Visit
Putussibau at the Upper Kapuas River
Putussibau a small town about 800 Kilometers from Pontianak
City upstream of the head waters of the Kapuas River at Indonesia West
Kalimantan Province, The Kapuas River itself is 1,143 kilometers long,
and the longest River in Indonesia, and the second Longest in the World
after the Amazon River. The Kapuas River is the most important
river in West Kalimantan, and can be navigated by boats until
Putussibau village. The smaller Motor or Long boatsboat can even go
further upstream crossing the rapids to Tanjung Lokan village at the
foot of the Muller mountain Range, from where you can start a cross
Borneo expedition to East Kalimantan through prstine Rain Forest, this
hike trekking will take about 5 to 7 days to reach the Mahakam River.
The
Chinese presence in the Putussibau region already started in
the 14th century, when the Chinese came from China to search for
valueble stones and set up a diamond mining company. The Stones and
Diamonds were found in the mountain regions of Bengkayang,
Lumar, and Batu, and along the Ambawang river, the Darit, the
Landak and Ayak rivers, the Cempedak Tayan delta, the Tayan river,
Kembayan, Timur Senaning till the upstream regions of the Kapuas river
around Putussibau.
The
sites for panning diamonds are found along the Landak river, from
Ngabang to the highlands, and around Sanggau.
