Kalimantan 's Pygmy Elephants Wildlife Jungle
Sembakung Reserve is known to have the richest variety of plant and animal life on the whole of Borneo Island. It covers a vast area of 450,000 hectares and is located in a remote part of the northernmost region of North Kalimantan province.
The forest is a primary tropical rainforest, and it consists of several different types of ecosystems. It includes 80,000 hectares of swamp forest, 120,000 hectares of limestone forest, 120,000 hectares of lowland rainforest, 75,000 hectares of montane rainforest, and 55,000 hectares of shallow water areas.
The plant life in Sembakung Park is incredibly diverse, forming a complex and unique ecosystem. This includes a wide range of tree and plant species. Among them are many wild orchid species, several types of pitcher plants, the rare rafflesia flower, Dipterocarpus trees, Ebony trees, and over half of the world's hard wood tree species. One notable example is the ironwood tree, which is known for being extremely hard and durable.
The animal life in Sembakung Park is also incredibly varied and is considered to be the most diverse in Borneo.
It is home to the Sumatran Rhinoceros, which is one of the most critically endangered mammals in the world. Other wildlife includes the Asian Pygmy Elephant, the Orang-Utan, the Bornean Treeshrew, the Pig-tailed Macaque, the Clouded Leopard, the Marbled Cat, the Roundleaf Bat, the Bornean Gibbon, the Small-clawed Otter, the Langur, the Malayan Sun Bear, and the Flat-shelled Turtle. These animals show the impressive biodiversity that exists within this reserve.
Borneo Elephants and rhinoceroses
The Pygmy Elephants and rhinoceroses, at Kalimantan can only be found at Sembakung Park.
Near the Mammals also 25 species of dragonflies, 240 species of butterflies and a diversity of beetles include the rolling leaf can be found at Semabakung Reserve.
The Shallow water area is home to many fish species, and still undiscovered by researchers, the mangrove forest is home to proboscis monkeys
Sembakung Park is mostly unhabitated, but have some villages at the border sites, with the local tribes of Tidung Tribe and Dayak.
Sembakung is remote located, and various transport facilities are needed to reach the reserve, but once in the Park, the wildlife and nature lover will be get the highest satisfaction.
