Feeding
Location at
TPNP
Tanjung Harapan
To reach Tanjung
Harapan by Klotok Boat
from Kumai needs about
1,5 to 2 hours. If you take
the speed boat it will take
1 to 1,5 hours.
Tanjung
Puting
It will take 30 minutes to
one hour from Tanjung
Harapan to Pesalat by
klotok and 15 to
30 minutes by speed
boat.
Pondok Tanguy
dark sky sprinkled with stars, the
sound of the nature and if you are
lucky you can see fireflies enlight
en the atmosphere.
Do not worry on what to eat. If
you ride the klotok boat to Tanjung
Puting, you can hire a cook to
indulge your appetite with main
dishes and snacks. But if you take
the speed boat please bring food
along.
Before entering Tanjung Pu ing,
t
Camp Leakey is the first stop to
rest, to eat lunch and to take care
of the paperwork such as, report
ing to the local authority and buy
ing tickets.
The speed boat’s travel time is
shorter compared to klotok boat.
That is why most tourists who do
a one day trip will pick the speed
boat as their transportation. They
depart in the morning and back to
Kumai harbor in the evening.
Sekonyer River
From Pesalat to Pondok
Tanguy needs 1 to 1,5
hours by klotok and 30
minutes to 1 hour by
speed boat.
Camp Leakey
From Podok Tanguy it
takess 1 to 1,5 hours to
get to Camp Leakey
Photographing
at the feeding (above), enjoying
the forest fruit (below)
Arrived at the National Park you might
or might not be lucky. During fruiting
season Orangutan will not appear by
the outer part of the forest. But once
the fruits in the forest are lacking they
will come and greet you at the entrance
gate of the park.
Beware when you bring food. The
wild free orangutan will be interested
in your food as they see and smell it.
They will not release your hands and
foot until you give them all the food you
have. It is prohibited to give the orang
utan food but in reality tourists violate
the rule.
One of the attractions that you can
see in Tanjung Puting is the feeding
of the orangutan that is just being set
free and needed adjustment. To see
this you have to walk into the forest
for about one hour. It is interesting to
stroll in the thick forest where you can
smell the scent the fresh ground. The
orangutan will come and meet you.
Even those tame ones will like to be
cuddled. Some will not walk unless you
hold their hands. How does it feel to
be holding hands with the orangutan?
They are really heavy. A mature male
orangutan stands 150 cm and weighs
120 kg. Meanwhile the female ones are
120 cm tall and weigh 45 kg.
Educational Tour
There are so many things that you
can learn At Tanjung Puting National
Park, such as the history of orangutan,
their age and extinction. You will learn
how they protect and nurtured their
babies. And you will also be reminded
by how much trees have been cut to
make papers, wooden chopsticks and
stick matches.
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Destinasi: Tanjung Puting
Photographed: Saud Teguh Anggoro P
Destinasi Indonesia |
Phorographed: Efan Ekananda
Destinasi: Tanjung Puting
Photo: Kemenparekraf/indonesia.travel
Destinasi Indonesia |
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Tanjung Puting National Park is
usually the main destination for
tourist who comes to Central Ka
limantan specifically to Pangkalan
Bun.
This research, conservation and
wild free location for orangutan is
famous overseas. To get to Tan
jung Puting you have to go through
Kumai Harbor about one hour
travel from Pangkalan Bun. At the
harbor you can rent a speed boat
or a klotok boat. The trip to Tanjung
Puting with the klotok boat takes
about six hours.
You can enjoy the speed of the
boat while sightseeing to the right
and left of the river. Long tailed
monkeys hang on the trees. Birds
fly or perch on the branches.
Sometimes you can see crocodiles
sunbathing quietly that you might
think a floating log.
The water color of the Sekonyer
River has its own story. At the
beginning of the journey the water
looks brownish because of the pol
lution causes by the illegal mining
in the area. As you get closer to
Tanjung Puting National Park, the
water changes to black and reddish
color. In fact it is the original water
color of rivers in Kalimantan. The
dark color is caused by the reflec
tion of the old tree trunk under the
water. The water is so clear that
the objects underneath can be
reflected.
When night comes, the boat will
dock by the river bank. Enjoy the
Pesalat