Tanjung Puting is the most popular tourist destination in Kalimantan, and for good reasons. A near guarantee you’ll see free-roaming orangutans, combined with a storybook journey up a winding jungle river, accessed by direct flights to Surabaya and Jakarta, gives this adventure world-class appeal.

Tanjung Puting was initially set aside as a wildlife preserve by the Dutch in 1939. It gained park status and its international reputation largely thanks to Dr Biruté Galdikas, one of Leakey’s Angels – the trio of female primatologists, including Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall, trained by Louis Leakey. Working from Camp Leakey since 1971, Galdikas has made such seminal discoveries as the great ape’s eight-year birth cycle, which makes the species highly vulnerable to extinction. Her controversial hands-on approach to orangutan care may have lost her some supporters in the academic and conservation communities. Still, there is no denying the impact she has had on our understanding and appreciation of these amazing creatures and the threats they face.

The park is best seen from a klotok, a two-storey romantic live-aboard boat that travels up Sungai Sekonyer to Camp Leakey. During the day, you lounge on deck, surveying the jungle with binoculars in one hand and a drink in the other, as the boat chugs along its narrowing channel. Watch for the quick flash of the colorful kingfisher, and scan the shallows for the toothy false gharial as your cook serves up fantastic meals. In the evening, you can spot proboscis monkeys bedding down in the treetops with the river at their backs for protection. At night, you tie up on the river, set mattresses and mosquito nets on deck, and enjoy the finest sleep, while the hum of the rainforest purifies your ears.

Arriving in the morning and departing Pangkalan Bun in the afternoon is recommended to fit the itinerary for the Orangutan Tour in Tanjung Puting National Park.

Private boat departs anytime and shared boat departs every Friday, check the Schedule tab for the dates.

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