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Kalimantan giant rivers, Mahakam River, Barito River, Kapuas River,Kahayan River,Sekonyer River,Kayan River,Katingan River,Belayan River. montane and lowland rainforest, wildlife habitat. hard wooden tree species Borneo, climbing rattan palms, vines, orchids, ferns, and pitcher plants.The wildlife diverse, animal sounds, monkeys, gibbons, wild ox, wild cats, flying lemur, martins, weasels, fresh water dolphins, orang utans, sun bear, leopard, snakes, hornbill birds, parrots, parakeets, and crested fireback pheasants.many kinds of beautiful butterflies meta llic beetles, poisonous polypods, brightly colored millipedes, giant walking sticks, population of Kalimantan is diverse, cause of the booming oil, coal, gold industry, many Indonesians came to Kalimantan searching for work in the last two decades. The native Dayak people live deeper inland along the river banks throughout the interior of Borneo,each Dayak tribe about 200 Dayak tribes have dialect and culture, thriving as hunters and gatherers. Indonesians Dayaks headhunting animist customs. nature, Due airstrips and boat connections the Dayak territory is still some of the most inaccessible on earth. Headhunting doesn t exist in Kalimantan anymore, jungle nature. anthropology Dayaks tribes, Austronesian migration from Asia, South East Asian Archipelago some. The Dayaks Bakumpai, Dayak Bukit of South Kalimantan, The Ngajus, and Baritos of Central Kalimantan, Benuaqs,Kayan and Kenyah of East Kalimantan, and the Ibans of West Kalimantan and Malay Borneo, Other populations are the nomadic Punan, which are live nowadays along the Border between Kalimantan and Sabah Sarawak. Borneo Ilanun, Melanau, Kutai Islamized Dayaks, native to Borneo, cultural influences of the Javanese Majapahit Kingdoms and Islamic Malay Sultanates, South East Asian history. Dayak agriculture rice cultivation. Agricultural Land hill rice farming, ladang (garden), and hutan (forest). Dayaks organised, religion is Kaharingan a form of animism, Hinduism in Indonesia. The practice of Kaharingan spirit ascends to a mountain where the spirits of past ancestors of the tribe reside. Dayak social organisation Longhouse. hardwood posts river bank. longhouse 200 doors is equivalent to a settlement, Banjars and local Malays. Kutai National Park is a lowland forest area with a number of principal vegetation types, including coastal/mangrove forest, freshwater swamp forest, kerangas forest, lowland flooding forest, ulin/meranti/kapur forest, and mixed Dipterocarpaceae forest. This Park is also part of the largest relatively pristine ulin forest in Indonesia. plants grow in this Park mangrove (Bruguiera sp.), cemara laut (Casuarina equisetifolia), simpur (Dillenia sp.), meranti (Shorea sp.), benuang (Octomeles sumatrana), ulin (Eusideroxylon zwageri), kapur (Dryobalanops sp.), species of rafflesia, various orchid species. An ulin tree in Sangkimah, Indonesia As well as a variety of plants, this Park also has a high animal diversity. Primate groups like orangutan (Pongo satyrus), Mueller's Bornean grey gibbon (Hylobates muelleri), proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis fascicularis), maroon leaf monkey (Presbytis rubicunda rubicunda), white-fronted leaf monkey (P. frontata frontata), pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina nemestrina), and slow loris (Nycticebus coucang borneanus) can be found in Teluk Kaba, Prevab-Mentoko and Sangkimah. Ungulate groups like banteng (Bos javanicus lowi), sambar deer (Cervus unicolor brokei), barking deer (Muntiacus muntjak pleiharicus), and lesser Malay mouse deer (Tragulus javanicus klossi) can be found throughout the Park area.Carnivore groups such as sun bear (Helarctos malayanus euryspilus) and flat-headed cat (Pardofelis planiceps) can be found in Teluk Kaba, Prevab-Mentoko and along the Bontang-Sangatta road.Teluk Kaba in Kutai National Park is the location of the nation's third orangutan rehabilitation centre.Kaba Bay and Muara Sangkimah: marine tourism and observing animals, especially orangutans, proboscis monkeys, sambar deer, lesser mouse deer, sun bears, and birds.Lombok Bay and Muara Sungai Sangatta: marine tours and observation of original mangrove forest.Prevab-Mentoko: research; watching animals such as sun bears, orangutans, lesser mouse deer , and wild pigs.Kayan Mentarang National Park covers an area of 1,600,000 ha and is located in the far interior of East Kalimantan province. The park comprises the largest remaining block of rainforest in Borneo and as such forms a very important refuge for numerous species, including many species that are endemic to the Bornean mountain bioregion. About half of the reserve consists of species-rich dipterocarp lowland and hill forest while mountain forest ranges up to Kayan Mentarang's highest mountain park elevation Dayak Punan people Wildlife hunting WWF eco-tourist Long Alango, Long Pujungan, wildlife. Access Kayan Mentarang National Park remote flights Samarinda-Long Ampung, Tarakan-Long Bawan, riverboats Tarakan-Tanjung Selor-Long Pujungan route. Samarinda or Malinau to Long Ampung. Data Dian fuel is extraordinary expensive. MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship) flights, MAF require advanced booking (minimum 1 month before departing date),and both airlines reserve the authority to prioritize seats for local citizens from around the Park accommodation, settlements park. Kersik Luway Nature Reserve nature Melak and Barong Tongkok, Black Orchid (Coelogyne pandurata) blossoms reserve. orchid species also grow in this forest. The reserve is located 170 kilometers from Samarinda and can be reached in 32 hours by boat. Other