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Tanjung Puting National Park located
at both region, Kotawaringin Barat
known which is Pangkalan Bun as
capital city and Kotawaringin Timur
with Sampit as the capital city.
Pangkalan Bun part of Tanjung puting
is the only part of the areas for
tourist destination.
How to get
Pangkalan Bun?
Pangkalan Bun is newly developed
regency town, the oil palm agriculture
as the main economic targeting as
before wood industry take 75% of the
economic. Pangkalan Bun has easiest
access to major part of Indonesia
include Semarang of central Java,
Ketapang (neighbor town), Surabaya and
etc... All type of transportation are
available to and from Pangkalan Bun.
From the air
:
There are two different airline
companies serve everyday flight to and
from Pangkalan Bun, KALSTAR and
INDONESIA AIR TRANSPORT fly to most
main destination in java and between
Kalimantan it self. Semarang,
Surabaya, Jakarta, Bandung even
Denpasar. For Bandung, Jakarta and
Denpasar are require connecting
flight. Flight between Kalimantan
serve also available everyday to
Pontianak, you could get connecting
flight to Jakarta, Denpasar.
From the sea :
4
time in week the Pelni and Ferry serve
from and to Semarang or Surabaya, This
is an other cheap alternative way to
visit Orangutan. It will take between 18
until 23 hours cruising but they provide
different class to choose for, also
music entertainment, cafe etc.
By the Road :
You could take bus from Banjarmasin to
Pangkalan Bun, transit at Palangkaraya
and Sampit. it take 18 hours ride with
really bad road at few spot. If you have
sense of OFF ROAD this is the best way
to take.
When You Get Pangkalan Bun?
There are several good hotel in
Pangkalan Bun and many of them over
inexpensive price if you want spend a
night at Pangkalan Bun or You can go
directly to Kumai boat stage but
before that have to arrange police
permit and National Park entrance
permit at Pangkalan Bun. Take only 20
minutes from Pangkalan Bun to Kumai
where you will rent for the
traditional wooden boat or KLOTOK that
will take you to the park to visit our
ancestor ORANGUTAN.
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