Kalimantan (Borneo)
Riverboat trips through rainforest to see wild orangutans — Indonesia's deepest jungle
The Indonesian two-thirds of Borneo, best known for multi-day klotok houseboat trips up the Sekonyer River through Tanjung Puting National Park, where wild and rehabilitated orangutans gather at feeding platforms. This is genuine deep-jungle travel — slow rivers, proboscis monkeys, and almost no other foreign tourists outside the park itself.
Best time to visit
May–September (dry season, easier river travel)
Getting there
Fly to Pangkalan Bun (PKN) via Jakarta, then boat up the Sekonyer River
Highlights
- —Klotok houseboat trips, Tanjung Puting National Park
- —Wild & rehabilitated orangutans
- —Proboscis monkeys along the river
- —Dayak longhouse villages
- —Genuinely remote rainforest travel
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