About Us

Orangutan Tour

Orangutan Family tour is a local tour operator under legal company (CV. Borneo Orangutan Safari), based in Kumai, Kotawaringin Barat, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia and the one of the tour company based on orangutan and wildlife adventure tour. Our experience working on the field with the orangutans and the research will give you better understanding to the orangutans and wildlife in its original habitat.

We serve better service and your satisfaction is our main concern. Our tour's name, Orangutan Family, represents our hope and dream to be your good family to accompany your tour in Tanjung Puting National Park. We give you better chance to see and learn of how orangutans life, how they survive in the dense rainforests of Borneo. We provide the best experience to stay on klotok tour to get close to the wildlife habitat. Our goal is to exceed your expectations at every phase of your travel adventure. If you are looking for an experienced Orangutans travel agency, look no further!

Our Boats or Klotok is traditional wooden as one of transportation in kalimantan and Tanjung Puting we have disigned for tourists. We have crews on boat they are captain, asistan captain, cook and guide. They are friendly and helpfull. Sleeping on the boat during your trip in Tanjung Puting is the best way and you will get wonderfull experiences. Sleeping at the open air and hearing the jungle sounds. We have comitment to sustaining the rainforest, save the water and environment to develop environmental awarness and educate our employee, local supliers and clients. To reduce the environmental impact of the activities by conserving energy, limiting pollution and encourage understanding and respect for the costums and culturer of local people and their wild life.

 

Orangutan Tour

Camp Leakey

Located about 30 minutes to the right from the branch of Sekonyer river. Camp Leakey is in the Tanjung Puting National Park in southern Borneo, and was set up in 1971 by Louis Leakey to support research activities in Tanjung Puting Wildlife Reserve Louis Leakey was both teacher and mentor for three young primatologists who would go on to become well known in their field and beyond. Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey were two, who went on to become known worldwide for their work with chimpanzees and gorillas respectively. The third, Birute Galdikas went on to become the leading Authority on orangutans and remains so to this day as president of the Orangutan Foundation International.

Camp Leakey also functions as orangutans rehabilitation center. The Camp and surrounding area is designated as a special utility zone. Over the years, the camp has served the research efforts of several scientist and students. Tourist will be able to walk on certain trails of the trail system without disturbing the research activities. On the way to Camp Leakey (on Sekonyer Simpang Kanan river), you may occasionally see crocodiles and the false gavials.

Orangutan Tour

Home of Unique Animals

Tanjung Puting is covered by a complex array of diverse lowland habitats. It contains 3,040 km2 (1,174 square miles) of low-lying swampy terrain surrounded by blackwater rivers which flow into the Java Sea. Clouded leopards, civets, Malayan sun bears, three deer species, and wild cattle (referred to as banteng) live throughout the park. The most popular of the animals however are orangutans, due to the long-term efforts of the Orangutan Research and Conservation Program.

Tanjung Puting is also home to the unique looking proboscis monkey, seven other primate species, and over 230 species of birds. The park, known for its bird lakes and seasonal rookeries, also feature the only known Bornean nesting grounds for white egrets. In addition, Tanjung Puting has two species of crocodiles, dozens of snakes and frogs, and numerous threatened species, including the highly endangered dragon fish thought to bring good fortune.