Palangkaraya
Kahayan River Longhouse Trips
Palangkaraya is the capital of Central Kalimantan province.
Palangkaraya is situated in the upstream region of the Kahayan river.
Palangkaraya is inhabited by about 100,000 people, and has
two districts, Pahandut and Bukitbatu. Pahandut is
being developed more then Bukitbaru. As the Capital
of the province, Palangkaraya can be easily reached
from Jakarta, Surabaya, Banjamasin, Samarinda, Balikpapan and other
points on the island.
Tour Destination :
Palangkaraya,
Tangkiling National Park, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Main
Interest & Things to do :
The
Regional Museum has collections of historical and cultural
interest, including Samples of Dayak art architecture in the
form of miniature sandungs and patahu, also samples
of
the local crafts of Central Kalimantan can be found.
Tangkiling
National Park lies north of Palangkaraya.
Small rivers flow through the reserve. Orangutans and wild life can be
spot easily here, in combination with traditional Dayak culture.
Gohong
Rawai is known for its beautiful and challenging rapids. Suitable for
adventurers, white-water rafters and nature lovers.
In
Bukit Rawi, north of Palangkaraya, in the upper reaches of the
Kahayan river, are a sandung and a sapunduk, wooden structures in which
the ashes of the dead are kept. Sapunduk is a statue which serves as
pillar.
The
longhouse in Buntoi is about 100 years old. which is located in the
downstream Kahayan River area, and can be reached
from Banjarmasin or Palangkaraya. The trip takes one full day.
Pantar and Sandung statues are found in front of the longhouse.
The
longhouse at Tumbang Malahui, in the Rungan district, the length of the
house is 30 meters. The walls are made of tree bark,
and the pillar is called bakas or sulung. A sandang statue is
found in front of the house.
The
place can be reached from Palangkaraya overland up to
Tangkiling, then over the river to Timbering Jatuh, Rungan district.
Then continue to Timbering Malahui, which takes two hours. A trip from
Tangkiling to Timbering Jatuh, takes 10 hours by klotok boat. The same
trip takes three hours by speedboat. banama
Lake
Melawen is near Buntok, small motorboats are available for sailing or
fishing.
The
longhouse of Makonjun in Makonjun village, can be
reached by motorboat from
Muarateweh in two hours. The longhouse was built about 100 years ago
and is more then
100 meters long.
Culture : Dayak
Ot Danum, Dayak Ngaju
Flora & Fauna : Low
land Tropical Rainforest and Wild life
Tour Starting Point :
Palangkaraya,
Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Tour
Transport
Possibilities : Public
transport facilities like boats and buses are availeble
Tour
Ending Point : Palangkaraya,
Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Travel Distance
to enry point : -
Tour
Duration
:
Recommended visit time for Palangkaraya is 1 day, for Kahayan,Katingan,
Rungan River is 3 till 6 days.
Accommodation
& Hotels
: Simple
Hotels, Local houses, jungle camp
Tour
Grade
: Usual
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3
- 6 Days Tanjung
Puting Tours
Visit the Orangutan in the
Jungle of Tanjung Puting National Park, feel the rythem of the
Tropical Forest here, when it comes in as you cruise the Sekonyer River
into Tanjung Puting National Park of Indonesia
Central Borneo Province. Camp Leakey and Pondok Tanggui Orang Utan
Rehabilitation centers will learn you how we can protect these
endangered spieces of wild Borneo Island. Explore
easily the Tropical Flora and Fauna of Kalimantan.
.....full
itinerary
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This Barito Wild Orangutan Trip is the Only Orangutan Tour available
out-side of a National Park Reserve at Kalimantan Island sofar, This
Wildlife and Orangutan Tour ensure the natural habitat of diverse
wildlife you will meet on this trip in it's prestine Jungle. Central
Kalimantan wildlife treasure in the tropical Rain forest has a
wealth of unique animals, as orangutan, sun bears, gibbons and apes.
Trekking trails through the jungle lead you to mostly
virgin forest to give you the maximum enjoy of the flora and fauna of
Borneo. The Trip gives us direct contact with the locals in the
villages were we stay overnight. The Barito River
give us a view of authentic Borneo, when the villages pass along during
the boat cruise. ...full itinerary
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An exclusive Borneo Diverse Cultural and Wildlife Adventure Trip which
shows all highlights of Kalimantan in one Trip, The Package is a
combination of visiting a Dayak Village with Longhouse, with
local activities as traditional boat making, and rotan crafts, the
famous floating market as the cultural side of the Borneo
people. Cruising over several Kalimantan Rivers into small
beautifull Creeks with tropical forest, and last but not least an
Bamboo rafting adventure downstream the Amadit River of Loksado. The
Wildlife Fauna is diverse, you can expect to spot wildlife species as wild orangutans,
proboscis monkeys, long tail macaques, monitor lizards, and sunbears
near lots of bird species which usually showing up. ....full
itinerary
Cruising
the Kahayan
and Rungan River into the Jungle, to visit the Traditional Dayak
villages as Tumbang
Malahoi, Tewah
and Tumbang
Korik,
here we can learn from their life in harmony with the nature, trekking
into the virgin
jungle, to the remote Gagu Longhouse, and hiking Katingan
River to Kasongan. ....full
itnerary
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Visit
the Orangutan
in the Jungle of Tangkiling National Park, cruising the
Kahayan
River into the Tropical forest, passing the villages along
the Rungan River as Tubang
Korik, Tewah,
Tumbang
Mapot, Tumbang
Malahoi, where you can meet with the Traditional Dayak Ngaju
Tribe who still live in their Longhouse, in harmony
with the Nature of the jungle. ....full
itnerary
................................................................................
Visit
the Orangutan
in the Jungle of Tanjung
Puting National Park, feel the rythem of the Tropical Forest here,
when it comes in as you cruise the Sekonyer
River
into Tanjung Puting National Park of Indonesia Central
Borneo Province. Camp
Leakey and Pondok
Tanggui
Orang Utan Rehabilitation centers will learn you how we can protect
these endangered spieces of
wild Borneo Island. Explore easily the Tropical Flora and
Fauna of
Kalimantan.Cruising the Kahayan
and Rungan River into the Jungle, to visit the Traditional
Dayak villages
as Tumbang
Malahoi, Tewah
and Tumbang
Korik,
here we can learn from their life in harmony with the nature,
trekking into the virgin jungle, and hiking the Katingan
River to Kasongan. ....full
itinerary
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