8-Day Kalimantan Wildlife and Meratus Mountains Tour from Palangkaraya

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Day 01

Arrival in Palangkaraya

• Receive a pick-up at Tjilik Riwut Airport and transfer to your hotel in Palangkaraya.

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Day 02

Wild Orangutans and River Wildlife Exploration

• After breakfast, leave for the west coast forest by car.
• Then board your motorboat (Klotok) to visit orangutans in the wild on a 3-hour round trip with your Indonesian safari tour guide. You may see hornbill birds, the original bird of Kalimantan, flying overhead, or even meet crocodiles if you are lucky.
• Return to the port and check in to Bourgenville Villa to rest and have lunch.
• In the afternoon, visit another orangutan area by motorboat. In this area, you may also see macaques or Proboscis monkeys.
• Enjoy bird watching and wildlife observation.

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Day 03

Journey to Banjarmasin via Museum and Proboscis Monkey Island

• Transfer down to Banjarmasin on a 4-5 hour drive.
• En route, visit the Museum of Central Kalimantan Province.
• About 20 km before arriving in Banjarmasin, near the Barito Bridge, take a motorboat to visit an island inhabited by long-nosed monkeys (Proboscis monkeys).
• Continue to Banjarmasin after spending 2 hours here.
• Overnight at Summer Bed and Breakfast Hotel (B, L, D).

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Day 04

Cempaka Diamond Mines, Nagara, and Loksado

• Drive about 200 km northeast to Loksado in the Meratus Mountains.
• On the way, visit the diamond mines in Cempaka village, about an hour's drive from Banjarmasin. Stop to observe the traditional diamond mining process and see how it works.
• Continue the drive to the last town, Kandangan.
• After lunch, leave for Nagara, a unique lowland village on the swamp, also known as a village on the water. Nagara was also well known as Banjarmasin 50 years ago.
• At 3 pm, board your motorboat to visit the traditional blacksmiths here, where 30% of the population makes swords, knives, and other tools that are sent to South, Central, and East Kalimantan.
• On the way back, if the water is high enough and if you are lucky, you may see the "swimming buffaloes" along the swamp riverbanks of this lowland area.
• Return to Nagara and transfer 50 km to Loksado in the Meratus Mountains.
• Overnight at a local house (B, L, D).

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Day 05

Mountain Trek and Waterfall Swim in Meratus

• After breakfast, you will be picked up by motorbikes, which will take you uphill past rough terrain, across rivers by suspended wooden bridges, and through isolated villages along the way to the last village, where you will start hiking.
• Trek for 7 hours on a round trip through the mountains into the primary jungle.
• On the way back, go swimming at the waterfall.
• Overnight at a local house (B, L, D).

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Day 06

Rainforest Walk and Bamboo Rafting on the Amandit River

• Walk for 5 hours downhill into the rainforest of the Meratus Mountains, enjoying the peaceful beauty and wildlife of the surroundings.
• After lunch, continue walking to the village to board your bamboo raft.
• Raft down the wild rapids of the Amandit River. This bamboo rafting experience will be one of your most memorable moments.
• On the way back, you may see lizards (iguanas), monkeys, birds, and other wildlife.
• Upon arrival, enjoy more bamboo rafting, then continue by road to the Meratus Resort, where you will stay the night (B, L, D).

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Day 07

Giant Cave Visit and Sunset Cruise in Banjarmasin

• Drive back down to Banjarmasin for 4-5 hours.
• On the way, stop at the Giant Cave, which is filled with stalagmites and stalactites. You will spend about 2 hours here before continuing to Banjarmasin.
• In the afternoon, visit "The Venice Of The East" in Banjarmasin.
• After that, enjoy a sightseeing sunset cruise on a motorboat along the small river in Banjarmasin.
• Overnight at a hotel in Banjarmasin (B, L).

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Day 08

Lokbaintan Floating Market and Departure

• Visit the Floating Market in Lokbaintan village, outside Banjarmasin, with your local guide.
• Get picked up from the hotel at 05:00 am.
• Board a motorboat and cruise up the Martapura River, passing villages along the riverbank and observing the lives of people living on both sides of the river.
• After an hour, you will be surprised by hundreds of canoes floating down the slow stream.
• Witness the business between farmers and traders, which is unique because it happens in the middle of the river.
• Return to your hotel at 8:30 for breakfast, followed by a transfer to the airport.