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Natuna Archipelago If you are an adventurer who looking for a natural beach which has not been overly exploited by the tourist trade, then the Natuna Archipelago could be the right place for you. It is an archipelago with some 270 islands and amazing greenish blue water. Bunguran, Jemaja and Serasan are the three largest [...]
April 24 2010 | Posted in About Indonesia Islands, Indonesia Adventures, Indonesia Diving, Indonesia News, Indonesia Sailing, Islands of Indonesia, Kalimantan Island, Sumatra Island | Read More »
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 [...]
April 24 2010 | Posted in East Kalimantan, Islands of Indonesia, Kalimantan Island | Read More »
Tanjung Puting National Park – Central Kalimantan Tanjung Puting is one of the natural wonders of the world! You may not believe this after you have been there only one day or two days or three days, but after the fourth or fifth day something happens. You are captivated completely by the purity of the [...]
April 4 2010 | Posted in About Indonesia Islands, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia Adventures, Indonesia News, Indonesia Trekking, Islands of Indonesia, Kalimantan Island, Kumai River Expedition | Read More »
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 [...]
April 3 2010 | Posted in About Indonesia Islands, East Kalimantan, Indonesia Adventures, Indonesia News, Islands of Indonesia, Kalimantan Island, Kumai River Expedition, Mahakam River Borneo | Read More »
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. [...]
April 3 2010 | Posted in East Kalimantan, Islands of Indonesia, Kalimantan Island, Mahakam River Borneo | Read More »
Indonesia Archipelago, World Largest Archipelago on Earth The Republic of Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world comprising 17,504 large and small tropical islands fringed with white sandy beaches, many still uninhabited and a number even still unnamed. Straddling the equator, situated between the continents of Asia and Australia and between the Pacific and [...]
April 3 2010 | Posted in About Indonesia Islands, Alor and Lembata Islands, Bali Island, Flores Island, Indonesia Adventures, Indonesia Culture, Indonesia Diving, Indonesia History, Indonesia News, Indonesia Sailing, Indonesia Surfing, Indonesia Trekking, Islands of Indonesia, Java Island, Jogjakarta Area and Central Java Islands, Kalimantan Island, Lampung, Lombok & Gili Islands, Mallucas Islands, North Sulawesi, North Sumatra, Raja Ampat Islands, South East Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Sulawesi Island, Sumatra Island, Sumba Island, Sumbawa Island, West Java, West Papua Islands, West Sumatra | Read More »
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 [...]
April 3 2010 | Posted in About Indonesia Islands, Aceh-North Sumatra, Bukit Lawang Orangutan, Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia Adventures, Indonesia News, Indonesia Trekking, Islands of Indonesia, Kalimantan Island, Kumai River Expedition, Mahakam River Borneo, North Sumatra, Sumatra Island | Read More »