Borneo Rainforest & Orangutan Wildlife Exploration

Upon your arrival in Pangkalan Bun Airport, meeting service with our staff and guide then direct transfer to Kumai. It will take about 20 minutes. Upon your arrival in Kumai direct  transfer to the houseboat, Lunch will provided On board. Afterward boating down Kumai River approximately 15 minutes to reach Sekonyer River, the main river in Tanjung Puting National Park. Cruise up the sekonyer river you will see nice vegetation around the river bank, Nipa Palm, Pandanus, and some kind of trees that growing up around the river. See some wildlife such as birds, Macaque, Proboscis Monkey and Orangutan, if the time still permitted you will visit Orangutan feeding in Tanjung Harapan at 15.00 PM. Then At 16.00 return back to the boat and continue boating up to observe and learning more about Proboscis monkeys along the river banks. Proboscis monkeys are being endemic animal that can be seen only in Borneo. Lunch & Dinner in the Long Houseboat. Overnight in the Lodge.

Day 02: Lodge - Pasalat Camp - Camp Leaky (B,L,D)

After breakfast, proceed up the river to Pasalat Camp, here you will be hiking up on the board walk for 800 Meters and 200 meters you will walk on the ground. In this camp you will have chance to planting endemic fruit trees for orangutan and this is also the carbon offset program. This program supports the national park to replanting the trees around the ex-forest fire areas and to spread up the fruit trees for the animals in this park. When the tree grows up, the trees will do photosynthesis. From this process the tree will produce the Oxygen, and the Oxygen is the payment to all the Carbon we produce in our whole life (payment of the carbon). Return back to the houseboat then boating up direct to Camp Leakey. Lunch will provide on board. On arrival in Camp Leakey, you will visit IC (Information Center) to see all work of DR. Birute Galdikas while she studies the orangutan here start from 1971 until today. Enjoy your time until 14.00, afterward continue trekking up into the forest to see orangutan feeding, enjoy the time till 16.00 back to the boat then boating down to Pondok Ambung. If the time permitted before dinner you will trekking into the forest for 2 hours to see the nocturnal animals like Tarsiers, tarantulas, etc. back to the houseboat. Lunch & Dinner in the Long Houseboat. Overnight in the Lodge.

Day 03: Pondok Tangguy – Tanjung Harapan Village – Tanjung Harapan Camp (B,L, D)

After breakfast, boating down to reach Pondok Tanggui, the second rehabilitation center for the orangutan. Visit the Orangutan feeding 09.00 AM, enjoy your time while take some pictures. Then at 10.00 AM return back to the houseboat and continue boating down direct to Tanjung Harapan village to see the Malayan settlement activities in the Afternoon. Lunch will provide on board then cross to Tanjung Harapan Camp to see the last orangutan feeding at 15.00 you will stay until 16.00 pm. Back to the boat and boating down directly to Nipa Palm area to see thousands of fireflies. Lunch & Dinner in the Long Houseboat. Overnight in the Lodge.

Day 04: Trekking in Tanjung Harapan – Motor boat Canoe – Nipa Palm – Kumai – Pangkalan Bun / Mercure Pangkalan Bun 4*/ Premium Superior Room (B,L,D)

After breakfast, enjoy your time until we are ready to explore more wildlife trekking up into the forest, you will do trekking from Tanjung Harapan to Sungai Buluh it will take about 3 hours, then on arrival in Sungai Buluh you will explore more on the motor boat canoe then back to the houseboat. Lunch will provide on board, Free on you own leisure while you will be spotting Proboscis Monkeys Group around the river bank in the afternoon. Afterward boating down direct to the nipa palm area to see thousand firefly. After dinner we will cruise back  to Kumai then transfer to your hotel in Pangkalan Bun for overnight.

Day 05: Pangkalan Bun – Airpor – NEXT DESTINATION (B)

After breakfast boating down to Kumai. Direct transfer to Pangkalan Bun Airport for your next destination. TOUR END

INCLUDES:

Transfer service from Airport – Destination – Airport

House boat during the river trip

3 Nights accommodation in the Rimba Lodge base on twin share

1 Night accommodation in Mercure Pangkalan Bun base on twin share

Full board meals during the trip as it is mentioned on the program

English speaking guide during the trip.

Entrance permit

Donation for the Park

EXCLUDES: 

Domestic flight from Jakarta to Pangkalan Bun at USD.95 per per person   

Domestic flight from Pangkalan Bun to Jakarta at USD.95 per per person   

Tipping for the guide

Personal expenses 

Alcoholic beverage

Any expenses incurred due to all causes beyond program (cancelled flight), 

Insurance