Orangutan Houseboating Tour

4 DAYS / 3 NIGHTS

DAY 1 : Airport – Kumai – Tour Houseboat Orangutan Tour

Upon arrival at Pangkalan Bun Airport you will be picked up by your guide and drive to Kumai for 20 minutes board on the boat. The boat is a traditional Klotok wooden river boat with roof upper deck where you can view the rain forest as it glides by. The guide's team includes the boatman,a cook and expert guide. In the peaceful afternoon we will slowly explore the quite river by the klotok while observe the wildlife such as long noses monkey, long tail macaque, birds along the riverside. Dinner and overnight on the boat. simple mattress, pillow, fine meals, bottled "mineral" water, mosquito net, kitchen, simple toilet available on boat besides the familiar - helpful guides and boatmen.

DAY 2 : The Orangutans of Camp Leakey

After breakfast at the boat, on this day you will visit to the famous Camp Leakey (possibly the most famous place for Orangutan Research in the world) having lunch on the way. A short visit to The Education Centre there is a must; also you may see Agile Gibbons and pigs in the camp. You then proceed to the Feeding Centre. Your guide will carry water but you should take no food. You should eat no food or drink water near an Orangutan. Humans transmit diseases to Orangutans; thus please do not initiate contact (for their sakes). Occasionally an Orangutan may take you by the hand – relax and enjoy it. Camp Leakey feeding is funded by donations to The Orangutan Foundation International USA (Professor Dr Birute Galdikas). Then you walk back to the boat for a great trip home in the evening through many roosting Proboscis Monkeys and perhaps the wild orangutans. Dinner and overnight at Klotok. Orangutan Tour

DAY 3 : Pondok Tanggui and Tanjung Harapan Village

An early start with breakfast and leave for the feeding station of Pondok Tanggui, one hour upstream for morning feeding time. Look for Giant Squirrels, pig, and many butterflies on the walk in. Here as at all the feeding there is a large Alpha male. After viewing the Orangutans, you can walk around the area. Back on the boat. Lunch on the boat is at around 13.30 when you will leave for The Tanjung Harapan feeding Station for the feeding at 1500. Here also there is a large Alpha male. After this feeding you may wish to drop into the local Tanjung Harapan village across the river. Dinner and overnight at Klotok.

DAY 4 : Tour Houseboat – Kumai – Airport

Free morning program on the boat, then boating down the river back to Kumai. Enjoy breakfast at our Klotok. Take a leisurely boat ride before returning to Pangkalan Bun airport through the port city of Kumai. Revive all your senses and let them retain the magic of Tanjung Puting National Park. Listen to the sounds of Kumai all day loudspeakers emanating from tall buildings where swift nests are being commercially harvested. Direct transfer to Pangkalan Bun airport for your next destination.

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