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Kalimantan Adventure

16 days
Start and end in Jakarta
4.3
5 traveler reviews
Kalimantan Adventure - Explore!

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Tour Operator:
Explore!
Max group size:
16
Age range:
16 to 85
Operated in:
English
Tour id:
124677
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Highlights

  • Cruise through jungles on a traditional wooden houseboat
  • Keep an eye out for orangutans and Probosci's monkeys
  • Share lunch in a Dayak village and watch daily life
  • Float on a bamboo raft down the Amandit River
  • Walk past farms and villages and swim by a waterfall

Itinerary

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  1. Introduction
  1. Day 1 Join trip in Jakarta
  2. Day 2 Fly to Pangkalanbun, river cruise through Tanjung Puting National Park
  3. Day 3 Second day cruising along the river watching Orang-utan feedings and visiting Camp Leakey Research Centre
  4. Day 4 Cruise back to Kumai, flight to Palangkaraya
  5. Day 5 Share lunch with a Dayak tribe and cruise along the Kahayan River
  6. Day 6 Drive to Banjabaru , afternoon visit to a diamond mine and workshop
  7. Day 7 Drive to Loksado. Afternoon cruise to a buffalo swamp
  8. Day 8 In Loksado. Walk in the surrounding countryside and bamboo rafting on the Amandit River
  9. Day 9 Morning drive to Banjarmasin. Float along the canals
  10. Day 10 Visit Loh Baitan floating market, afternoon flight to Berau
  11. Day 11 Speedboat through the mangroves out into the ocean to Maratua Island
  12. Day 12 Free day on Maratua Island, relax on the beach and visit a jellyfish lake
  13. Day 13 Free day on Maratua Island, optional snorkelling and visit to see nesting turtles
  14. Day 14 Free morning, speedboat to Berau
  15. Day 15 Fly to Jakarta
  16. Day 16 Trip ends in Jakarta
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Number of tours

441

Age Range

16 to 85 years old

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Response rate

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Customer Reviews

  • Overall Rating
    Excellent
    4.3
  • Itinerary
    Good
    3.8
  • Guide
    Excellent
    4.8
  • Transport
    Good
    4.0
  • Accommodation
    Good
    4.0
  • Food
    Good
    4.0
  • 4.5
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  • A
    · December 23rd, 2019
    The trip notes additional information was not accurate regarding prices. As this trip has not run very often it is understandable but needs altering before the next trip. Costing - beer ranged from £6 - £9 per bottle. Hiring of snorkelling gear on the Island is very expensive, so it would be cheaper to buy your own before going. Mask and snorkel was 150 per day, fins were 100 per day, in total nearly £20 per day to hire snorkelling gear. Apart from these small points, this is a fantastic trip with a range of activities and fantastic value for money.
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    Explore! commented on this review
    Thanks for your feedback. Glad you enjoyed the trip!
    Trip date: August 2019
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  • M
    · October 7th, 2019
    Excellent tour with much diversity. Anton is a fantastic guide.
    Explore! commented on this review
    Thanks for your feedback!
    Trip date: August 2019
  • C
    · September 9th, 2019
    Fantastic tour with variety of wildlife and meeting locals. Highlights included snorkelling with stingless jellyfish, meeting locals, seeing how people live in various places, lots of boat trips and of course the orangutans. Take your own snorkelling gear as it was very expensive to hire things on Maratua Island. Beer is very expensive and not available in all places.
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    Explore! commented on this review
    Thanks for your review. Kalimantan is quite the adventure!
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    Trip date: August 2019
  • S
    · September 5th, 2019
    Tour notes are inaccurate and it was billed as a wildlife tour, and yes there was some wildlife at the beginning, seeing the orangutan and at the end with the marine life but in between that wildlife was virtually non existent. We spent a lot of time on boat trips looking at local people living in poverty, and whilst this was interesting it does not constitute wildlife.
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    Explore! commented on this review
    Thanks for your feedback.
    Trip date: August 2019
  • S
    · August 31st, 2019
    It's a rare chance to really get off the tourist map (apart from the first 2 days on the river with the orangutans). We went 6 days without seeing one other foreign tourist. The downside is that the tourist infrastructure (hotels, transport, food quality) is not up to what you might expect elsewhere. Travelling by road in Kalimantan is slow going and not particularly pleasant. The hotel on Maratua Island is in a spectacular setting, but service and facilities there are poor - over an hour's wait every time we ordered food. That said, there is no obvious better alternative. Our bus driver for most of the tour was downright dangerous. So if you are OK with all that, there are some wonderful experiences and the chance to get close to nature in some quite unique ways. The Indonesian capital is due to move to Kalimantan in a few years, and after that, the place will be changed completely, so if you want to see it, I would definitely say go now.
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    Explore! commented on this review
    Thanks for your review. I was in Kalimantan in 1996 and sounds like nothing has changed! What an adventure it was! One of my greatest experiences was seeing the orangutans
    Trip date: August 2019
  • A
    · May 17th, 2019
    A good new trip but too much driving time.
    Explore! commented on this review
    Thanks for your review. Hope to travel with you in the future.
    Trip date: August 2018
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    • Tuberculosis - Recommended for Indonesia. Ideally 3 months before travel.
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    • Rabies - Recommended for Indonesia. Ideally 1 month before travel.
    • Yellow fever - Certificate of vaccination required if arriving from an area with a risk of yellow fever transmission for Indonesia. Ideally 10 days before travel.
    • Japanese B encephalitis - Recommended for Indonesia. Ideally 1 month before travel.
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