With this 3-night orangutan tour on the island of Borneo and the Banjarmasin floating market, you will explore not only the jungles in search of free orangutans but also delve into the daily merchandise of one of the largest floating markets in Asia. Although the jungle and the market are not in the same city, we have designed this trip so that you can connect two of the most interesting points in Borneo. If you are a lover of adventure but also of traditional culture, this trip is tailor-made for you. Get your camera ready because you will take the most beautiful photos of your time in Indonesia.
Arrive at Pangkalan Bun on the island of Borneo, better known by the Indonesians as Kalimantan. Upon arrival at the airport your guide will be waiting for you to transfer to the port of Kumai in about 15-20 minutes by car, where we will embark on a great adventure!
We will arrive at our traditional, wooden boat, called a ‘klotok’. The time of boarding the Boat will be at 11 AM but can be earlier if the boat preparation is complete. Our guide will reconfirm to our crew that everything is ready to go, and the cruise upstream starts on the famous Sekonyer river abroad a klotok. If your flight arrives early (before 12.00 PM), we can arrive on time at the first feeding time at 3 in the afternoon. Then, you can have the first close encounters with them.
The meaning of ‘Tanjung Harapan’ is ‘Cape of Hope’. This first camp has more wetlands and therefore has more mosquitos in the afternoon, so make sure you put on enough mosquito repellent. After visiting this rangers camp, you will continue your journey upriver- resting on the boat while we look for animals in the nearness of the Sekonyer River.
In the afternoon it is very common to see groups of proboscis monkeys and macaques in the treetops, jumping from one tree branch to another, or to even see crocodiles or lizards in the shallow waters on the sides of the river.
Prepare for the sunset and enjoy the exquisite food prepared by our jungle crew. The boat is moored on the side of the river to spend the night. Tonight, we can take a walk through the jungle to look for nocturnal animals such as snakes, tarantulas or even if we are lucky, we can find luminescent mushrooms or tarsier monkeys.
Meals: Lunch – Dinner
Accommodation: Klotok boat
After an extraordinary breakfast, you will go in time to see the Pondok Tanggui Camp at the time of feeding (9 AM). Sooner or later, you will see how the branches of the treetops begin to move, and then you will see the silhouettes of the Orangutans arriving at the feeding platform. Pondok Tanggui was a release camp for young Orangutans that were rehabilitated, and they continue to add food every day to prevent the Orangutans from leaving because of a lack of food. They end up outside the National Park, with the following risk of falling into traps of settlers or fields of palm oil plantations. After the Orangutans begin to leave, you will return to the klotok again to go further up the river. You will see how the coloration of the river changes, and you will have the opportunity to see crocodiles and large lizards, together with Gibbon’s and proboscis monkeys.
Arrival at Camp Leakey, the old orangutan research and rehabilitation center since 1971, when a student at UCLA Los Angeles University, Birutte Galdikas began studying the Orangutans there. The name Camp Leaky comes from Birutte’s own teacher, the Paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey. At least 200 orangutans had already been cured and returned to the jungles, thanks to this center. However, since 1995, the Government of Indonesia has banned the introduction of more Orangutans into this camp, so Orangutans are increasingly adapting more to freedom. To this day, this camp is used as an investigation into the behavior and feeding of Orangutans. You will take advantage of your guide to explore the interiors of the jungle a bit to look for orangutans in freedom and other animals. At 14.00, you can see the feeding time of the Orangutans. You can also visit the small museum made by the scientist Dr. Birute Galdikas. When you are finished observing the orangutans in this camp, and if the weather and conditions permit, you will make a short trek through the jungle on our way back to the boat to look for wild orangutans and other animals. You will have the opportunity to learn from our local guides, some of whom were born in the jungle, how to look for animals or plants, or simply listen to their experience of life in the jungle. The jungles of Borneo have given life and have been home to the settlers for many years. The jungles, under the eyes of the grandparents, are able to give you everything you need. Food, water, medicines, etc. Yes… Never put anything in your mouth without the recommendation of your guide. In the afternoon, if it does not rain, the boat will be docked near a firefly congregation, and you can enjoy the show of its luminescence.
Note: The Birate Galdikas Museum at Camp Leaky is currently closed for maintenance purposes. Regrettably, visits to this site will not be possible until further notice. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and will keep you updated on the reopening of the museum.
Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Accommodation: Klotok boat
In the early morning you will enjoy the last moments of the sounds of the jungle before heading to the port to, in turn, be transferred to the airport for your flight to Banjarmasin, the canal city of Borneo to visit the Banjarmasin Floating market. When you arrive, you will transfer to the hotel (around an hour’s drive). Check in hotel for overnight.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Banjarmasin: Three options across different categories
At 4.30 in the morning, you will rise, as your guide will be waiting for you to take you to the Lok Baintan Floating Market. This is held on a daily basis on one of the channels of Banjarmasin. The guide will take you to the largest market, one hour away, where you will get on a traditional canoe to enter the floating market, which is one of the most photogenic markets in Indonesia. This get on a traditional canoe to enter the floating market market is held every day and does not depend on tourism at all since it is a totally local and traditional market. Back to the hotel for breakfast, and then check out of the hotel for the transfer to the airport. On the way to the airport, you will explore the city, browsing slowly between canals in the city.
Note: We recommend you to take the flight from Banjarmasin after 14.00 PM.
Meals: Breakfast
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