Orang-Utans, Komodo and Bromo volcano
Indonesia, the largest island nation in the world, has unique wildlife and spectacular nature. On this tour you will discover the orangutans on Borneo (Kalimantan), the spectacular landscape of the Bromo volcano and the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Komodo National Park.
Island hopping in Indonesia: Borneo (Kalimantan) - Java - Flores/Komodo - 10 days
ITINERARY:
✈ from Jakarta to Pangkalan Bun (Kalimantan) ➝ Orang-Utan Tour in Tanjung Puting-National park ✈ Surabaya ➝ Bromo volcano Tour ➝ Surabaya on Java Island ✈ Flores & Komodo National Park ✈ Jakarta
Kalimantan Island (Indonesian Borneo)
Tanjung Puting National Park in Central Kalimantan (Indonesia-Borneo) is one of the few places on earth where you can see orangutans in the wild. The name orangutan is derived from the Indonesian for orang = 'human' and hutan = 'forest'. In addition to orangutans, other primate species and a rich birdlife can also be observed in Tanjung Puting National Park.
With a direct flight from the Indonesian capital Jakarta, you will arrive in Pangkalan Bun on the island of Kalimantan in the morning. You will be picked up from Pangkalan Bun airport and driven to the national park headquarters at the port of Kumai. Here you will board a private klotok, a traditional river boat, and your jungle adventure will begin. During a leisurely boat trip on the Sekonyer River, you will immerse yourself in the beauty of the Tanjung Puting National Park. Nipah palms line the banks of the river and are a popular area for proboscis monkeys and long-tailed macaques.
You will visit Tanjung Harapan Feeding Station today where you will have your first encounter with endangered orangutans. The station was built in the late 70s and was the original settlement of Sekonyer village. It now serves as a rehabilitation centre. At 3pm you will arrive at the feeding platform where you can experience the majestic orangutans up close in a wild environment. You could also (if you wish) visit Sekonyer village across the river and get a glimpse into the daily life of the villagers.
Depending on your choice, overnight stay in Rimba Orang-Utan Ecolodge surrounded by rainforest on the banks of the Sekonyer River or on your private riverboat (Klotok)
Day 2:
Tanjung Puting-National park - Camp Leakey
Today you will dive deep into the jungle of the 416,040 hectare Tajung Puting National Park and sail leisurely along the Sekonyer River to Camp Leakey. The river becomes increasingly narrow and the jungle on the banks is within reach. Camp Leakey is a research and rehabilitation center founded in 1971 by the renowned primatologist Dr. Birute Galdikas and her former husband Rod Brindamour.
First, you will visit Pondok Tanguy to explore the rehabilitation center for formerly captive orangutans. You will then return to the houseboat and sail up the river to Camp Leakey, where the older orangutans are reintroduced into the rainforest. At this stop, you will have the opportunity to hike into the rainforest with your expert guide to admire the flora and observe wild orangutans, gibbons, macaques and birds. In the afternoon, you will visit a feeding station to see how rehabilitated orangutans are given additional food. We will then sail back downstream and continue exploring the wildlife on the river bank.
Depending on your choice, overnight stay in Rimba Orang-Utan Ecolodge surrounded by rainforest on the banks of the Sekonyer River or on your private riverboat (Klotok)
Day 3:
Departure fromTanjung Puting National park ➝ Kuamai ➝ Pangkalan Bun
After breakfast, the river boat takes you back to the port in Kumai. The trip takes about 2 hours. Enjoy another morning in the wilderness of the Tanjung Puting National Park. On the way to Pankanlan Bun, you drive through the town of Kumai with tall buildings in which swallows' nests are commercially harvested for the most expensive specialty of Chinese cuisine, swallows' nest soup.
If you are interested, you can take a city tour of Pangkalan Bun in the afternoon, visiting Istana Kuning (Yellow Palace) and a Dayak house. You will spend the night in a comfortable city hotel with a pool in Pangkalan Bun.
Day 4:
Pangkalan Bun ✈ Surabaya ➝ Bromo volcano in East-Java
Your flight from Pangkalanbun to Surabaya departs early in the morning. In Surabaya you will be picked up from the airport and after a 3-hour drive you will reach your accommodation at the foot of the Bromo volcano. You will spend the night in a comfortable, scenically beautiful and quiet Jiwa Jawa Resort Bromo a little outside the touristy and not particularly attractive village Cemoro Lawang.
Day 5:
Jeeptour & Trekking volcano Bromo
The Bromo volcano is 2329 m high and is part of the Tengger volcano massif. It is one of the most active volcanoes on Java. To see the sunrise you need to get up early. You will be picked up from the hotel by jeep at around four in the morning and taken to the Penanjakan viewpoint, where you will wait for the sunrise. Don't forget warm clothes, because at this altitude it is quite cold in the morning.
Then we continue to the crater rim of Bromo. First we hike through a sandy desert, past the Hindu Tempel Pura Luhur Poten and then 256 steps have to be climbed to the crater rim of the Bromo volcano. You can also ride up to the stairs on horseback. Talk to your guide about this if you wish.
After descending from Bromo, you will return to Surabaya and spend the night in stylish and historic Majapahit Heritage Hotel Surabaya.
Day 6:
Surabaya ✈ Komodo
After breakfast in your beautiful hotel in Surabaya, you will be transferred to the airport in Surabaya. From the island of Java you will fly to the island of Flores and will be picked up after landing at Komodo Airport in Labuan Bajo. Overnight stay in Hotel in Labuan Bajo
Day 7:
Labuan Bajo ➝ Kelor Island ➝ Menjerite ➝ Rinca Island ➝ Kalong Island
After breakfast at the hotel, board your private Phinisi boat for a 3-day sailing trip in Komodo National Park. Today you will have the opportunity to swim and snorkel on Kelor Island with its white sandy beaches and on Menjerite before continuing to Rinca Island. On Rinca Island you will take a hike of about 1-2 hours to see your first Komodo dragons. Then you will sail to Kalong Island, where you can observe a large colony of fruit bats that leave the island in all directions at dusk. Overnight on the boat.
Day 8:
Padar Island ➝ Komodo Island ➝ Pink Beach ➝ Manta Point
Early in the morning you have the opportunity to climb the lookout point on Padar Island. Then you sail on to Komodo Island where you go on another hike where you are very likely to see Komodo dragons when they leave their hiding places and go out into the sun. After returning to the boat we sail on to Pink Beach where you have time to relax and snorkel and then to Manta Point to snorkel with Manta Rey. Overnight on the boat.
Day 9:
Siaba Besar ➝ Kanawa Island ➝ Labuan BajoLabuan Bajo
Today you have even more opportunities for snorkeling. Siaba Besar is also called the turtle nest. If you are lucky, you can swim with turtles. Then we sail to Kanawa Island. It is a most idyllic island completely surrounded by a spectacular reef. While snorkeling you can see thousands of species of fish, turtles, corals and sometimes reef sharks. The sailing trip ends in the afternoon in Labuan Bajo. Overnight in a hotel in Labuan Bajo
