Tanjung Puting National Park
May 11, 2009 by Luka
From Banjarmasin we flew to Tanjung Puting National Park. It is supposed to be the best place in the world to see the Orangutans and this was the reason we decided to visit this place.
Getting there takes some planning and the easiest way is by plane. There are regular flights from Banjarmasin, Pontianak and Jakarta. We took a flight to Pangkalan Bun and then a minivan to Kumai. In Kumai we found an English-speaking guide and with his assistance we arranged a klotok.
Interior of a Klotok. Although the klotoks only have basic equipment they are quite comfortable. Especially if you have the whole boat for yourself and there is a crew of four that takes care of everything you need.
The guys on our boat prepared us lovely meals and I can easily say that was the best food in Kalimatan!
From the boat it is nice to watch Proboscis monkeys, that hang around the river in late afternoons.
Confluence of Sungai Sekonyer and Camp Leakey River. Note the almost black colour of the Camp Leakey river.
Cruising the rivers of Tanjung Puting national park offers amazing views. Especially late afternoon or early morning when the light is beautiful and there are better chances of spotting wildlife.
Rainy day. It does rain a lot, but usually only for a short time in the afternoon and it brings more tolerable temperatures.
Most of the rain forest in Tanjung Puting is the so-called Swamp-forest and most of it is flooded during the wet season. Note the colour of the water – it is like a black tea, as our guide Rudy said.
Gibbon eating bananas. It is forbidden to feed animals in the park, but some gibbons take their chance at the Orangutan feeding stations. I just love the sounds of Gibbons howling in the early morning!
Klotok detail.
As I said, the main reason to visit Tanjung Puting were orangutans. And we had an amazing experience with this incredible apes! Come back later this week to see the photos of our red-haired cousins!
And don’t forget to check other posts on Borneo!
And here is some literature we read during our trip:
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Hi there,
Wonderful photos! I am looking at going here in September and am struggling to find any information and then stumbled across your blogs and photros and was delighted! I was wondering if you would be kind enough to let me know how you oragnised your trip (did you do through a travel agent or by yourself?). Flights seem expensive between Java and Borneo… And with the klotok, how did you organise that? Sorry for the questions but Im really stumped as to where to find this information! Thanks so much and have looked through lots of your photos, theyre amazing!