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This Full Day Trip can be booked for minimal 2 persons up to 6 participants.
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Orangutan – Mangrove Trip
The Orangutan - Mangrove Trip is a full day private trip to discover Orangutan in their habitat. Bornean Orangutans is the largest of the three species of orangutans. Like the other great apes, orangutans are highly intelligent, displaying tool use and distinct cultural patterns in the wild. The Bornean orangutan has a distinctive body shape with very long arms that may reach up to 1.5 meters in length. It has grey skin, coarse, shaggy, reddish coat and prehensile, grasping hands and feet. Its coat does not cover its face unlike most mammals, although Bornean orangutans do have some hair on their faces including a beard and mustache. It also has large, fatty cheek pads known as flanges as well as a pendulous throat sac.
The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS) has rescue and rehabilitation centers at Wanariset and Samboja Lestari in East Kalimantan and Nyaru Menteng, in Central Kalimantan founded and managed by Lone Drøscher Nielsen. BOS also works to conserve and recreate the fast-disappearing rainforest habitat of the orangutan, at Samboja Lestari and Mawas.
Itinerary
ORANGUTAN - CANOPY BRIDGE - MANGROVE ONE DAY TRIP
Morning after breakfast leave from hotel in Balikpapan by car around 06.30 a.m. and drive to Samboja take about one hour. Arrive in Samboja, we will have a short briefing with local guide then you will see the few surrounding from the tower of the Orangutan at the Island. Next, we will visit the Orangutan in the Island. You will watch the orang utan from the river side when the ranger feeding the Orangutan. Then we continue to Sun Bear Sanctuary and you can see how their life is before they released in the forest.
Furthermore, we will drive to Office tower to see the view surrounding of BOS Foundation area project. Then return to the lodge for rest and lunch. After lunch we continue drive to Bukit Bangkirai to start our short jungle trek into the rain forest about 500 meters from parking area. Along to Canopy bridge, you'll see many of high and huge trees. Arrive in Canopy bridge, you'll get experience how to walk up the canopy bridge about 30 meters high from the ground level.
Then drive to Mangrove center more less one hour. Arrive in Mangrove center, board on the slow boat called Klotok and explore the Mangrove Forest to see the monkey. Late in the afternoon return to your hotel.
End of tour.
Price Information
Including:
- Transport (Driver + Gasoline)
- Motorized Canoe at Mangrove Center Balikpapan
- Lunch on Samboja Lodge
- Guide
- Ranger at BOSF
- Entrance Fee BOSF
- Entrance Fee Bangkirai Hill
- Entrance Fee Canopy Bridge
- Parking
Excluding:
- Tipping Guide & Driver
- Personal Expenses
- Dinner
- Optional Tour
- Alcohol / Beer
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