tourist spots in this regions include Jentur Gemuruh waterfall and Kersik Kerbangan, a forest known for is wild orchids. Visitors usually stay at Sekolag Darat village.Pepas Eheng village belongs to the Barong Tongkok district, 209 kilometers from Samarinda . Plait work, rattan furniture and Tunjung Dayak statues are made here. The village can be reached from Melak in one hour by car.Muara Oahu is a district town at the meeting point of the Kedang Pahu and Lawa river, in the Mahakam hinterland. Twenty-eight villages, with a total population a bout 11,000 are found in this area.The cultural heritage of the Dayak people is very much evident at Tolan village. There are two traditional houses and a graveyard which are worth seeing. The people here live from panning for gold, looking for bird's nests and tilling the dry fields.Tanjung Puting & Camp Leakey,Tanjung Puting National Park has several ecosystem types: lowland tropical rain forest, dryland forest, freshwater swamp forest, mangrove forest, coastal forest, and secondary forest.The Park is dominated by lowland forest plants like jelutung (Dyera costulata), ramin (Gonystylus bancanus), meranti (Shorea sp.), keruing (Dipterocarpus sp.), and rattans.Endangered and protected species of animal inhabiting the Park include the orangutan (Pongo satyrus), proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), maroon leaf monkey (Presbytis rubicunda rubida), sun bear (Helarctos malayanus euryspilus), lesser Malay mouse deer (Tragulus javanicus klossii), clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), and leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis borneoensis). This Park was the first place in Indonesia to become a rehabilitation centre for orangutans. There are now three orangutan rehabilitation locations, Tanjung Harapan, Pondok Tanggui, and Camp Leakey.The orangutan of Kalimantan.Tanjung Harapan: this is the first station in the orangutan rehabilitation process. forest and swamp forest, it has a guesthouse, an information centre, and trails. Pondok Tanggui orangutans that have passed the semi-wild phase are moved to Pondok Tanggui. There, they are closely monitored from a distance, and human contact is avoided.Camp Leakey: founded in 1971 in the middle of primary forest, this is the location for semi-wild and wild orangutans, and for younger orangutans from birth until three years of age. Natai Lengkuas bekantan research station, watching animals along the river. Buluh River and Danau Burung watching birds, Jakarta-Semarang-Pangkalan Bun by plane, or from Semarang to Pangkalan Bun by ship.Tangiling Reserve, is an Option to Find good wild life and orangutan. Danau Sentarum National Park (DSNP),is located in a remote area of West Kalimantan, Indonesia, and situated close to the Malaysian border of Sarawak, 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 Sungai Sedik territory was occasionally hunted by members of at least five other longhouse communities and residents of Lanjak.Gunung Palung National Park Nature Reserve is a 100,000 ha (241,700 acres) park located on the southwestern coast of Borneo. It is rich in rain forest habitats and plant and animal biodiversity. It has coastal mangrove forest and fresh and brackish water swamp forest, lowland peat swamp forest, various types of lowland forest, submontane and montane forest. The orangutan Gunung Palung and the surrounding areas harbor what is thought to be one of the most dense and viable remaining orangutan populations in Kalimantan, and therefore, the world. funded in part by The Orangutan Conservancy, gives an estimate of 2500 individual orangutans population in Borneo.The Orangutan Conservancy Gunung Palung National Park, lBorneo. protect the forest wild orangutan. 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Danau Sentarum National Park

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Danau Sentarum National Park (DSNP) ,is located in a remote area of the upper Kapuas River called "Kapuas hulu" in West Kalimantan province, of Indonesia Borneo, and situated close to the Malaysian border of Malaysian Sarawak, and is approximately 700 km. inland from the West Kalimantan provincial capital, Pontianak. DSNP is an area of connected big lakes and seasonally flooded by the tropical rains, as the water streams down from the cloud Rain Forest hills of the surrounding area.
Danau Sentarum National Park is approximately 30-35 m. above sea level, while the surrounding hills are situated as high as 750 meter above sea level. Daytime temperatures are consistently between the 26-30 degrees Celsius, The driest months are usually July, August, and September. The area was established in 1985 as the Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve. While the borders are unclear, the main part of the park is around 1250 square km
Several Longhouses are found in the area of Danau Sentarum Park, The Iban longhouse of Sungal Sedik is located about 6 km. from the district center of Lanjak. The longhouse was a 14-household community containing about 100 residents. The Sedik River territory is a hunted area for the members of the at least five other longhouse Dayak communities of Lanjak.

West Kalimantan 's Danau Sentarum National Park wildlife has 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 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 transfer 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 at longhouse.

   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
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 at 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.


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


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