Sensitive to animal welfare and the recommendations of local nature protection organisations, we are offering you an approach tour of orangutans, which live in total freedom in Kutai national park, in the north-east of Indonesian Borneo.
When approaching wildlife, there is of course a risk of coming up empty-handed, but the local rangers are very familiar with the habits of these animals and will be keen to get you close to a few orangutans whose behaviour has not been altered by the presence o...
Welcome to Balikpapan or Samarinda by your English-speaking tour-guide and transfer to the small mining town of Sangatta, further north.
In the early morning, along the Sangatta River, a motorised canoe takes you away from the city towards Kutai National Park.
Barely arrived, and already off on an adventure to explore the surrounding jungle, getting up close to the wildlife—especially the fully wild orangutans.
Return to the lodge in the late morning, then in the late afternoon, the call of the forest offers you a unique nighttime experience, as wildlife becomes more active after dark.
Breakfast: Hotel
Lunch: Included
Dinner: Included
Accommodation: Morio Jungle Lodge
In the early morning, you’ll cross the surrounding mangrove by motorised canoe, where you will have the chance to get close to a large number of snakes and birds, as well as… a few crocodiles. In the afternoon, transfer to Sangatta.
2 hours of trekking
Breakfast: Morio Jungle Lodge
Lunch: Included
Dinner: Included
Accommodation: 2* hotel
In the early morning, you take to the road again, the famous Transborneo, which takes you through numerous plantations and forests to reach Miau Baru, a traditional village inhabited by Dayak people from the Apo Kayan region.
40 years ago, these tribes decided to leave central Borneo to settle as close as possible to modern civilization.
Many thought they had no future in Miau Baru, but the Dayaks have managed to preserve their traditions, which they will introduce to you this afternoon during an immersion in their culture.
You can visit the village cemetery in the morning,there you will be surprised by the artistic richness of the gravestones.
Transfer to the port of Berau. In the early afternoon, you will board a speedboat bound for the hidden paradise of Nunukan island, part of the Derawan archipelago.
Breakfast: Included
Lunch: Included
Dinner: Included
Accommodation: Nunukan Resort
Breakfast: Included
Lunch: Included
Dinner: Included
Accommodation: Nunukan Resort
Free time until you board a speedboat to take you back to Berau (3h30). Transfer to Berau airport and flight to your next destination. End of services.