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Kelotok, a traditional house boat as your floating home
Candle light dinner
Mom and baby
Breakfast menus
Morning bite

4-Day Private Orangutan and Bornean Primates Tour from Pangkalanbuun

By Borneo Primate Tours
10 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$1,401 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 4d
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  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

This 4-day private tour is not only a multi-day tour, but a chance to understand human evolution. The orangutan is the great ape in Asia who only lives in Sumatra and Borneo. Orang means people and Utan means hutan or forest “people of the forest”- we share 97% DNA with Orangutans. You will visit 3 Orangutan feeding stations: Tanjung Harapan, Pondok Tanggui and Camp Lekey.

You may see another exotic animal like Proboscis monkey-Bekantan the endemic primate in Borneo. Silvered Langur, Red-leaf Monkey or Pig-tailed Monkey are exotic primates difficult to see. You may see different kinds of birds, crocodiles in the river banks, plants and blossoms. This is a wildlife experience like no other.

Please notice during peak season (Jul-Aug-Sept) all the tour will start no earlier then 10.00 am and will be finished maximum at 09.00 am. Please discus for any optional according flights schedule.

Activity location

    • South Arut, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • South Arut, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

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4-Day Private Orangutan and Bornean Primates Tour from Pangkalanbuun
  • Activity duration is 4 days4d4d
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
AU$1,416.87 x 1 AdultAU$1,416.87
Total
Price is AU$1,416.87
Traditional Wooden Houseboat
  • Activity duration is 4 days4d4d
  • English

traditional wooden house boat : Local people called it Kelotok. It is a like floating homestay to cruising up to Sekonyer River, Tanjung Puting NP.
Orangutan Feeding station
Duration: 4 days: You will stay 3 nights on the boat, for approximately 45 hours to 72 hours.
All-inclusive: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Coffee, Tea, Snack, Fresh water and Pops
Cruising to Sekonyer River: Visiting 3 Feeding Station as per itinerary
Houseboat: Traditional wooden kelotok without room. Bedding arrangement will be set up after dinner as studio upper floor.
Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
AU$1,400.90 x 1 AdultAU$1,400.90
Total
Price is AU$1,400.90

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedEntrance permit/tickets (traveller, camera, boat)
  • What's includedWhat's includedReturn airport transfers or your accommodation in Pangkalan Bun or Kumai.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAlcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedInsurance
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedSIMAKSI permit for filming of flying drone

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • If clients wish to upgrade to a hotel or home stay the additional costs will apply.
  • It is preferable that you arrive before 1pm on your first day. You will be taken back to the airport before 12pm on your last day. (this is flexible)
  • Vegetarian meal options available
  • A maximum of 12 people per booking
  • Minimum age is 3 years
  • A minimum of 2 people per booking is required

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Pangkalanbuun – Kumai – Tanjung Harapan Camp
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: Traditional wooden House boat
Tanjung Puting National Park
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Upon arrival in Pangkalanbuun you’ll be met and transferred to Kumai for boarding to the Kelotok. Leaving Kumai River, you’ll have an opportunity to see riverfront life. Then, cruising to Sekonyer River, the estuarine habitat with unique vegetation called mangrove, before your first stop to Tanjung Harapan Camp to visit the Orangutan feeding station at 3pm. After seeing the Orangutans cruise downstream to see groups of Proboscis monkeys - the endemic primate in Borneo. The boat will anchor and you will sleep overnight in the Kelotok beneath the fireflies. If the weather is good (no rain or wind) you can see millions of fireflies like a Christmas tree, but this isn’t guaranteed. Dinner beneath fireflies.
Day 2: Sekonyer River - Camp Leakey
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: Traditional wooden house boat
Camp Leakey
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Next destination is Camp Leakey, the legendary Orangutan Rehabilitation Camp, where Prof. Birute MF. Galdikas startring her study in early 1971. Boating a side creek through tea coloured water where you will see the magnificent reflection from the vegetation along the river, when lucky with you, the fresh water crocodile and other wildlife attraction could find a long river bands. After having lunch and departing in Camp Leakey, we can spend the rest of the day by hiking through the Borneo rainforest, exploring peat swamp forest, lowland dipterocarp habitat, searching wildlife or enjoying varieties of fungi, orchid, slipper orchid, mosses and ferns, then enjoying Orangutan feeding time at 14.00 pm.
Day 3: Pondok Tanggui – Sekonyer Village
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: Traditional wooden house boat
Tanjung Puting National Park
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
After having breakfast, you will head to Pondok Tanggui. The Orangutan feeding will be at 9am in the morning. An additional jungle walk for 2 hours as optional activity will be offering to you. Afternoon, the boat cruise down for wildllife spotting. The next destination i Sekonyer Village to see the livelihood of villager living in the national park border. You will be able to spot wildlife during the slow cruising between Pondok Tanggui and Sekonyer Village. Sleep overnight in the boat.
Day 4: Sekonyer River – Kumai – Pangkalanbuun
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: Traditional wooden house boat
Tanjung Puting National Park
  • 2h
After breakfast you’ll will have time for wildlife spotting for approx 2 hours while boat slowly cruising downstream to Kumai. Departing Kumai in the morning, you’ll be transferred to Pangkalanbuun (hotel/airport). It is also possible to visit the Orangutan souvenir and handicraft gallery before your next destination. Please notice, during peak season ( Jul-Aug-Sept) all tour will be ended at 09.00 am.

Location

Activity location

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    • South Arut, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • South Arut, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

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