Join an expedition into Gunung Palung National Park in Pontianak! Lies on the western coast of the third-largest island in the world, Mount Palung National Park’s landscapes consist of swampy mangrove forest, montane forest, and coastal forest. It is home to diverse wildlife with rare and interesting species of monkeys and birds, and one of the remaining places to see the orangutans walk free in their natural habitat. This trip may show you that it takes some extra flight from regular tourists’ destination and a little bit more roadtrip to get to the destination. However, the experience throughout the expedition inside the park would be worth the energy spent. Let the adventure begins!
Welcome to Pontianak! There are 12 countries in the world that are strapped along the equator that separates northern and southern earth’s hemispheres. But among those many cities of the countries, there is only one that sits right on the line, that is Pontianak. Meeting service with our driver who will take you to your hotel for overnight. Enjoy a nice dinner at a local restaurant.
Meals: Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Pontianak: Three options across different categories
Enjoy your breakfast then prepare your bags as we are going to board a local plane leaving for Ketapang. Continue by car to Telok Melano as your starting point to get to Gunung Palung National Park. Enjoy your lunch and dinner en route. Stay overnight at a simple accommodation.
Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Accommodation: Lodge in Telok Melano
After breakfast, we are going for a long trip about 9 hours to Semanjak by a motorized boat. This of course depends on the river condition. Then, there will be another boat trip but not motorized, we are going the traditional way; row! On arrival, we will set up the base camp for overnight. Listen to the sound of the jungle and learn as much as possible from the guide about nocturnal animals in the park.
Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Accommodation: Camp
Enjoy your breakfast in the middle of the jungle. Gunung Palung is one of the national parks where you can get the chance to see the wild orangutans. The best time to see them is around the afternoon, when they begin to nest. In the meantime, we are going to look for other kinds of animals among the tallest rainforest trees in the world; gibbons, red monkeys, hornbills, wild boars, sun bears, snakes, lizards, turtles, fish, and all sorts of insects. Our guide will explain all the knowledge of flora and fauna of the park to you.
Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Accommodation: Camp
Enjoy your breakfast in the morning, and prepare to leave the jungle. We are going back to Telok Melano the same route we went in, but it should be faster as we are going downstream. In the late afternoon, take the longboat heading to Kampung Baru to see proboscis monkeys soaring on trees by the river. Stay overnight at Telok Melano.
Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Accommodation: Lodge in Telok Melano
After breakfast, we leave to take a fast boat to return to Pontianak where you will spend the last night in a hotel. Enjoy the free time afterwards.
Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Pontianak: Three options across different categories
Breakfast at hotel, enjoy your free time until departure time for your flight to Pontianak, from where you can connect to your next destination. Thank you for enjoying this Pointianak tour in the jungle of Betung Kerihun National Park with Come2Indonesia. We wish you a pleasant flight and Sampai Jumpa!
Meals: Breakfast
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