In southeast Kotawaringin West, Central Kalimantan, there is a stretch of forest area of 416 thousand hectares which is a region of Tanjung Puting National Park. Although known in the world as a place of sanctuary for orangutans, Tanjung Puting is also an asylum for the other two endemic primate species, namely Proboscis (nasalis larvatus) and Red Leaf Monkey (pesbytis rubicunda), as well as hundreds of other species. Tanjung Puting National Park also has some type of ecosystem that consists of lowland tropical rain forest, dry land forest, freshwater swamp forest, mangrove forest, coastal forest, and secondary forest.
This area is dominated by lowland forest plants like jelutung (Dyera costulata), ramin (Gonystylus bancanus), meranti (Shorea sp.), Keruing (Dipterocarpus sp.), And rattan.
Endangered species endemic and protected forests contained in Tanjung Puting National Park include the orangutan (Pongo Satyrus), proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), red leaf monkey (Presbytis rubicunda rubida), bear (Helarctos malayanus euryspilus), deer (Tragulus klossi javanicus), clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), and cats (Prionailurus bengalensis borneoensis).
To achieve the Tanjung Puting National Park, Iskandar Airport in Pangkalan Bun, the capital of West Kotawaringin, you can use the "Klotok" - boat motors that are often found in the rivers of Borneo - or by speedboat. Compared with klotok, of course, a trip by speedboat will take less time. However klotok has another advantage, which can serve as a place to stay during your trip because of the above klotok available equipped with a toilet and electricity.
Klotok originally used as a means of transportation that carry logs from the headwaters to the port. But now with the rise of a trip to Tanjung Puting National Park, klotok much has changed function as a means of transportation and also where to eat and stay tourists. Stay on top of klotok not mean you can have privacy, because you are going to sleep on the top deck klotok. But this means that you can sleep while enjoying the expanse of stars visible in the night sky.
There are three orangutan rehabilitation center in Tanjung Puting National Park, the Cape of Good Hope, cottage Tanggui, and Camp Leakey. In each rehabilitation center, visitors can feed the orangutans are lurking there and feel the warm "welcome" of the orangutan. The most popular place in Tanjung Puting is Camp Leakey. Founded in 1971 by Dr. Birute Galdikas and her former husband Rod Brindamour. The place takes its name from Louis Leakey, a teacher of Dr. Galdikas. Leakey itself is also a teacher of Jane Goodall (who studied chimpanzees) and Dian Fossey (who studied Gorilla).
Spent a few days in Tanjung Puting can make you not want to go because fascinated by the natural beauty of Tanjung Puting National Park.
Cultural attractions outside the national park:
Cultural attractions outside the Park include Traditional Rowing Competition in May in Pangkalan Bun
The best visiting season: June / September each year.
How to reach:
Jakarta - Semarang - Pangkalan Bun (plane) or by ship Semarang (Central Java) - Pangkalan Bun. By land vehicles from Pangkalan Bun to Kumai about 20 minutes (8 km). Furthermore, from Kumai to Tanjung Harapan using klotok for 1.5-2 hours, or Kumai - Natai Galangal for 4-5 hours. Using a fast boat from Kumai - Cape of Good Hope for 0.5 - 1 hour, from Kumai - Camp Leakey for 1.5 to 2 hours, and from Kumai to Natai Galangal for 1.5 to 2 hours.
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