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 South
Kalimantan
( Indonesian Borneo )
Banjarmasin
Floating Market
Banjarmasin Floating
Market is a traditional market at a tributary of the
Barito River, tradding vegetables, fruits and other
daily household utensils on small canoe 's in the
river. The trading atmosphere is cheerful when
the boats gather. The Floating market has no exact open and
close time while it starts at sunrise at about 05:30 and
quietes about 10:00 am when emtpy boats leave one by one. The
best time to visit the market to get a glmps of the
river trade tradition in action, is in the early morning.
Loksado
& Beyond
Loksado located on a plateau in the
Meratus mountains, about 150 kilometers from Banjarmasin to
the north. The main tourist attraction of Loksado and
the nearby villages as kandangan, Negara, Pandak Daun is the
nature beauty with the forest view overlooking the green
valleys. From Loksado Tourist can do treks over the jungle
trails from several hours to days into the forest of the Meratus
Mountains, visit longhouses at the native Dayak Meratus tribe.
About 10 typical local houses around Loksado can be found with
sizes of 30 meters large occupied by ten or more families.
Meratus
Mountain Range
The Meratus mountain range is
a forest area, from the southeast to the
most north part of South Kalimantan and bordering the province
of East Kalimantan. The Meratus "Green
Belt" is home to a rich flora and fauna, including endemic and
endangered species of Kalimantan. Bamboo Groves,
dipterocarp forest is the natural vegetation of the Meratus and can be
found at the west side of the Meratus mountains. The
underground of the Meratus mountains contains ocean
rocks, limestone and sedimentary rocks, and functions as a
water catchment area that guarantees regular irrigation cycles
for the lower lands along the rivers. The Meratus Mountains is the
livelihood for thousands of the Dayak Meratus tribe people.
South
Kalimantan Tours & Beyond
3 Days Banjarmasin Floating
Market & Orangutan Kaja Island
4 Days Banjarmasin &
Tanjung Puting Orangutan
5 Days Bamboo
Rafting, Meratus Jungle Trek & Orangutan
6 Days Banjarmasin
Floating Market & Mahakam River Cruise
7 Days Loksado Bamboo
Rafting, Meratus Jungle Trek Derawan
7 Days Meratus Mountain
Jungle Trek
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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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