Kalimantan Orangutans With Overnight In A Dayak Longhouse

📍 Pangkalan Bun Airport - Kumai River Port: 20 minutes

Welcome to Pangkalan Bun, the main entry point to central Kalimantan. 

Upon arrival at Pangkalan Bun Airport, our guide and driver will be waiting to provide transport to Kumai Port. At the port, board a local klotok boat for a scenic journey along the Kumai and Sekonyer Rivers. 

Begin the cruise heading along the Kumai River. After 20 minutes, enter the much smaller Sekonyer River, which marks the border of Tanjung Puting National Park. The lush vegetation along the river bank first consists of Nipa palm and is slowly replaced by Pandan trees. 

Lunch is served on board. 

While cruising through Tanjung Puting National Park, take note of its variety of tropical animals. The area is renowned for its spectacular ecological and biological diversity, and contains mangrove swamps, rainforest and dense jungles filled with rare primates such as orangutans, proboscis monkeys and macaques.  

Enjoy dinner this evening on board the boat surrounded by the beauty of nature. 

Overnight on boat.

Inclusions:

🥘 Lunch, 🍗 Dinner

After breakfast, boating up to reach Pondok Tanggui, the second rehabilitation center for the orangutan. Visit the Orangutan feeding 09.00 AM, enjoy your time while taking some pictures. Then at 10.00 AM return back to the houseboat and continue boating up to Camp Leakey. Camp Leakey is the highlight of National Park. You will be passing by the black river which is full of wildlife such as many kinds of birds, primates, fish, and also crocodiles. Lunch will be served by our own cook with special various food. 

On arrival in Camp Leakey, you will visit the IC (Information Center) to see all the work of DR. Birute Galdikas studied the orangutan here from 1971 until today. Enjoy your time until 14.00, trekking up into the forest to see orangutan feeding, enjoy the time till 16.00 back to the boat and boating down direct to the Nipa Palm area to see thousand fireflies. Dinner and overnight in the houseboat.

At this time of the day, many proboscis monkeys, found only in Borneo, can be seen gathering in large groups around the banks of the river (excellent photo opportunity.) There is also a chance to spot a few orangutans in this area as they come to pick up fruit from the pandan trees in the late afternoon. 

Dinner is served onboard the boat.

Overnight on the riverboat.

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast, 🥘 Lunch, 🍗 Dinner

Early Morning, breakfast on board direct transfer to Lopus Village by private Car. It will take around 5 hours. Lunch will be provided en route in the local restaurant. Upon your arrival in Lopus Village sightseeing around the village, free program in the afternoon. In the evening after dinner you will be welcomed by the Dayak Tomun with their Bagondang ceremony. Here you might be allowed to dance with the Dayak people while they will serve you with the rice wine. Enjoy the ceremony and go back to the longhouse / local house for sleeping. 

Dinner in a traditional longhouse. 

Overnight in a traditional longhouse.

Notes:
Please bring a small bag for the goods/clothes needed for one night in the longhouse. The main luggage will be dropped off at the hotel for the following day. Sleeping bag, towel and air mattress will be provided for the stay in the longhouse.

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast, 🥘 Lunch, 🍗 Dinner

📍 Penyombaan – Pangkalan Bun (160 km): 4 hours

After breakfast, continue your trip by car to Kudangan Village. Sightseeing around the village to see more Longhouses. Afterward, drive back to Pangkalan Bun for another 5 hours. Lunch will be provided in the local restaurant. On arrival in Pangkalan Bun direct transfer to the hotel for check in.

Overnight in the hotel in Pangkalan Bun.
 

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast, 🥘 Lunch

📍 Pangkalan Bun – Pangkalan Bun Airport (8 km): 15 minutes

After breakfast at the hotel, enjoy the rest of the morning at leisure until transport (provided) to the airport for the onward flight.

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast