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Thursday, January 7, 2010

Borneo Floating Market and Balian Ceremony 6D/5N

Day 1 : Arrival in Banjarmasin Airport – Hotel – Canal Tour ( D )
Upon your arrival at Syamsuddinnor airport, meeting service with your guide/assistance who will escort you to hotel in Banjarmasin, arriving at the hotel then check in and free program, at 05.00 pm joing for canal tour to see the local people activities at the bank side of Kelayan River. Back to hotel and at 07.30 pm having dinner at Local restaurant. Back to hotel for overnight.

Day 2 : Hotel – Borneo Floating Market – Hotel – Upau Village – Local House (B,L,D)
Early in the morning you will pick up from the hotel and visit Borneo floating market in Kuin River, then get the Kelotok for transportation to the floating market. You will take the trip along 40 minutes to reach its market area. Along the trip you will see the activities of the people in the morning, typical houses surrounding the river bank. In the Borneo Floating market you will see all the buyer and seller meet in the Kuin river estuary for market transaction on the boat. This market already exists since hundred years ago. After that return to the hotel for having breakfast. Check out from the hotel and continue our trip to Upau Village. It will take around 6 hours by private car to get to the village. Direct transfer to the local house where you will stay and overnight with Dayak Deah tribe.

Day 3 : Local House – Kinarum River – Dance ceremony – Local House (B,L,D)
Early morning after breakfast you will transfer by car to Kinarum River for swimming. This river really nice for bathing and you will see the beautiful rapid and you are also could swim around it. The water come from the Meratus range, it is really clean. Back to the Village to see traditional Dayak Dance ceremony. Here you will see the unique and mystical Dayak Deah dance performance. The dance presented by village lady dancers and one man called Balian (shaman) climbs thorny rattan tree with his supernatural power. The man climbs up with bare hand and foot. In the end of the performance the man has no hurt on his body at all with the sharp thorns have broken. This dance is accompanied by traditional music instrument in very dynamic rhythm of Borneo Dayak tribe. Back to the local house for overnight.

Day 4 : Local House – Local School – Rubber Plantation – Balian Ceremony - Local House (B, L,
D)
After breakfast you will visit the local school around the village to see and join their activities. You could also teach English to the students there for an hour a half. Continue the tour to the rubber plantation. Here you will see how the local people get the rubber as their main commodities to get money. You are also allowed to see all the process before they could sell the rubber to the market. Back to Upau village to see Balian Ceremony. Here you will see how the Borneo Dayak make a traditional treatment to the sick people. This ceremony is accompanied by the traditional music instrument in very dynamic rhythm. Dinner and overnight at local house.

Day 5 : Local House – Banjarmasin – Hotel (B, L, D)
Early morning after breakfast you will transfer back to Banjarmasin and check in into the hotel. Lunch will be served on route. In the afternoon continue your tour for canal tour in Kelayan River to see the local people activities from your boat along the river side. Dinner will be provided at the hotel.

Day 6 : Hotel – Next Destination (B)
Early morning at 05.30am, Boating down by traditional boat “Kelotok” to visit the floating market in Barito River. Here you will see the transaction process that done between seller and buyer on the little canoe or boat. Back to the hotel for breakfast, free at your leisure until the time for transferring you to Airport for your next destination.

Tour End

TANJUNG PUTING NATIONAL PARK

CENTRAL KALIMANTAN

Tanjung Puting National Park is one of the world’s largest areas of protected tropical peat swamp and health forest. Varity of habitats and rich in biodiversity, including more than 600 types of tree and more than 200 species of bird, Tanjung Puting National Park is home to globally significant population of orangutans. Tanjung Puting National Park is also one of Indonesia’s highlights within the peninsula, not only because of the enigmatic primates living in its forest. Coursing the river at a leisurely peace aboard a kelotok (jetty) is as much a part of the experience in the wildlife. A wall of Nipa’s a kind palm fringe the water’s edge, beyond which proboscis monkeys and macaque leap across the forest canopy. Every afternoon they are all hung up near the water’s edge on the beauty trees or branches for overnight.

In early 1936 the Dutch government exclaims Tanjung Puting as wildlife reserves to protect orangutan as its natural habitat, and Bornean rhinos. But the Bornean rhinos had disappeared. This national park protection continued following Indonesia’s independence in 1945. In 1981 Tanjung Puting was subsequently declared a biosphere reserve by UNESCO. With the help of Dr. Birute Galdikas it become a national park in May 12, 1984. As Tanjung Puting National Park is protected under Indonesian law as biological reserve of the country’s fauna and flora, it is considered as a national asset.

Tanjung Puting National Park become famous for the first time as a study site of wild orangutans which started by Birute Galdikas in 1971. Today; Tanjung Puting National Park is not only for studying place of wild orangutan but also as Eco Tourism site for all to see. Eco Tourism in Tanjung Puting National Park must be supported, in relation as the national park a place to protect and encourage more understanding about orangutan, wildlife and strengthen the sustainable alternative income for the local communities surrounding the National Park. Eco tourism should be benefit for everybody includes local communities, environment, orangutan and wildlife in its focus. It would be the best thing to stop the illegal logging, mining or forest destruction. This will help us to protect the forest and slow down the global warming effects. It will sustainable for the local people income and rising up the local economy.

Your support will help us to encourage the awareness to protect the orangutan, wildlife, and environment. Your attendance will support us to protect the orangutan, wildlife, and local communities.

Source tntp and orangutan …

Your Experience

This is a unique and unforgettable experience to see this critically endangered Bornean Orangutan (Pongo Pygmaeus) in the wild.
You will see orangutans in their natural habitat, feeding, making nests, playing with their young or traversing the tree tops.

Educational
This is an opportunity to learn more about the orangutan and understand why they are so close to extinction from your experienced guide.

What you could expect to see on your OrangutanTour
  • Ex-captive orangutans now living in the wild, social behaviour, making daily nests and feeding
  • Wild Orangutans
  • Bornean bearded Pigs / Wild Boar
  • Black handed Gibbons
  • Long and short tailed Macaques
  • Silvered Langur
  • Maroon Langur / Red Leaf Mongkeys
  • Hornbills- Asian Pied, Rhinoceros Hornbill
  • King Fishers
  • Monitor lizards, Flying Lizard
  • Green tree frogs
  • Honey bears
  • plus many different tropical insects
  • Crocodiles (Estuarine Crocodiles & Malayan False Gharial)
  • Amazing plant diversity
  • There are approximately 600 types of tree and almost 250 species of bird and is home to a globally significant population of orangutans, reptile, mammals, and amphibians that live in the newly classified World Heritage Tanjung Puting National Park.
Recommended for those that:
have a medium to high degree of fitness
are comfortable being in nature and love the sounds of Nature
who are concerned about the plight of the Bornean Orangutan, Proboscis Monkey and Hornbills.
are culturally and environmentally aware
like an adventure!

How this Tour benefits Bornean Orangutans, Proboscis Monkey and the National Park
By taking this tour you are:
Supporting local trekking guides, who also act as Government forest rangers, living on simple wages.
You will come away knowing more about the plight of the orangutan – maybe you will be inspired to help, or at least pass on your new knowledge to others
Supporting local alternative income and helps them to place value on their natural resources and help to safe guard their future.
A donation from your trek fee is given to the Park Ranger
Supporting us to protect the lowland rain forest.

New Program is Carbon Offsetting program.
This program is kind of payment for the carbon you had produced before you reach this national park (for example you had paid lots of money for your flight to reach this national park, your flight produces a lot of carbon). Then here you will have time to exchange the carbon from your flight or all the transportation you had used with growing new trees that will produce Oxygen from their photosynthesis.
This program is co-operated with the villagers near the National Park. The villagers will prepare the endemic trees on the plastic bag. Then we will buy the trees from them as an alternative income. We hope that this program will help to encourage their income and it is also an educational program both for the local people and the tourist. At the same time we are also recycle the plastic bag from their village as well. This program is mutual benefit for everybody and the environment. This program will support us to:
Reduce carbon effect
Grow more trees in the National Park (one man one tree)
Encourage an alternative income for the local village near the Park. (They used to be really depending on wood product or illegal logging, now we will help them with something new that worth for their future).
Help to grow new habitat for the orangutans and other animals.
Learning process to replanting the trees for the visitor.
As memorable trees, etc.      
More people grow the trees and more trees we have for the future of the world.

Terms and Condition


1.         All bookings are to be made either by fax or email.
2.         A 100% deposited of total calculated tour price to be paid after the tour confirm, by transfer direct to our bank account. Price subject to change in accordance market inflation.

Bank Name :
Bank Mandiri Cab. Pangkalan Bun
Account : 031-00-0439157-2

Swift Code :
BMRIIDJA

On behalf :
Peltana Danson


3.         9 persons up would use two houseboats (overnight on boat).
4.         13 persons up would use 2 boats (overnight in Rimba Lodge).

CANCELLATIONS
1. 100 % cancellation charge for booking cancel within 48 hours.
2. 75 % cancellation charge for booking cancel within 72 hours.
3. 50 % cancellation charge for booking cancel once deposit paid.

RESPONSIBILITY
Every participant shall be regarded in every respect as carrying his/her own risk with respect to loss or injury to person or property. We do not accept responsibility for losses or expenses result.

ACCOMMODATIONS
All participants will stay in small hotels, guesthouses, lodge, local house and on boat. In some cases you have an options to stay variety of finest hotel. These will vary from place to palce but in all cases the accommodation will usually be owned and operated by local people. This way, your money will be directly reach the local people of the place you are visiting and not large corporations. Your money will also suport us to gain alternative income for the local people and help to protect their tradition.


FOOD
You will receive daily breakfast and refreshments en route. You will accompanyed by a cook who will serve fresh food for you as for lunches and dinners are all include.


TOUR GUIDES
Our guide’s knowledge about spots is profound and experienced. Our guide team are a local people as our main goals to helping in contribution of their income.


INSURANCE
Due to our packages are not covered with insurance, so we suggest you to take out your own insurance to cover yourself and to cover importance goods such as camera and others. We highly recommend that you have to purchase your own travel insurance, prior to trip departure. BORNEO ECO ADVENTURE TOUR not responsible for travelers who do not carry travel’s insurance.
LIABILITY
We acts as intermediary for transport carriers, accommodation, restaurant and other component that use during the program, assumes no responsible for any delay, change of schedules, Canceled flight, miss flight connections, loss, damage, injury, theft, accident, and irregularity. Luggage allowances in Pangkalan Bun only 10 Kg.
Due to all causes beyond the program, we reserve the right, without penalty, to alter itineraries or program.

What to bring :
Travel bag, rain coat, suntan lotion, hat, T-Shirt, paddling/beach sandals, comfortable walking/trekking shoes with extra socks, binocular, flash light with extra bulb and batteries, Camera + extra films, towels, personal medicine, for souvenirs and other personal expenses please bring Rupiahs.