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20days / 19nights Borneo Discovery
Adventure
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Category : Great Challenge
Starting : Everyday from BALIKPAPAN
Airport
End : Pangkalanbun Airport
The
adventure quest of the biggest challenge
- crossing one of the most rugged
islands on earth from East to West.
Using roads, rivers and feet we traverse
the jungle of Kalimantan (Indonesian
Borneo). You must have a good level of
fitness and adventurous spirit and a
strong sense of determination, as
conditions and accommodations are
challenging. Using busses, public house
boat, chartered motorized canoes to
access the jungle for a rugged days of
trekking. sleep in the simple houses of
the villager with basic facilities and
on the house boats. The trekking is
tough and often wet, the only way to
appreciate the prima vera jungle of
Kalimantan and the most traditional
Dayak Tribes settlements as well as the
wildlife.
ITINERARY
Day 01 :
Balikpapan - Arrival
Arrive at Balikpapan Airport. Overnight
at a hotel (D).
Day 02 : Balikpapan - Long Lunuk -
Tiong Ohang
Transfer to airport for a pioneer small
flight to Long Lunuk. Proceed up stream
Mahakam river by motorized canoe to
Tiong Ohang. Accommodation in local
house with basic facilities (B,L,D)
Day 03 : Tiong Ohang - Muara
Hubung - Atikop Hill - Muara Saite
On motorized canoe passing rapids to
Muara Hubung. Start to trek and climb
the Atikop hill on the way to Muara
Saite Camp. Overnight in tents (B,L,D)
Day 04 : Muara Saite - Sungai
Bekana - Aringe
Through out primary rain forest, the
trek is going deeper. Our next jungle
camping is in Aringe. Meals prepared,
and overnight in bivouac (B,L,D).
Day 05 : Aringe - Muller Ranger
Full day trekking to reach Muller Range
the highland between East and West
Borneo. Overnight in tents (B,L,D).
Day 06 : Muller Range - Sungai
Sabang
Passing the border of East and West
Borneo on Muller Range. Go down the hill
to reach Sungai Sabang in west side of
Borneo. Overnight in tents (B,L,D).
Day 07 : Sungai Sabang - Lubang
Dungan - Bungan Lea
Continue the trekking through hills and
river to Bungan Lea. Overnight in tents
(B,L,D).
Day 08 : Bungan Lea - Brakan
Trekking along the river, up and down
the hill to Brakan. Overnight in tents (B,L,D).
Day 09 : Brakan - Sungai Bulit -
Datah Opet
Another trekking day to reach Datah Opet,
through Sungai Bulit. Overnight in tents
(B,L,D).
Day 10 : Datah Opet - Buru
Hongkane - Tanjung Lokang Village
Continue trekking to Tanjung Lokang.
Overnight in tents (B,L,D).
Day 11 : Tanjung Lokang Village
Free program at Tanjung Lokang Village
for rest and relax. Overnight in local
house with basic facilities (B,L,D).
Day 12 : Tanjung Lokang - Kapuas
River - Nanga Lampung - Putusibau
Down Stream of Kapuas River, passing
some rapids to Putus Sibau. Overnight at
simple hotel (B,L,D).
Day 14 : Putusibau - Sintang -
Pontianak
Leave Putusibau by public bus to
Pontianak via Sintang. Overnight on the
bus en route (B,L,D).
Day 15 : Pontianak
Arrive in Pontianak early morning.
Overnight at a hotel (B,L,D).
Day 16 :
Pontianak
Arrive in Pontianak early morning.
Overnight at a hotel (B,L,D).
Day 17 : Pontianak - Pangkalan Bun
via Sampit
Breakfast at your hotel, transfer to the
airport for your
flight to
Pangkalan Bun via Sampit.
Upon arrival at Pangkalan Bun Airport
you will be picked up by our local staff
transfer to Kumai aboard local boat for
the park. The boat is a traditional
Klotok wooden river boat about 12m by 2m
with a roof which forms the upper deck
where you can view the rain forest as it
glides by. On the wayup stop at Tanjung
Harapan Rehabilitation center for
exceptive orangutan. If time permitted
we will have an opportunity to see
feeding time at 15.00. In the peaceful
afternoon we will slowly explore the
quite river by the klotok while observe
the monkeys along the riverside. Dinner
and overnight on the board
(with simple mattress, pillow, fine
meals, bottled "mineral" water, mosquito
net, kitchen, simple toilet available on
boat besides the familiar - helpful
guides and boatmen or spend the night at
the lodge near by the river).
(B,L,D)
Day 18 : Camp Leakey Park - Pondok
Tangguy - Camp Leakey (Boat/Lodge)
After breakfast aboard the klotok or
local boat to travel up river for
about 2½ hours boating and then up a
side creek to Camp Leakey where the
older orangutans are reintroduced
into the rain forest and also known as
research center for Orangutan. On the
up stop at Pondok Tanggui to see
morning feeding time for ex-captive
orangutan. Lunch then take short hike
at the forest until the time to
witness feeding time at 14.00 pm for
old rehabilitation orangutan given
additional foods. Overnight on the
boat or at Rimba Lodge. (B,L,D)
Day 19 : Pondok Tangguy - Berguruh -
Tanjung Harapan - Boat/Lodge
After breakfast board or at the rimba
lodge. to travel up the river for
Pondok Tanguy, the rehabilitation
center for the new ex-captive
orangutans, see feeding time at
09.00am. Afterward continuing the
trips by visiting reforestation center
of Pesalat. You can see the process of
reforestation to abandoned forest
fire. Take this opportunity to high
around pesalat area to observe
wildlife. Afterward visit at Tanjung
Harapan Rehabilitation center for
orangutan and witness feeding time for
rehabilitan orangutan at 15.00.
Afternoon visit Tanjung Harapan
village sight seeing around the
village or you might enjoy canoing at
the small river front of village, (
depend to the water level ). During
night while having dinner on the boat,
cruise down the river at Nipa Palm
Mangrove to enjoy fireflies along the
river bank. Overnight on the boat or
at Rimba Lodge. (B,L,D)
Day 20 : Boat/Lodge - Kumai - Pangkalan Bun - Bali or other
destination
Breakfast on board or at the lodge, in
the morning free for leisure
surrounded by peaceful green natural
forest till time to transfer to Kumai
then to Pangkalan Bun airport for next
destination. (B)
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Tour Code |
Package |
2 - 3 |
4 - up |
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EABR018 |
17days
Borneo Discovery Tours |
US$3198.00 |
US$3102.00 |
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- depart from
Yogyakarta |
US$3566.00 |
US$3459.00 |
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depart from Jakarta |
US$3581.00 |
US$3474.00 |
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depart from Denpasar (Bali) |
US$3749.00 |
US$3636.00 |
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depart from Surabaya |
US$3578.00 |
US$3471.00 |
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Package rate include : airport transfers in
Balikpapan or Samarinda, full board meals,
simple accommodation at local house,
simple guest house accommodation,
accommodation on board, forest
camp stay, all
sightseeing as per itinerary, all
entrance fees, English Speaking guide,
mineral water, boat charter during the
river travel.
Package rates not include:
airfares, airport taxes, personal
expenses, phone call, tips & gratuities,
accommodation cost and airfares if you
begin trip from any cities of Indonesia
(Bali, Surabaya, Jakarta, Yogyakarta
and etc.)
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