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 Kalimantan
Rivers
( Borneo )
Kalimantan,
better know as Indonesian Borneo, is named to it's River channels as
Kalimantan means "the Rivers of
Diamonds" in the Javanese Language, now-a-days Kalimantan is
called "The land
of the thousand rivers". The
Rivers in Kalimantan are highways in to the hinterland regions as
infrastructure channels, due the road system is still poor in most of
Kalimantan's regions. Paved roads connecting the big coastal cities,
but routes in to the
heart of Borneo can only be done by the Rivers.
For
Travelers, the Rivers are even more important as
Tourism Destinations
are found along the big Rivers as the Mahakam River at East
Kalimantan and Kapuas River at West Kalimantan. The Amandit
River is famous of it's soft bamboo rafting adventure. The Kayan River
brings you in the heart of Borneo, Kayan Mentarang, the
Sekonyer
River which runs in to Tanjung Puting National Park for an Orangutan
Adventure. The Sangata River streams in to the Kutai National Park. The
Kedang Kepala as a side River of the Mahakam let you cruise in to Wehea
Reserve.
Along
The Mahakam River you can find the Fresh Water Dolphins between the Big
Lakes Jempang and Semayang, near Muara Kaman and Muara
Pahu, and at the side River called Rata River. The seven amazing rapids
of the Mahakam are an adventure itself, Rafting the rapids can be done
by longboat, after the Rapids you can find the Boh River which can
bring you in to the Apokayan Region. The Apokayan Region has three
Major Rivers, The Barang River, The Kat River and The Kayan River.
The
Sesayap River can be found in the noth corner of East Kalimantan and is
the highway between Malinau and the hinterland of the Krayan region
The Barito River
The
Barito River cascade down from the
Meratus Mountain highlands, and is a crucial infrastructure channel
between the coast and the deep interior of South Kalimantan. The river
highways attract tourists who wants to travel into the jungle regions,
and visit the traditional living Banjarese tribes.Wide swamps
and lowlands are characteristic of this Indonesian southern Kalimantan
province. Some of those rivers, such as the Barito, Martapura and
Negara mark the boundary between South Kalimantan and the neighboring
province of Central Kalimantan. The Floating Market of
Banjarmasin is a traditional
market at the estuary of the Kuin river, a tributary of the Barito.
The
Kayan
River
The
Kayan River streams from
Kayan
Mentarang National Park in to the Sulawesi Sea. Kayan River Banks
has a intriguing ecological wealth which
survive deep within the rainforest jungle of Indonesia ’s
largest island. Kayan Mentarang National Park ’s dense
jungle have traditionally kept the region isolated
from
all but the adventurous travelers. Along the upper reaches of
the rivers, you can discover the rich Dayak Culture. The
indigenous
Dayak Kayan and Punan settlements along the Kayan & Bahau
Rivers of North Kalimantan as an ideal
way
to
experience the incredible culture.
The
Kapuas
River
Pontianak
lies on the Kapuas river where many houses are built over the
water and are connected with each other by wooden bridges. Small boats
sail up and down the river to transport people and goods from one place
to another.
Pontianak is known as a producer of oranges, although the fruits are
actually grown in the Tebas district, 300 kilometers north of the city.
Pontianak has some attractive tourism objects.
The city is located on the equator, at the north of the rivers Kapuas
and Landak.
The
Kapuas is 1,143 kilometers long. It is the most important
river in the area, and can be navigated by small boats weighing up to
1.000 tons up to Putussibau, the capital of the Kapuas Hulu regency,
814 kilometers from Pontianak.
A small motorboat can even go further upstream.
The
Mahakam
River
The
Mahakam springs in the 1500 to 2000 meter high Müller Range,
not too far from the border with Sarawak. Before streaming down about
100 kilometers to the first Dayak village, Long Apari, three
side-rivers - Apari, Hubung and Kasau - join the Mahakam. After several
dozen small mountain villages, the river falls down about 150 meters
through several dangerous rapids. Besides several noisy longboat there
is no other traffic here.
The Dayak along the Upper-Mahakam mainly live from agriculture ( ladang
cultures ). Incidental income are gained from birds nests, ratten and
washed gold. Because of the hard and dangerous transport through the
rapids, basic goods are extensively expensife. Every once in a while a
canoo turns upside down: the valuable goods are lost and sometimes also
their even more expensife motors. People also get drowned regularly.
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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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