Borneo-Kalimantan-First Class Klotok
4 Days/3 Nights

Overview

Visit Kalimantan to see the beautiful balance between the wildlife, the landscapes, and cultures. Experience Dayak cultures, Orangutan, and their habitat with us. Orangutans are our closest living relatives sharing 97% of our DNA, intelligent, puckish, and tricky. Come and see the only great red apes found in Asia. Tanjung Puting National Park is in the Central West of Kalimantan. It is the last home for Ex-captive and wild orangutans in Borneo.


Tour at a Glance

Day 01:  Arrive Pangkalan Bun / Tanjung Puting National Park / Overnight Houseboat 

Day 02: Pondok Tanggui / Camp Leaky / Overnight Houseboat 

Day 03: FNPF Camp / Tanjung Harapan Village & Camp / Overnight Houseboat 

Day 04: Pangkalan Bun Airport 

Detailed Itinerary

Day 01: Arrival Pangkalan Bun – Tanjung Puting National Park  

 Upon arrival at Pangkalan Bun Airport in Central Kalimantan, you will be met by our local guide and transferred to the nearby port of Kumai. Here you will board your traditional riverboat called a Klotok and journey  for approximately 2 hours along the Sekonyer River into Tanjung Puting National Park. Established as a national park in 1982 and composed of more than 400,000 hectares of mangrove swamp, rain forest and dense jungle, the park is home to primates, leopards, lizards and more than 600 species of birds. Tanjung Puting is notable for both its ecological and biological diversity as well as its orangutan conservation.

 

This afternoon’s excursion with a local guide will have you searching for     orangutans and proboscis monkeys as well as other species of animals and birds that all call the surrounding rainforest their home.

 

Your accommodation during the trip to Tanjung Puting National Park will be on a klotok, a traditional wooden river boat designed to navigate the waters of Indonesia and named after the noise the engine makes - ‘klok tok tok tok’.

 

Approximate duration of the visits: Tour 1 hour (15.00 – 16.00)

Meals included:         Lunch, Dinner 

Accommodation:       Houseboat 

Day 02:  Pondok Tanggui – Camp Leakey       

Enjoying yet more superb scenery and a fresh lunch prepared by the crew en route, you will arrive at Camp Leakey (Post 3) in approximately 2 to 3 hours. Here you will visit the IC (Information Center) to see all the work of Dr. Birute Galdikas studied the orangutan here from 1971 until today.

 

Established in 1971, Camp Leakey is a renowned orangutan research and rehabilitation centre located in the heart of Tanjung Puting National Park. Founded originally as just a research centre, over the years the camp has expanded and now also focuses on conservation and rehabilitation as well as continuing to carry out important research about these fascinating primates.

 

There will be time to look around the centre and meet some of the local rangers as well as witness the daily afternoon feeding. Should you desire, there is the option to take a short trek into the jungle surrounding the camp prior to heading back to your boat

 

Approximate duration of the visits: 3 hours

Meal included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation: Houseboat

Day 03:  FNPF Camp – Tanjung Harapan Village & Camp     

After breakfast, cruise up the river to see more wildlife around the river in the morning while most animals are ready to do their activities. 

Then visit FNPF (Friends of the National Parks Foundation) Camp for planting trees, here you will plant trees to contribute to the Carbon Offset program (the ranger will name your trees based on your name). 

Next head to Tanjung Harapan Village to see the Malayan settlement activities in the afternoon. A delicious lunch will be provided on board by the time you are crossing to Tanjung Harapan Camp to see the last orangutan feeding at 3pm. After an approximately one-hour viewing, back to the boat and boating down directly to the Nipa Palm area to see thousands of fireflies then overnight on board.

 

Meal included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation: Houseboat


Day 04: Pangkalan Bun Airport     

After breakfast, return directly to Kumai from where you will be transferred to Pangkalan Bun Airport to catch your flight to your next destination.

 

Approximate distances: From Kumai to Pangkalan Bun Airport 30 minutes/15km

Meal included: Breakfast

 

 

PRICE: The price is subject to your travel dates and the number of people traveling. The itinerary can be customized according to your preferences. Contact us for detailed quotation!

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