Do It The Dayak Way When visiting Palangkaraya, just look outside of your aircraft window and you will see the green field of nature below cut by a small river with slow course twisting to the downstream passing the mangrove forest. The flow is similar to the head of dragon with endless body. When forest [...]

Upriver Mahakam Adventure Tours Kalimantan is the correct name for the Indonesian portion of the island known generically as Borneo. The Malaysianstates of Sabah and Sarawak and the famed country, Brunei Darussalam constitute the remaining portions. Kalimantan is divided into four regions: East, West, Central and South Kalimantan. In East Kalimantan, the Mahakam River is [...]

Mystic of Mahakam River Kalimantan Mahakam river is the biggest river in East Kalimantan province. This 920 km long river flows from its upper stream in Kutai Barat to its lower stream in Kutai Kartanegara and Samarinda. Mahakam is very important for most inhabitants in the province as some areas are only accessible by river. [...]

Bukit Lawang Orangutans Nature Reserve in Bahorok National Park North Sumatra The Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii) is the rarer of the two species of orangutans. Living and endemic to Sumatra island of Indonesia, they are smaller than the Bornean Orangutan. The Sumatran Orangutan grows to about 4.6 feet tall and 200 pounds in males. Females [...]