Category Archives: Borneo

Sangalaki, The Home Of The Mantas

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Indonesia-Tourism.com

Sangalaki Island In the eastern part of Kalimantan and about 45 km from the Berau river, estuary out in the Makassar strait, lie several reefs ideal for scuba diving. The dive sites are famous for the large gatherings of manta … Continue reading →

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Kapuas Regency

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Indonesia-Tourism.com

Kapuas Kapuas, is one of regencies in Central Kalimantan with the capital city of Kuala Kapuas. Kuala Kapuas, is the capital of the Kapuas district. Kuala itself means delta. Kuala Kapuas is a beautiful city, because it is located on … Continue reading →

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Tenggarong And The Legend Of Kutai Kartanegara

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Indonesia-Tourism.com

Tenggarong Tenggarong is a city district which become the capital of regency of Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, and it has 13 groups of Kelurahan. Dated back from the ancient history of Indonesia, Kutai Kingdom was the oldest kingdom in Indonesia. … Continue reading →

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Tarakan, Between History And Nature

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Indonesia-Tourism.com

Tarakan Tarakan, is one of Indonesia cities and become part of East Borneo Province. Tarakan or also known as the Paguntaka Earth is an island located in the northern side East Kalimantan. Tarakan name, according to folklore comes from the … Continue reading →

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Bontang, Another Rich City

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Indonesia-Tourism.com

Bontang Bontang is a city in East Kalimantan province, Indonesia. The city is located about 120 kilometers from Samarinda, directly have border to the East Kutai regency in the north and west, Kutai Kartanegara regency in the south and Regency … Continue reading →

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The Very Rich Balikpapan

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Indonesia-Tourism.com

Balikpapan “Gawi Manuntung Waja Sampai Kaputing”, this is the Balikpapan slogan taken from Banjar language which mean, when starting a job should be accomplish perfectly. Balikpapan, is Indonesia city part of East Kalimantan province. A resource-rich region well known for … Continue reading →

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Derawan Island Is The Hidden Treasure Itself

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Indonesia-Tourism.com

Derawan Island Derawan Island is located in Derawan Islands, Derawan District, Berau Regency, East Kalimantan. Derawan Islands has three districts namely, Derawan Island, Maratua, and the Biduk biduk, Berau. There are at least four famous islands in this Archipelago, which … Continue reading →

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Welcome To Samarinda

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Indonesia-Tourism.com

Samarinda Samarinda is a city in East Borneo which also an official capital city for East Borneo province. The whole area of the city is directly border to the Kutai Kartanegara Regency. There are some historical time-lines that remain the … Continue reading →

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Banjarmasin The Thousand River City

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Indonesia-Tourism.com

Banjarmasin Banjarmasin is one of the Indonesia cities and the capital of South Kalimantan province. The original name of Banjar is Banjar-Masih, in 1664 in the Dutch wrote Banjarmasch. Banzjarmasch then turn to be Bandjermassing/Bandjer Massing/Banjermassing/Bandjarmassingh, then Bandjermasin/Banjir Massin/Banjarmassin/Banjarmatsin/Bandjarmasin, in … Continue reading →

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Enjoy The Culinary And The Palace On Pontianak

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Indonesia-Tourism.com

Pontianak Pontianak is officially the capital city of West Kalimantan province, the ethnic of Tionghoa call this city as Khun tien. This city is famous as the City of Equatorial for it passed by the earth zero degrees latitude. The … Continue reading →

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