Mahakam Rainforest river cruise - 8d Kalimantan - Program

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Day 1 Balikpapan – Mahakam river  (Mahakam houseboat)   On arrival you will be met in Balikpapan and Samarinda brought close to Loa Janan, to go your own houseboat for the next few days. On board It's a simple riverboat but clean and tidy. You sleep on deck under a mosquito net or in an air-conditioned cab. Simple but clean sanitation. Your own cook and sail along the meals are prepared fresh on board. The Mahakam River in Loa Janan is wide. You see a lot of sailing ships, mainly logs and coal. The further we go away from Loa Janan how peaceful the river will be and the less buildings on the shore. There are also dangers in the night.

Day 2 Muara Muntai, Mancong, Tanjung Isuy, Muara Pahu (Dayak Benuaq) We dock and walk through the village to the river Muara Muntai Poles. Here live the Kutai. There are no streets, but while walking over piles of ironwood we pass the market and school. We sail further in a motorized canoe to jempang Ohong Lake and Creek. The Jantar village is built on the water. In Ohong Creek we find many monkeys and birds and birds of prey such as ice cream. We visit today the Dayaks, who welcome us into Mancong. In Dayak Nenuaq we find one of the oldest longhouses in East Kalimantan. We can find beautiful carvings images. In the afternoon we take the canoe back to our house boat that will take us to Muara Pahu.

Day 3 Muara Pahu, monkeys and dolphins in the river Bolowan (Proboscis monkey) We are going again today with our motorized canoe and sail the Bolowan river. This is the area of ​​the Kutai Dayak. Past, we could have many freshwater dolphins come here but who are already rare. What we can do here monkeys, many species of birds and macaques encounter. With the house boat we sail in the afternoon against the current to Melak. We sleep on board in the port of this lively town. You can stroll through the town.

Day 4 Melak, Eheng, Ombau Asa, Kersik Luway, Data Bilang (Eheng longhouse) With a four-wheel jeep or car (depending on weather) Today we drive to the National Kersik Luway Park. Here, the black orchid grows. We drive through the miles of rubber plantations along the area of the Baduaq and Tunjung Dayaks. In dessa Eheng we visit the old longhouse. In the afternoon back to our house boat that will take us further upstream to Data Bilang.

Day 5 Data Bilang - Rukun Dami (Dayak longhouse)

Day 6 Rukun Dami, Long Baguan (Mahakam) These two days we sail across the Mahakam river and making several stops like the Datah Bilang and Rukun Damai to make. Daily life of the various Dayak tribes along We are being invited into their typical longhouses where they often live me many families. Accommodation on board. All meals are served on board Overnight at the Houseboat or in a local hospital

Day 7 Long Bagun, rainforest and rapids (Mahakam momentum) By longboat we cruise further up the river, among the rocks, to the impressive rapids. We take the time to draw. Much through the jungle Then we get back on board and sail downstream to a large piece Tenggarong.

Day 8 Tenggarong, Balikpapan (Mahakam Tenggarong)

In Tenggarong we visit the palace of the Sultan of Kutai Kertanegara. We can admire his collection here on the Dayaks.
After a walk we sail to our destination Samarinda. Here we say goodbye to our houseboat and crew. Your driver will take you to the airport for your next destination.

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