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 KalimantanMahakam
River
( Indonesian Borneo )
TheMahakam River is
the most important touristic traffic route inEast-Kalimantan. Between
the spring in the mountains and the deltaalong the coast, the river
measures somewhere 1.000 kilometers. Inbetween several big rivers mouth
in the Mahakam River. Big ships usethe big river system until the
highlands, where rapids eventually makeany progress impossible from
there “longboats”(big canoos withmotors) are used.
TheFascinating
Mahakam River at Indonesia Borneo Island as the touristhighway will
show the naturaland cultural
wonders. Houseboats cruise the tourist in-to an
intriguing history ofSultan Kingdoms and traditional Dayak Tribes, with
a wealth ofecological and cultural treasures thatsurvive deep within
the rainforest jungle of Indonesia ’slargest island.
The Mighty Mahakam River with densejungle where you
can discover the wildlife and the art ofDayakCulture and
theirLonghouses. The granddiversity of exotic flora and
wildlife from black orchids to freshwater dolphins and orangutans give
you an unforgettable trip at EastKalimantan.
UPPERMAHAKAM RIVER
TheMahakam springs in
the 1500 to 2000 meter high Müller Range,not too far from the
border with Sarawak. Before streaming down about100 kilometers to the
first Dayak village, Long Apari, threeside-rivers - Apari, Hubung and
Kasau - join the Mahakam. After severaldozen small mountain villages,
the river falls down about 150 metersthrough several dangerous rapids.
Besides several noisy longboat thereis no other traffic here.The Dayak
along the Upper-Mahakam mainly live from agriculture ( ladangcultures
). Incidental income are gained from birds nests, ratten andwashed
gold. Because of the hard and dangerous transport through therapids,
basic goods are extensively expensife. Every once in a while acanoo
turns upside down: the valuable goods are lost and sometimes alsotheir
even more expensife motors. People also get drowned regularly.
 MIDDLEMAHAKAM RIVER
Thevillage
of Long Bagun, on threehundred kilometers from thespring of the
Mahakam, is the final destination of traffic on theriver, besides
several longbot. The river reaches the small city ofLong Iram through
several more than 150 km long valleys, this is thefinal destination of
the organised, heavy traffic. A big part of theyear, smaller ships will
continue the trip to Long Bagun, but a periodof drought in the
hinterlands cancause the waterlevel to drop veryfast and make traffic
impossible.
COAST& DELTA
OF THE MAHAKAM RIVER
AfterLong Iram, the
river widens. The brown water turns throughthe endless lowlands to the
sea. Slowly the small villages are replacedby small cities. Through the
sky, the distance between Long Iram andSamarinda is about 175
kilometers but over water it's about twice thatdistance.Near Muara
Pahu, where a big side-river flows in the Mahakam, thehungry traveller
is welcomed by a long row of food stalls. Severalhours downstream, the
river lingers between four big lakes. After thatis streams towards the
north to meet it's most important side riversnear Muara Kaman, the
Kedang Kepala and Belayan.Most boats will stop for a dinner on Senoni,
about 30 km downstreamfrom Muara Kaman. Sometimes there is cold beer or
river lobster; aftera visit to the inlands, Senoni is the place to be
for a culinair trip.Near Tenggarong, the governmental center of the
Mahakam beaken, theriver becomes a crowded traffic route for ships in
all kinds and sizes.This lively crowd is kept until Samarinda, where
the seaworthy shipsmake themselves ready for departure to Makassar
Strait, 60 km to theeast.
MAHAKAM RIVER
TOURS& BEYOND
3 Days Mahakam River Cruise
4 Days Mahakam River Cruise
5 Days Mahakam River
Cruise& Kutai Park Orangutan
6 Days Mahakam River Cruise
7 Days Mahakam River
Cruise& Tanjung Puting
7 Days Mahakam River
Cruise& Derawan Beach Paradise
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OrangutanTanjung
Puting
TanjungPuting
National Park is know of it's orangutans, and a
populartourist destination of
Kalimantan, weare offering multi-day klotok
cruise boat tours intothe jungle to view wildlife and
visit the research centers inTanjung Puting.
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Banjarmasin,Loksado&
Meratus
Thetraditional
Floating Market of
Banjarmasin inthe tributary of the Barito River,
Loksado Bamboo Raftingadventure at the Amandit River, and the
Meratusmountain emerald forest view overlooking Kalimantan 's
jungletours.
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Mahakam River Cruise
TheMahakam
River of Kalimantan flows from it's spring 980 km in the
MullerMountains to the Makassar Strait as the only infrastructure
channel,tourist can explore the Dayak Culture in the low and middle
part, andthe BorneoJungle at the upper part of the Mahakam River.
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Kutai Park
KutaiNational
Park is covered with lowland forest, and home to lotof
wildlife species, including the endangered orangutan, and
proboscismonkeys, Kutai Park is located at the east coast
ofBorneo Island, approximately at the equator. »
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Derawan
Derawan bountyarchipelago
of white beaches, palm trees, and blue lagoon sea, is hometo coral and
fish diversity, green turtles, laying their eggsat Sangalaki
beach, the Manta's
around. Mangrove forest Kakaban island has the worlds
largestyelly fish lake.
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