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 Kalimantan
( Indonesian Borneo )
Before visiting Indonesia Borneo, you
may need to get vaccinations and medications to prevent
yourself against diseases, your health-care provider will know
what you will need, depending on factors such as your health and
immunization history. To have the most benefit, visit a
health-care provider latest 4–6 weeks before your
trip to allow time for your vaccines to take effect. Even if you have
less than 4 weeks before you leave, you should still see a health-care
provider for needed vaccines, to get information about how to
protect yourself from illness and injury while traveling.
Although yellow fever is not a disease risk in Indonesia, the
government requires travelers arriving from countries where yellow
fever is present to present proof of yellow fever vaccination. If you
will be traveling to one of these countries where yellow fever is
present before arriving in Indonesia, this requirement must be taken
into consideration.
Malaria
If you will be visiting a malaria risk area in Indonesia, you will need
to take one of the following antimalarial drugs: atovaquone/proguanil,
doxycycline, or mefloquine.
Malaria risk area in Indonesia: Risk in rural Sumatra, Sulawesi,
Kalimantan and Nusa Tenggara Barat. No risk in urban areas.Risk in all
areas of eastern Indonesia (provinces of Papua Indonesia, Irian Jaya
Barat, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Maluku, and Maluku Utara).
No risk in Jakarta, resort areas of Bali and the island of Java.
Malaria
Symptoms
* fever
* chills
* sweats
* headache
* body aches
* nausea and vomiting
* fatigue
Other Medical Prevention Needs
- Iodine tablets and portable water filters to purify water if bottled
water is not available.
- Sunblock and sunglasses for protection from harmful effects of UV sun
rays.
- Antibacterial hand wipes or alcohol-based hand sanitizer containing
at least 60% alcohol.
- Lightweight long-sleeved shirts, long pants, and a hat to wear
outside, whenever possible.
- Flying-insect spray to help clear rooms of mosquitoes.
- Bed nets treated with permethrin.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza
(H5N1) continues to cause outbreaks in domestic and wild bird
populations and has caused human cases in several countries in
Southeast Asia. In 2006, the virus continued to spread in poultry
populations in Indonesia. Avoid all direct contact with birds,
including domestic poultry (such as chickens and ducks) and wild birds,
and avoid places such as poultry farms and bird markets where live
birds are raised or kept. For a current list of countries reporting
outbreaks of H5N1 among poultry and/or wild birds, view updates from
the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), and for total numbers
of confirmed human cases of H5N1 virus by country see the World Health
Organization (WHO) Avian Influenza website.
Do not swim in fresh water (except in well-chlorinated swimming pools)
to avoid infection with schistosomiasis. Leptospirosis, a bacterial
infection often contracted through recreational water activities in
contaminated water, such as kayaking, is common in tropical areas of
Southeast Asia.
Measles transmission persists in the region, although vaccination
coverage is improving in some countries in Southeast Asia. Influenza
infections can occur throughout the year in tropical areas.
Source : World Health
Organization
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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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