Category Archives: Kalimantan Island

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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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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The Cultivated Land Of Palangkaraya

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Indonesia-Tourism.com

Palangkaraya Palangkaraya is one of Indonesian cities and officially become the capital of Central Kalimantan province. Palangkaraya is a city with the largest area in Indonesia. Most of the region are remains forest, including protected forests, Nature Conservation and Tangkiling … Continue reading →

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Dayak People, The Real Borneo Itself

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Indonesia-Tourism.com

Dayak People Dakay people or Daya or Dyak are the indigenous peopleof Borneo Island, Indonesia. They live in groups in mountains, outbacks and they are such a terrestrial group, a group who live in land, not in marine zone. Dayak … Continue reading →

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The Rich Province of East Borneo

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

East Kalimantan East Borneo is the second largest province in Kalimantan. This province is ao rich with its natural resources that coming from two main cities of Samarinda, which is the capital and the center of timber product, and Balikpapan … Continue reading →

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