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Borneo Orangutan Tour and Floating Market For 5Days/4Nights

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Day 1 . Arrival in Banjarmasin Airport – Hotel – Canal Tour
Upon your arrival at Syamsuddinnor airport, meeting service with your guide/assistance who will escort you to hotel in Banjarmasin, arriving at the hotel then check in and free program, at 05.00 pm joing for canal tour to see the local people activities at the bank side of Kelayan River. Back to hotel and at 07.30 pm having dinner at Local restaurant. Back to hotel for overnight.

Day 2 . Hotel – Floating Market – Syamsuddinnoor Airport – Pangkalan Bun – Proboscis Monkey Tour
Early morning at 5:30 Banjarmasin time you will picked up to visit floating market in Kuin River, then boating down by traditional boat “Kelotok” for transferring to the floating market. It will take about 40 minutes to reach Floating market area. Along the trip you will see the activities of the people in the morning, typical houses surrounding the river bank. In the Floating market you will see all the buyer and seller meet in the Kuin river estuary for market transaction on the boat. This market already exists since hundred years ago. After that return to the hotel for having breakfast. After breakfast transfer you back to the airport to catch your flight to Pangkalan Bun. On arrival at Pangkalan Bun airport, meeting service then transfer to Kumai, seaport and the gate to reach National Park. Onboard, crossing Kumai river in approximately 15 minutes to reach Seikonyer river, the min river in National Park. Lunch will be served on boat by our own cook. We are riding on the boat about 2 hours to reach National Park. At 16.30 we continue our tour to observe Proboscis monkeys along the riverbanks. Proboscis monkeys are being the endemic animal that can be seen only in Borneo. Dinner and Overnight on the boat.

Day 3. Houseboat – Camp Leaky – Houseboat
After breakfast, proceed upstream to Camp Leaky area, it will pass the black river. When arrive in camp Leaky, hiking up to see more wildlife such as Orangutans, Gibbons, wild pigs, birds etc. Back to the boat for lunch and at 14.00 will follow the feeding program. Feeders will carry banana and feed the orangutan on the feeding platform. At 16.00, back to the boat for dinner and overnight.

Day 4. Houseboat – Pondok Tangguy – Pasalat Reforestation – Tanjung Harapan Camp – Tanjung Harapan Village – Nipa Palm Area.
After breakfast, boating down the river to the second station called Pondok Tangguy, here the ranger will feed the Orangutan at 09.00 and it will take about 2 hours by boat from Camp Leakey. Enjoying the situation till 10.00, after feeding continue the trip and boating down to Pasalat Camp for your Carbon Offsetting program. Here you will planting one tree per person as a contribution for slow down the climate change. This is also as a payment for the carbon you had paid from the airline ticket and all the transportation you had used to get here. After you planting the tree, then going back to the boat and boating down direct to Tanjung Harapan Camp for visiting the last orangutan feeding. Here they feed the orangutan at 15.00 in the Afternoon. Enjoy the situation till 16.00 pm. Back to the camp and if it is still enough time crossing to Tanjung Harapan village to see the Malayan settlement activities in the Afternoon. Back to the boat and boating down directly to Nipa Palm area to see thousand of firefly. Lunch will be served en-route by our own cook on board. Dinner and overnight on boat.

Day 5.Houseboat – Kumai – Airport
Morning breakfast on the boat in Tanjung Harapan, then boating down the river back to Kumai. Direct transfer to Pangkalan Bun airport for your next destination.

For more details: eastkalimantan@indonesia-tourism.com

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