isai kalimantan orangutan tourguide

                          

 

name: ISAI

OFFICIAL TOURIST GUIDE

 since:2008
language:indonesia,english,spanish
whatsapp/phone:+6282357777750

  Hi....my name is isai i was born and grow in a small dayak tribe community deep inside in kalimantan jungle.i am currently living in pangkalanbun and working as a freelance tourguide [certified and qualified] in tanjung-puting national park.since 2008, as a dayak my life is always connect to the nature.the jungle is our home.our traditional culture is fully respect the nature.dayak tribe and nature can not be separated one and each other.because has been thousand of year we live close to nature and we use the jungle resources as our food,medicine,culture etc.the knowledge about the jungle and it's function  that we have,  passed through generation by our ancestors.we  use to gather rubbers.rottan etc.and take some things what we need from the jungle without destroy it.now many of us has leave out the village to get involved in globalization without forgeting where we come from. and i passionated to show you what is inside kalimantan jungle animals,plants,nature and culture.not only guiding i can also mentoring peoples how to survive in the jungle.

knowledge 

The Dayak  or Dyak or Dayuh are the native people of Borneo,/Kalimantan It is a loose term for over 200 riverine and hill-dwelling ethnic subgroups, located principally in the central and southern interior of Borneo, each with its own dialect, customs, laws, territory and culture, although common distinguishing traits are readily identifiable. Dayak languages are categorised as part of the Austronesian languages in Asia. The Dayak were animist in belief; however, many converted to Islam and since the 19th century there has been mass conversion to Christianity.

dayak tribe

                                       

                              dayak's rice storage

Tanjung Puting National Park is a national park in Indonesia located in the southeast part of West Kotawaringin Regency in the Indonesian province of Central Kalimantan (Central Borneo). The nearest main town is the capital of the Regency, Pangkalan Bun. The park is famous for its orangutan conservation.

The park is composed of 416,040 hectares of dryland dipterocarp forest, peat swampforest, heath forest, mangrove and coastal beach forest, and secondary forest.^[4] The park may be accessed from Kumai by speedboat along the Kumai River and then the Sekonyer River to Camp Leakey, a journey that takes about 1.5 hours.The Kumai River forms the northern border of the park. Beyond that the peat forest has been removed to make way for oil palm plantations.

Despite being a protected national park, approximately 65% of the park's primary forest is degraded. It is the loss of natural habitat that is the greatest threat to the wildlife. Friends of National Parks Foundation is an Indonesian NGO that has been working to restore the habitat in the Pasalat and Beguruh regions of the park since 1997. It also operates a conservation education centre in Pasalat.

Four research centers have been established within the park for the study and rehabilitation of orangutans and other primates. Camp Leakey, founded in 1971 with assistance from the Leakey Foundation, was the first of these centers. It was here where Dr. Birute Galdikas began her career studying the behavior of rescued and orphaned orangutans that were reintroduced into the wild. Her research was highlighted as the cover article of National Geographic in October 1975. Dr. Galdikas is now considered one of the world’s leading experts on orangutan behaviour and is the founder and president of the Orangutan Foundation International.

, the park is also home to gibbons, macaques, clouded leopards, sun bears, wild boars, porcupines, and sambar deer. The park also features many reptiles, including crocodiles, monitor lizards, and pythons, birds, including hornbills and kingfishers, and insects, such as the giant Bornean butterfly. The Pondok Ambung Tropical Forest Research Station was established in 2005 for the study of all wild species found in the park.

Tanjung Puting National Park here you can observe the orangutans from a close distance when the orangutan fundation worker feed the orangutans on feeding platform . Besides that, you can also look for other wildlife along the river while traveling along the river with a tourism boat or trekking around Leakey camp. Enjoy the natural beauty, the atmosphere full of green shady trees, the chirping of birds flying here and there... as if to welcome your arrival.

bornean orangutan
                           

              The Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is a species of orangutan native to the island of Borneo. Together with the Sumatran orangutan and Tapanuli orangutan, it belongs to the only genus of great apes native to Asia. Like the other great apes, orangutans are highly intelligent, displaying tool use and distinct cultural patterns in the wild. Orangutans share approximately 97% of their DNA with humans.

The Bornean orangutan is a critically endangered species, with deforestation, palm oil plantations, and hunting posing a serious threat to its continued existence.

proboscis monkey
                              
                              

                             

The proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) or long-nosed monkey, known as the bekantan in Indonesia, is a reddish-brown arboreal Old World monkey with an unusually large nose. It is endemic to the southeast Asian island of Borneo.

This species co-exists with the Bornean orangutan. It belongs in the monotypic genus Nasalis

Bornean White-Bearded or Agile Gibbon, (Hylobates Albibarbis) in Tree, South West Borneo

ORANGUTAN BOAT TOURS

Feel the sensation of Cruise along the Borneo rainforest river from the top of the kelotok. Witnessing the wild nature of Borneo, Kelotok is a motorized wooden boat which is about 17 meters long and 3 meters wide. Equipped with beds such as mattresses, pillows, mosquito nets. Western toilets and electricity to recharge the power of cameras and others is available here. Sometimes the captain of kelotok would stop the kelotok when they saw wild animals on the river bank.you can take picture of that or just observe it, posibility what you can see in along the river For example orangutans, proboscis monkeys, long tail macaques or various types of birds. 

Various menus of local Kalimantan dishes that will be served at kelotok. During the trip, with a delicious taste. Cooked by local cooks who are very experts to do their job.

Watching feeding the orangutans on the camp. The feeding is additional foods for the semi-wild orangutans. considering this camp area is secondary forest, Which is the source of food in the secondary forest is not Sufficient For the orangutans 

                                       

We can also trekking around the camp Leakey and you are lucky.we Will meet the orangutan and others animals on the trekking route.And I will show you medicinal plants and trees that are On the verge of extinction

This blog is officially owned by mr.isai The official and certified Borneo (Kalimantan) orangutan tourguide. and the cellphone number listed above is my own official cellphone number

Visit also my tourist web blog

https://carlar24.wixsite.com/carolatravels/post/wyprawa-do-parku-narodowego-tanjung-puting-kalimantan-na-spotkanie-z-orangutanami