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 355 reviews
Reviewed By seevalid - Colombo, Sri Lanka
Seven of us travelling together spent four days at Tanjung Puting National park from 01st August 2019. We were on a houseboat during this period. When we arrived at Pangkalan Iskandar Airport, our guide Arbain met us there and brought us to the jetty in Kumai to board the houseboat Klotok Al-Fatah 66. It was an open boat. Folding canvas on the sides could be closed if there is rain. The crew consisted of the Captain and four others. The meals provided on board were similar and basic but tasty. There were many similar houseboats with tourists. Our guide explained that Proboscis monkeys are found only in Borneo and that he would take us to various parts of the rain forest park famed for Orangutans and other wildlife. During our tour of the park along Sekonyer River, Arbain, our guide took us to various places of interest listed below: * Pondok Tunggui Orangutan feeding centre. Enjoyed the bulky orangutans, with their long strong arms and bowed legs, coming in from the canopy of high trees swaying amongst trees and creepers. * Camp Leakey - Saw a gibbon and a large troop of Orangutans, feeding and playing. * While moving on the Sekonyer river, flowing through the rain forested park, we saw many Proboscis monkeys, long tailed macaque on the trees, many birds and a few Orangutans feeding on tender reeds by the river. * Tanjung Harapan Camp - This was another feeding centre for Orangutans where we saw many mums and babies. The highlight of the tour was to see and enjoy the endangered Orangutans, endemic to the region. It was an exhilarating experience to see them in their habitat and to be surrounded by natures beauty and bounty. I greatly appreciate the efforts made by the authorities and the three feeding centres to sustain the orangutans as well as making it possible for us, the visitors, to see them in their natural habitat.
2. Orangutan Applause - Day Tours
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 429 reviews
Borneo Alase is our brand for Orangutan Souvenir, the stone to step our small business. We choose nature and conservation issues to apply on our product. We just thinking about involving local people by providing handicraft as souvenir and spreading knowledge about biodiversity caring for people around. Borneo Primate Tour working to provide orangutan tour guide and management focused in Borneo. We start with experiences as a guide and working as research assistant-then a staff of research station in the park. Borneo Primate Tour is our way to support conservation efforts of threatened Orangutan and its globally important habitat, the tropical forests in Borneo. Our mission is providing green jobs opportunities for local people through ecotourism activities to support sustainable utilization non-timber forest. It is important to faring the local people welfare so they wouldn’t depend on the forest and take its direct advantages. We called strengthening border the national park. We are working with a dream: living harmony between people and biodiversity.
3. Varada Borneo Tour
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 106 reviews
We organize for Orangutan Tour in Tanjung Puting National Park and Dayak-Longhouse tour. We are a legal company based in Pangkalan Bun. Best Service Guarantee 24/7 Dedicated Customer Support. You always get best service, Online Booking and Reliable price. Best review from all our lovely guest Trust & Safety Recommended Ministry of tourism, Lonely Planet, Tripadvisor, Asociation ,Media Partner, Foundation, Ecotourism Society, Local People. Best Orangutan Tour Operator & DMC Service from the heart. Best travel experiences, making this an experience you will never forget. Create your perfect holiday with a Tailor-made tour with Varada Borneo.
