A Kalimantan trip in style; with a private comfortable houseboat you sail up Kalimantan’s mighty Mahakam River, you stop along the way to get to know the mystic Dayak culture and visit their traditional long houses in hidden kampungs (villages). With some luck you might spot the rare fresh water Irrawady dolphin and the probiscus monkey with its funny nose, whom are living on Kalimantan. Come with us, the Kalimantan tour specialists and discover Kalimantan with its dense jungle and fascinating habitants.
Accommodation: at Samboja Lodge(Standard Twin)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation: Dormitory Boat
A large part is built on stilts and the smaller roads are made of wood. Shortly after Muara Muntai you will get in a small-motorized canoe with loud engines and you cross the Jempang Lake. This lake is one of the biggest lakes in the Mahakam area, which supports around 32 bigger and smaller lakes. Its size very much depends on the water level of the Mahakam. The bigger lakes and wetlands are the home of the rare and threatened Irrawady dolphin.
You will find the first part of the Jempang lake stark and quite lifelessness. But in no time, you will enter a totally new environment of green lush everglade-type wetlands. Entering the Ohong Creek you are surrounded with much higher and dense vegetation. You have the opportunity to spot some wildlife like birds and the proboscis monkey with their funny nose. In Mancong you will visit a nice renovated and decorated longhouse. In the afternoon you travel down streams by canoe to the village of Tanjung Isuy. The villagers (Dayak Benuaq tribe) will greet you with a dance performance. Afterwards you continue to the houseboat for your diner and overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation: Dormitory Boat
Returning to the Mahakam-river the river gets narrower and village life from both banks are well visible. You leave the boat at the village of Tering. The longhouse of Eheng you will visit by car. You continue to the Ombau Asa waterfall where you can swim in the refreshing pool of the waterfall. In Melak you board the houseboat again for your return journey.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation: Dormitory Boat
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Mustika Ratu(Superior Room)
Meals: Breakfast