Danau
Sentarum National Park
Gateway
to Danau Sentarum
Danau
Sentarum National Park (DSNP),is located in a remote area of West
Kalimantan, Indonesia, and situated close to the Malaysian border of
Sarawak, approximately 700 km. inland from the provincial capital,
Pontianak. DSNP is an area of interconnected seasonal lakes and
seasonally flooded tropical forests with the water catchment consisting
of lowland tropical forest in the hills and flooded forest in the
low-lying areas. A patchwork of various forest developmental stages
characterizes the former and is a result of commercial logging, swidden
cultivation, and smallholdings of rubber and pepper. The altitude
within the park is approximately 30-35 m. above sea level, while the
surrounding hills rise as high as 760 m. Daytime temperatures are
consistently 26-30 degrees Celsius, with annual rainfall ranging
between 3000 and 4000 mm. The driest months are usually July, August,
and September. The area was established as the Danau Sentarum Wildlife
Reserve in 1985. The main part of the park comprises around 1250 square
km though the exact boundaries of the park remain unclear. The Iban
longhouse community of Sungal Sedik (2) located about 6 km. from the
district administrative center and market town of Lanjak. The longhouse
was a 14-household community containing about 98 residents. The Sungai
Sedik territory was occasionally hunted by members of at least five
other longhouse communities and residents of Lanjak.
West
Kalimantan 's Danau Sentarum National Park wildlife hide 120 species of
fish, Among them are the Asian bony tongue, toman,
betutu, jelawat, belida, ketutung, and the beautiful clown
loach. Other animals like proboscis monkey, orangutan, estuarine
crocodile, siamese crocodile, clouded leopard, great argus pheasant, false gavial, and
wooly-necked stork also inhabit this
national park.
BETUNG KERIHUN AND DANAU SENTARUM NATIONAL PARKS TOUR
Tour Duration: 08 Days/07 Nights
Day
01 ARRIVAL IN PONTIANAK (D)
Upon arrival at Pontianak, meeting service, transfer to hotel.
Free at your own leisure. Afternoon, short
sightseeing around Pontianak, visit the equator
monument.
Day 02 PONTIANAK - PUTUSSIBAU (BLD)
Breakfast at Hotel, Free at your own leisure till transferring
to airport for your flight to Putussibau. Upon Arrival at Putussibau,
direct transfer to a lodge for overnight, in th evening we
an explore the Dayak people activities. Lunch will be served
en route, dinner and overnight on longhouse.
Day
03 PUTUSSIBAU - BETUNG KERIHUN NATIONAL PARK (BLD)
After breakfast at lodge, we will drive to Embaloh River, on
the way we will pass farmlands.By longboat we cruise
upstream to Embaloh, from where we continue passing
rapids to Mataso village in-to Betung Kerihun National Park.
Lunch will be served en route, dinner and overnight at prepaired jungle
camp.
Day 04 BETUNG KERIHUN NATIONAL PARK (BLD)
After breakfast, trekking to explore the Betung Kerihun
National Park, the trails lead us through canopy bridges,
passing rivers, spotting wild animals and when
lucky we might see a wild orangutan. Lunch will be
served en route, dinner and overnight at jungle camp.
Day 05 BETUNG KERIHUN NATIONAL PARK - DANAU SENTARUM NATIONAL
PARK (BLD)
After breakfast, by boat transfer to Lanjak and continue by
car and speedboat to Tekenang village at the
area of Danau Sentarum National Park. Here we can explore
wildlife of the wetlands. Lunch will be served en route, dinner and
overnight on fisherman floating house.
Day 06 DANAU SENTARUM NATIONAL PARK - PUTUSSIBAU (BLD)
Early morning start return trip to Putussibau, by speedboat
via Tekenang, the trip will take about 5 hours.
During the trip you an enjoy the two
different landscapes of Sentarum Lake and Kapuas River which
we pass, upon arrival at Putussibau, check in
at Hotel. Lunch and dinner will be served en route.
Day
07 PUTUSSIBAU - PONTIANAK (BLD)
Breakfast at hotel, free at leisure, till departure time for your
flight to Pontianak, upon arrival at Pontianak, transfer to Hotel for
overnight, meals en route
Day 08 PONTIANAK DEPARTURE (B)
Breakfast at hotel and free at your own leisure till departure
time for your onward flight from Pontianak airport to your next
destination.
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The Most Spectacular Dayak
Events at Kalimantan. Various rituals and ceremonies are held each
year, from Erau, Tiwah to more local harvest and rain dances
as expressions of gratitude, designed to mark important moments or
cultural Dayak traditions of many years......read
more
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Dayak
Longhouses are
various in art, Differant tribes have differant Longhouses, and can be
found all over Kalimantan island. From The Mahakam River Area, to the
Upper Kapuas River Region.....read
more
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Kalimantan
National Parks are
various, The Adventures Jungle of Kayan Mentarang, to the soft Kersik
Luway Orchid Reserve. Orangutans
can be found at Tanjung Puting, Wehea,
and Kutai National Park. Derawan Maritime National Park with it's
Manta's and coral reefs
....read
more
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The
cultural and artistic traditions of the indigenous Dayak
population are still preserved in the hinterland of East
Kalimantan.Sailing up the streams to the Malaysian border, one can
still meet Traditional Dayak settlements than seem to have been little
touched by the modernity ....
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This
region known as the Land of a Thousand Rivers, Big and small rivers,
wide swamps and lowlands are characteristic of this southern province.
Some of those rivers, such as the Barito, Martapura and Negara mark the
boundary.Loksado is an attractive place for nature tourism on a plateau
in the Meratus mountains. The forest offer available trails,and Dayak
Culture....read
more
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The indigenous inhabitants are
the Dayaks, comprising the sub-tribes Ngaju, Ot Danum, Ma'anyan Ot
Siang, Lawangan, Katingan and others. Their livelihood is
hunting, moving from one region to another. They adhere to the old
Kaharingan religion. Tanjung Puting and Tangkiling National Park.
.....read
more
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Boat and overland journeys
provide a rare opportunity to see the interior of one of the world's
largest and richest island West Kalimantan is an important and very
attractive province. It is rich in history, culture and places of
interest for the tourist. The most important rivers are
the Kapuas River, Sambas River, Sekayam River, Landak River, Melawi
River and Pawan River....read
more
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