Kutai Park Kalimantan
Wild Jungle Orangutan
Kutai National Park distant boom lures us deep into the forest where many endemic Borneo wildlife species hide in the remote jungle of East Kalimantan. The Kutai Reserve offers the best chance of encountering genuinely wild orangutans in the towering tree tops along the skinny foot off the beaten forest trails in Kalimantan 's part of Indonesian Borneo Jungle not far from Bali Island. The Reserve park is home to many fauna species of animals such as truly wild orangutans, Proboscis monkeys, deer, crocodiles, clouded leopard, marbled Cat, Flat-head Cat, leaf monkey, macaque ape, tarsier, lizards and more then 500 bird species, as several types of hornbills, sunbirds, pheasants, and king fishers. The Kutai National Park became a National Reserve in 1970 to stop the logging and mining continue decimating the animal populations. Now-a-days more travelers hope to get an off the beaten track wildlife jungle experience visiting these wild lands by venturing beyond rescue centers and feeding stations to observe wildlife and orangutans in their natural habitats, as a support of preservation the rain forest heritage. The wild nature heritage of pristine rain forest can still be found at Kalimantan’s chunk of Borneo island.
The Tourist accommodation is a jungle camp known as Morio Guesthouse Kutai Park, as a wooden building along the Sangatta river side in the rainforest which has two floors with terrasses with forest view, private but basic rooms to enjoy forest atmosphere. Morio jungle guesthouse has 7 rooms simple furnished with beds and mattresses, pillows, and blanket sheets. At each floor a shared bathroom with cold water and western styled toilet. The restaurant is separate located next to the jungle guesthouse under the rainforest canopy. Electric power supply is only from 18:00 – 22:00.
EXPLORING KUTAI NATIONAL PARK TOURISM SPOTS
There are three main tourism points for tourist visitors in the park, one, Sangkima which is an elevated boardwalk in to the jungle to an old giant hard wooden towering tree. Second is the River delta as a mangrove forest accessible by canoe to spot proboscis monkeys and crocodiles. Third tour destination is Prevab, which can be reached by canoe upstream Sangatta river to the Borneo 's remote nature jungle in a fairly good condition with little disturbance for the rainforest wildlife.
