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North Kalimantan
( Indonesian Borneo )
Kayan
Mentarang Park
The
Highlands of Kayan Mentarang National Park covers an area of 1,400,000
hectares and is located in the deep interior of North
Kalimantan province. Kayan Mentarang stretch along the border line with
Malaysian Sabah and Sarawak, and is largest block of
jungle and untouched rainforest in Borneo. The heritage of
this naturela wonder in flora and fauna with numerous species
of plants, trees, and mammels which only can be found at Kalimantan,
including many endemic Bornean mountain bioregion
species. Half of the Kayan Mentarang Reserve consists species
of dipterocarp lowland and hill forest while
cloud mountain forest at Kayan Mentarang covers 40 percent
with mountain up to more then 2,000 meter above sea level. The park is
inhabitated by several thousands of Dayak Punan
people who live from hunting, shifting cultivation and rice farming.
Wildlife is hard to spot due of the densitity of the forest.
WWF has been working on developing eco-tourist projects in cooperation
with the local people. It has 5 field-offices in settlements around the
park, which are helpful for information. It also has a research station
at Long Alango, north of Long Pujungan, which can be visited, and is
probably the best place to see wildlife.
For Tailore made trips to the Kayan
Mentarang Interior, you can contact us upon request
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Orangutan
Tanjung Puting
Tanjung
Puting National Park is know of it's orangutans, and a popular
tourist destination of Kalimantan, we
are offering multi-day klotok cruise boat tours into
the jungle to view wildlife and visit the research centers in
Tanjung Puting.
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Banjarmasin,
Loksado
& Meratus
The
traditional Floating Market of Banjarmasin in
the tributary of the Barito River, Loksado Bamboo Rafting
adventure at the Amandit River, and the Meratus
mountain emerald forest view overlooking Kalimantan 's jungle
tours.
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Mahakam River Cruise
The
Mahakam River of Kalimantan flows from it's spring 980 km in the Muller
Mountains to the Makassar Strait as the only infrastructure channel,
tourist can explore the Dayak Culture in the low and middle part, and
the Borneo
Jungle at the upper part of the Mahakam River.
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Kutai Park
Kutai
National Park is covered with lowland forest, and home to lot
of wildlife species, including the endangered orangutan, and proboscis
monkeys, Kutai Park is located at the east coast of
Borneo Island, approximately at the equator.
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Derawan
Derawan bounty
archipelago of white beaches, palm trees, and blue lagoon sea, is home
to coral and fish diversity, green turtles, laying their eggs
at Sangalaki beach, the Manta's
around. Mangrove forest Kakaban island has the worlds largest
yelly fish lake.
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