Visit
West Kalimantan 's Wealth
West Kalimantan covers an area
of over 146.807 sq km, and remains unexplored by
travelers. The Coast area is mainly covered with swamp and
counts more than 100 rivers sculpting the flat plains. The Highland mountains covering
the eastern part of West Kalimantan province, far away from the cities,
where you can find the traditional Dayak settlements. The Dayaks with
their traditions and beliefs are expressed in various forms;
as earlobes elongated by heavy earnings, tattoos, art full intricate
paintings, carving designs and wonderful dances of
respect. West Kalimantan is accessible from Jakarta,
Surabaya, and Kucing at Sarawak by air. Boat cruises and overland
journeys is the best opportunity to see the interior of one of the
world's largest and richest island. West Kalimantan province is an
important and very attractive province. It is rich in history, culture
and has a lot places of interest for the tourist. The province borders
on Sarawak, East Malaysia, and the Muller Mountain Range which can be
crossed to East Kalimantan, at the west is the South China Sea and the
Karimata Strait.
West
Kalimantan is rich of minerals and stones. Various valuable minerals
are found on and around those mountains, such as gold, mercury,
manganese, bauxite, gypsum and kaolin.
Cities
as Sambas, Pontianak, Ketapang can be found in the coastal side,
surrounded by lowland and swamps.
As
all over in Kalimantan, the rivers are the main transport "highways" ,
in West Kalimantan a number of important rivers for the transportation
of goods and people are Kapuas River, Sambas River,
Sekayam River, Landak River, Melawi River and Pawan River. However, there are rivers that
can be navigated only during the rainy season, when the water is
high. Bandung is the name of floating houses used to
navigate up and 0-downstream the main river, Bandung are not only
houses, but is also important transportation tool for the
people.
The
highlands deep in-land of West Kalimantan are covered with
jungle, and still not much trodden by human beings. In the past
decades, however, loggers have come to exploit the province's timber
resources, but the West Kalimantan jungle is still rich in tropical
hardwoods, rattan, candlenut trees, and various raw materials
for
industrial and popular needs.
PONTIANAK CITY ON
THE EQUATOR
Pontianak has a population of about
300,000 people, and is West
Kalimantan's provincial capital, for tourists also known as
the city on the
Equator, with
several tourism attractions around. Pontianak was
initially a
sultanate, established ....read
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PUTUSSIBAU AT THE UPPER KAPUAS
RIVER
Putussibau a small
town about 800 Kilometers from Pontianak City
upstream 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. ...read more
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HISTORY OF KALIMANTAN AT SAMBAS
Sambas offer beautiful
traditional handicraft products, where also some
historical remains as the Sultan palace of the Sambas
kingdom, which was built by the first ruler
Sultan Muhammad Syaefuddin. Two cemeteries
of the Sambas kingdom
can be found at separated complexes.....read
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SINTANG
Sintang city as the capital of
the Sintang regency, is easy reachable from
Pontianak,
over land, either by river or air. Sintang is connected by
roads
with Pontianak, or
via Rivers as Pinyuh, Sidas Ngabang, Sanggau,
Semunati and Sekadau.
...read
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CROSSING THE BORDER OVERLAND TO
SARAWAK
To
cross the border between West Kalimantan and
Sarawak, proceeds
towards Bengkayang, and continue towards
the north, passing the
villages Ledo, and Sanggauledo up to
Seluas before reaching Entekong as
the last village on the Indonesian side of the
border. ....read
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Visit
the Traditional Dayak
Iban village Kampung Saham at Indonesia West
Kalimantan
Province. On the way we will see farmers working on their plantantions
and make a stop at The Dai
Nippon Navy World War II Monument....full
itinerary
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Visit the Traditional
Dayak
Iban village Kampung Saham at Indonesia West
Kalimantan Province.
On the way we will see farmers working on their plantantions and make a
stop at The Dai
Nippon Navy World War II Monument, Cruise from
Ngabang the River
into the rapids of
Riam
Pulau, Riam Panjang
and Riam Jambu respectively. which are situated at a distance
giving increasing challenge as the boat passing through
them apart from many
minor rapids you are going to encounter.This
unique challenging rapids adventure is conducted using
local boats
with highly experienced boatmen to enable the trip.
The tour also gives you an outlook of the only area in West Kalimantan
that produces diamond apart from gold.You are indeed welcome to try
the traditional way of panning gold or diamond during the trip. Observe
closely the living cultures and social structures in
the jungle. In person you’ll experience the
jungle-life and
getting to know more people, filling your heart with their cheerful
laughter. This adventure tour is only organised in its main features
and so it will always be an
adventure, which is depending on weather
and river conditions...full
itinerary
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Cruising the Kapuas
River from Sintang
to Kebiau River, Trekking the jungle to Sabang
Laja Village following tracks to Ensait Panjang. There are two
Ensait Long-houses :
Ensait Panjang
and Ensait Pendek, situated at a distance. We pass
through Ensait Pendek and stay overnight in Ensait Panjang. Dinner will
be served together with the community and hospitality with the
chief.
Here we can see how they traditionally weave clothes, plait
baskets.
Climbing
The Mount Kelam from where you can see the Green Flora and
Fauna Beauty of Indonesia West
Borneo Province.....full
itinerary
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Cruising up to the end
of the Mahakam River, you can enjoy
an exotic scenary at both sides of the river. You will get through the
amazing and dangerous Rapids, between the high Rocky Mountain walls.
Our Longboat will bring us to the start point for the trek
crossing the Muller Mountains to the Indonesia Province of West Kalimantan. During the Trek you will get
Through the unhabitated primary virgin Rainforest, we will fish and
hunt meat for our meals. Overnights are in a jungle camp, till we reach
Tanjung Lokan village, and cruise down the Kapuas River,
passing Putusibau, to reach Pontianak city as the end of this
challenging trek "Cross Borneo".
... full itinerary
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