15 Aug 2016 13:11
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Tanjung Puting National Park is geographically located between 2035'-3020 'South latitude and 111 050' - 112 015 'east longitude. This area is located on a headland on the south coast of Borneo, north-west of Central Kalimantan Province, covers the District of Kumai in West Kotawaringin and Pembuang Hulu districts, District Sembuluh Seruyan Hilir district. This area is limited by some conversion areas, creeks Kumai in the North, Seruyan River on the east and the Coast of Java Sea in the south and west.
The area of Tanjung Puting National Park 415,040 ha, mostly neighborhood is on a peninsula between the Gulf of Kumai, and Seruyan River.
Klotok Hire to Tanjung Puting National Park to See the Orangutans
Klotok Hire and How to Find a Tanjung Puting Guide to See the Orangutans
Our Klotok Boat with Guide Jefri at the Bow (Tanjung Puting National Park, Kalimantan, Indonesia)
Our Klotok Boat with Guide Jefri at the Bow (Tanjung Puting National Park, Kalimantan, Indonesia)
Want to hire a klotok boat to Tanjung Puting to see the orangutans (and other wildlife) and travel the Sekonyer River?
The following information is meant those planning an independent trip to Tanjung Puting National Park in the forthcoming high season—and for those who want to enjoy some photographs of the area. I will save the amazing journey and the orangutans, of course, for a later post.
This is the web site for Siti’s Tanjung Puting orangutan tours, Tanjung Puting klotok boat tours on the Sekonyer River in Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia, and Pangkalan Bun/Kumai-area eco tours and cultural heritage tours. I specialize in customized tours of Tanjung Puting National Park and the Kumai area.
Explore the backroads of Borneo and get off the beaten path with Kalimantan/Borneo’s only Woman-Owned Tour Company!
Tanjung Puting National Park and a klotok boat tour to see the orangutans is usually the highlight of most visitor’s trip to Kalimantan (Borneo)—but there is even more to Kumai and Pangkalan Bun, Kalimantan, Borneo! Stay a little longer, take another Tanjung Puting eco tour, get to know the local culture, enjoy the hospitality of a village homestay, take a cooking class, explore the turtle sanctuary, and savor unspoiled, pristine beaches. Kumai is home to several ethnic groups, Malay, Dayak, and Madurese (originally from East Java), and it is a fascinating place to visit, with lots of cultural diversity.
I am happy to arrange other activities and local tours for you, in addition to a Tanjung Puting orangutan tour and Tanjung Puting National Park wildlife viewing. Please let me know your dates and what you are interested in, and we can take it from there!
Thank you for visiting. I look forward to seeing you in Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia!
We offer customisable private tours, where you a looked after from the time you are met by your guide (a local guide from Kumai with basic English), until the time your tour finishes at a hotel in Pangkalan Bun or at the airport.
Your guide would allow you to have peaceful couple, or family time, alone on the top deck of your klotok, while travelling around the park, only interrupting you to point out any interesting wildlife, or to inform you that it’s meal time, or that it’s time to go on land. He or she would accompany you through the forest, on trails to and from feeding statations, and on short night time walks too if you wished. Your tour would include transfers and everything you need (see FAQs regarding exactly what it does/doesn’t include).
Food would be three meals a day plus snacks and soft drinks (mainly cartons of sweetened juices, water, and tea/coffee). As often as possible, (depending on local availability), oil used for cooking on our tours is Corn oil. Athough it’s 5 times the price of Palm oil, we don’t believe it’s right to use Palm oil due to it devastating orangutan habitats.
Taking a tour with us also means being able to email us for any questions you may have, or anything you wish to discuss to prepare yourselves for your tour. We try to respond to all emails within 24 hours on working days, and also respond to important emails at the weekends too.
The climate in this region including climate type A and B with a Q value of 8.6% and has a rainfall patterns are generally not based on the season, the humidity in the rainy season ranging between 55% -98% and the air temperature is 220-330 C. Rainfall average of around 2,400 mm / year, with the number of rainy days about 100 days / year. Most heavy rain occurs between the months of February - March and November - December. Driest period is during the months of August - September, before the start of the season northwest.
Topography of the region varies from lowland, hilly - the hill up light waves with a height of 0-30 m above sea level. Mostly marsh and tidal areas, particularly those located in small reed river up to the coast of the southern region. This area consists of a peninsula that lies low, swampy and waterlogged in certain seasons, fed by three major rivers namely Sekonyer rivers, Buluh Kecil River and Buluh Besar River.