4. Camp Leakey
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 163 reviews
Reviewed By seevalid - Colombo, Sri Lanka
Our group of seven travelling with "Cinnamon Nature Trails" visited Camp Leakey Feeding Centre - also called Camp 3 - at Tanjung Puting National Park in the afternoon on 2nd September 2019. Our houseboat dropped us at the Camp Leakey jetty on Sekonyer River. The 2 km walk to the feeding centre was along a path, with the initial low-lying 500 metres or so on a wooden platform. It was an enjoyable walk through the rainforest. At the feeding centre, there were a few benches that served as seats for the visitors. The feeding platform, about 10 metres in length was well separated from the viewing area. The billboard prominently mounted displayed the feeding time to be between 1400 to 1600. A Gibbon monkey arrived on the tree canopy above, as we quietly sat on the benches. It moved from tree to tree, not jumping, but swaying with its hands and legs. Its nimble movements were fascinating. It was sitting atop trees in anticipation of the food that would soon arrive. At about 1415, attendants distributed bananas on top of the feeding platform along with some milk. The gibbon descended quickly along a nearby creeper, drank some milk, collected a few choice plantains and climbed back on to its vantage point on top of the tree. It was obvious that he wanted to be away when the Orangutans arrive! The attendants made loud calls, apparently to inform the orangutans that their meal was ready. Orangutans however were not in a hurry. It took some time before they arrived on the scene. All of them did not come at once, but arrived, mostly one by one, from all directions through the tree canopy of the rain forest. As they arrived, we enjoyed seeing them on treetops, hanging on to branches, swaying between trees and creepers. Unlike monkeys, Orangutans don’t jump, they move by swinging on their arms and legs. Quite large and bulky, with a thick neck, they have long strong arms and bowed legs with no tail! There were youngsters and mothers with babies clinging on to them. A young playful orangutan couple, after they fed themselves, entertained the crowd with their courting antics. When the dominant Male arrived, ones that had their bellies full, moved away. As we were getting ready to leave, a herd of bush pigs arrived and consumed the banana peels left on the ground. I enjoyed the afternoon immensely, watching both the gibbon and the orangutans, their elegant movements and their play as well as the motherly care for the babies. Although not listed in Tripadvisor, there are two other feeding centres along Sekonyer River – 1 Pondok Tanggui also called Camp 2 (feeding time 0900 to 1000) and 2. Tanjung Harappan also called Camp 1 (feeding time 1500 to 1700). It was very satisfying to see the immense care bestowed on these animals at all three feeding centres for their continued sustainability.
5. Kakaban Island
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 84 reviews
Reviewed By Sugeng2508
Kakaban island is an inhabitant island in Berau, East Kalimantan, is one island in Indonesian archipelago, that has a salt water lake where stingless jelly fish lives in. Its was simply amazing.
6. Derawan Archipelago
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 214 reviews
Reviewed By muntheanaa - Jakarta, Indonesia
for the very first time traveling solo, and it was super amaizing. Jump from the bridge, swim with whaleshark, turtle and jellyfish, try to dive at labuan cermin, am so in love with Derawan
7. Sentarum Lake
8. Sting-less Jellyfish Lake
9. Lokbaintan Floating Market
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 144 reviews
Pasar Terapung Lok Baintan is the traditional floating market, traders in the market selling product from garden, farm and many kinds of household merchandise in jukung(boat without engine). The seller of mayority is mothers with TANGGUI or large cap and anti solar cold powder for the face. This activity takes place every day more or less at 06.00 am until 7.00 am wita.
Reviewed By destinasidanpengemba
Lok Baintan Floating Market or Sungai Martapura Floating Market is a traditional floating market located in Sungai Pinang (Lok Baintan) village, Sungai Tabuk sub-district, Banjar. In general, Lok Baintan Floating Market is no different from the Floating Market at the mouth of the Kuin River / Barito River. Both of them are traditional markets on a jukung which sell a variety of merchandise, such as agricultural / plantation production and last not too long, about three to four hours at most. This floating market has existed since the time of the Banjar Sultanate.Along the coast of the Martapura Lokbaintan River, a convoy of boats was seen heading for the floating market location. These boats belong to traders and farmers who will market their crops. They came from various tributaries of the Martapura River, such as the Lenge River, Bakung River, Paku Alam River, Saka Bunut River, Madang River, Tanifah River, and Lok Baintan River.
10. Sangalaki Island
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 100 reviews
Reviewed By Banglabarry - Surabaya, Indonesia
I went to see the mantas from maratua island, we didn’t see any that day. But the snorkeling around the island was great. The huge turtles were also worth the trip. They do have a turtle hatchery on the island and that’s fantastic. I love that kind of stuff. I don’t care if you have seen them before in the Caribbean or Maldives come here see them if for the fact you will be contributing to the natural environment there.
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