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11-Hours Local Wildlife Exploration In Samboja Lodge From Balikpapan
  • Tour Category

    Group Tour

  • Tour Types

    Trekking, Eco Tourism, Wildlife

  • Duration

    11 Hours

  • Activity Level

    Easy

  • Language

    English

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 1USD 200 Per Group
2 To 6USD 1000 Per Group

This is a group tour

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USD 200 / group