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 Kalimantan
Flora & Fauna
( Indonesian Borneo )
FLORA
The flora and fauna of
Kalimantan’s montane and lowland forests is amazing and each
is an important genetic resource and wildlife habitat. The
"green gold" exploitation that began in the late 1960s has destroyed
more then half its forests, but a turning point is in process. Now the
Indonesian government and the local people understand the beauty and
wealth of Kalimantan's tropical forests and efforts are being made to
preserve them.
Kalimantan’s
coastline features mangrove swamps and lowland rainforest. An inland
belt of gentle hills and alluvial plains mark the start of the deep
jungle. Towering Dipterocarpus trees, valuable ebony, and ironwood
trees are scattered throughout. More then a half of the
world’s hardwood tree species are here. Climbing rattan
palms, vines, orchids, ferns, and pitcher plants are also common.
WILDLIFE
The wildlife is exotic and
unusually diverse, with orangutans only found on Sumatra and Borneo
Islands, along with the endemic proboscis monkeys, and other forest
denizens including Malaysian sun bears, clouded leopards, leaf monkeys,
macaques, and pangolins. Many lizard varieties and pythons live in
Kalimantan’s jungles,while crocodiles and the last freshwater
dolphins on earth ply the rivers.
More
then 600 bird species make the Kalimantan forests their home, such as
the sun birds, pheasants, cockatoos, and spectacular hornbills. Also
many kinds of beautiful butterflies and metallic beetles, color this
world, along poisonous polypods, brightly colored millipedes, and giant
walking sticks.
Wildlife
spotting opportunities are the best in the heart of Kalimantan or in
the national parks or nature reserves. While seeing creatures in the
wild is never guaranteed, visitors can at least get a glimpse of their
habitats and experience their environment while waiting to see a rare
animal or birds.
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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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