11-Hours Local Wildlife Exploration In Samboja Lodge From Balikpapan
Description
Start this adventurous excursion by visiting the Orangutan Island to meet with the orangutans and sun bears. Walk up to the Canopy bridge and enjoy the magnificent views of gigantic trees. Journey to East Borneo's Mangrove Forest by a small ship and catch glimpses of the wildest creatures like the lizard, long-nosed monkey and if lucky, see river Dolphins as well.
Highlights
- See orangutans at Orangutan Island and Sun bears at the Sanctuary
- Hike to the Canopy bridge and take in the beautiful view
- Walk through the Mangrove forest and explore its diverse wildlife
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- Get picked up by car at 06:30 am and drive to Samboja Lodge with your Balikpapan tour guide for about one hour.
Arrive in Samboja Lodge and receive a short brief, then set off for Orangutan island, where you can see the orangutans from the riverside while your Balikpapan tour guide will be feeding the orangutans. You can't touch the orangutans, but you see them and take pictures from the riverside.
From Orangutans Island, continue to the Sun Bear Sanctuary, and you can see how the animals' lives are being saved and released in the forest. Here too, you can't touch the sun bear.
Drive to the office and then go up to the tower to see views surrounding the BOS Foundation area project.
Return to the lodge, take some rest and then have lunch.
After having lunchtime, drive to Bukit Bangkirai and go on a short jungle trek into the rain forest about 400-600 meters from the reception area to the Canopy bridge. The tourist will see many high and huge trees.
Get back to Bukit Bangkirai and drive to the Mangrove Center, which takes more or less one hour.
After arriving at the Mangrove Center, go inside the mangrove forest using a small ship/boat (Klotok) where you can see Bekantan quite closely and, if lucky, can also spot the Irrawady Dolphins/ Mahakam River Dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris).
After taking a river trip, go back to the tourist hotel.
What's Included
Pickup transportation using a private car with a maximum of 6 pax (everywhere inside the city)
Entrance fees in the itinerary
2 bottle water/pax
Donation
Parking
Lunch at the Samboja Lodge
Life jacket/pax at Mangrove Center
Documentation
English speaking Balikpapan tour guide
What's Excluded
Insurance
Beer/alcoholic drink
Tips for Balikpapan guide/porter/driver
Personal expenses
Airlines tickets to and from Balikpapan City
Hotel rooms in the city
Know before you go
Schedule: Daily (Conditional).
Minimum 2 pax and maximum 6 pax per tour.
Negotiable price.
Please inform us if you are allergic to some specific animals or food, or you are vegetarian.
Meeting Point
Balikpapan, Balikpapan City, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Cancellation Policy
For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.Price Details
The group size and price | |
1 To 1 | USD 200 Per Group |
2 To 6 | USD 1000 Per Group |
This is a group tour |