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CROSS BORNEO WEST TO EAST - PROGRAM Starts
: PONTIANAK, WEST KALIMANTAN
Ends: BALIKPAPAN, EAST KALIMANTAN
Grade:
CHALLENGING
You must have a good level of fitness and adventurous spirit
and a strong sense of determination, as conditions and accommodations are challenging.
We will use busses, public house boat, chartered motorized canoes to access the
jungle for a rugged days of trekking. We sleep in the simple houses of the villager
with basic facilities and on the house boats. The trekking is tough and often
wet, the only way to appreciate the primeveral jungle of Kalimantan and the most
traditional Dayak Tribes settlements as well as the wildlife.
DAY
01: JAKARTA ARRIVAL
Upon arrival in Jakarta Soekarno Hatta Internatinal
airport, we will transfer you to Hotel at down town in Jakarta. Free Program all
meals on your personal leisure.
DAY 02 : JAKARTA - PONTIANAK - PUTUSSIBAU
Early morning we will transfer you on to Jakarta airport for catch first
flight to Pontianak. Depart to Pontianak by BURAQ AIRLINES 325. Upon your arrival
at Supadio Airport of Pontianak, we will have connecting flight to Putussibau
by KALSTAR. Free Program all meals on your personal leisure. (B)
DAY 03:
PUTUSSIBAU - KAPUAS RIVER
After breakfast at Hotel in Putussibau towards to
the headwaters of the Kapuas by long boat. Needed all necessary supplies estimate
day, as far upstream as possible and passing several river side settlements. Safe
bet is overnight riverside and encampment or local house floor (B,L,D).
DAY
04: KAPUAS RIVER- BUNGAN RIVER - TANJUNG LOKANG
Enroute, rapids will excite
and delay matters no point here going into the drills, needed in white , water
such as this suffice to say boats, will be manhandled, powered, punted, and pulled
upstream. Sometimes portaging contents to appoint above a particularly tire some
cascade. Here in 1826, enroute of from the Mahakam headwater, the first European
to reach Kalimantan interior Major George Muller of the Dutch colonial service
, came to stickend, attacked by Iban's Dayak . Eventually, above a final tributary,
when the water content is halved yet again, there is nothing for it, but to dispense
with boat and boat man service and to proceed on foot. At the little settlementof
Long Bungan, Easil confuse with Long Bungan, on the other side of divide, or some
way beyong of the place called Tanjung Lokang, probably as far upstream as we
can get by longboats. Meals to be prepared and overnight at local house (B,L,D).
DAY 05: TANJUNG LOKANG - BOBO / SEI BULIT (SUNGAI BULET)
Across up
Land Ladang "slash and burn , long fellow dry " rice field through the
forest by way often ill - defined trails. Typical 05 to 06 hours walking/day plus
breaks is envisaged. It's enough. Safe bet is overnight on the river side to construct
our bivouac type shelters of wood and water proof awning. Meals to be provide
and overnight at local house (B,L,D).
DAY 06: SUNGAI BULET - SUNGAI
BUNGAN
Act as alternative footpaths ones, which sometimes resuld in wading
- waist and chest high. Higher up the stream of Bungan river is must of boulders,
pools and whirlpools and buttresses of steel grey out crops. A clearing by river
or stream is routine place to construct our bivouac type shelters of wood or water
proof awning (B,L,D).
DAY 07: SUNGAI BUNGAN - SUNGAI BANGUN LEA
Trekking here is never boring, there is always new development, estimating distance,
location, progress the road to follow, the meals to be prepared, the night site
to decide on (B,L,D).
DAY 08: SUNGAI BANGUN LEA - PIANG LO'ONG
The central divide the watershed between the Kapuas and Mahakam is in fact a fairly
low altitude, sadlle in Muller Range of the Kalimantan Highland. The maximum altitude
of the crossing is questimated less then 1500 meters. Occasionally, one can expect
splendit be "Belawang" totem, draped in offering. The edge of waters
courses in the often steep, hanging like rope that whisk - trapeze artist to highwire
performance. Information is both limited and so what contradictory, but the route
on the upward Kapuas Side of the divide is believed to be steep in many sections
but easier on the descent Mahakam Side. Meals to be prepared and overnight in
biouvac type shelters of wood and water proof awning (B,L,D).
DAY 09:
PIANG LO'ONG - MULLER RANGE
The journey will be continued through the tropical
rain forest, a dip in the river, a rest to be taken and surrounding to be eximined
an investigation of just a few square metres qill reveal something different af
anymal everytime. Meals to be prepared and overnight as days 09 (B,L,D).
DAY
10: MULLER RANGE - MUARA CUTING
Typically, 07 hours walking today and
the quide might intrioduce you to the skills of Dayak Fishing and firelighting
sodden wood. In your trip will be accompanied by porters from Dayak people. Meals
to be prepared and overnight in bivoua type shelters of wood and water proof awning
(B,L,D).
DAY 11: MUARA CUTING - SAITE or MAHAKAM RIVER
Early morning
hunting the animals in the jungle by Dayak hinters then return for breakfast,
typically 5 hours walking to reach Saite. Overnight at camp. (B,L,D).
DAY
12: MUARA SAI'TE - TIONG OHANG
Another 3 hours of walk to reach Mahakam
river side, upon arrival the river side, pick up by the long boat (locally called
Cas) then take us to Tiong Ohang village. Overnight at local house. (B,L,D)
DAY 13: TIONG OHANG - LONG BANGUN
Breakfast at the long house, (not
in the long boat) then another 8 - 10 hours sail by boat to Long Bangun. Overnight
at local long house. (B,L,D).
DAY 14: LONG BANGUN - SAIL ON THE HOUSE
BOAT
After breakfast, leave the village of Long Bangun by house boat. Lunch
and dinner provided in the house boat. During the sailing trip, you can explore
and learn the local way of live ' river side civilization' which is much different
from waht we normally have in the dry land area. (B,L,D)
DAY 15: FROM
THE HOUSE BOAT - SAMARINDA
Arrival at the house boat harbor in the afternoon.
Check in to hotel middle class in Samarinda. The rest of the day is free for your
own activites. (B,L)
DAY 16 : SAMARINDA - BALIKPAPAN
Breakfast
at hotel then in the appropriate time, drive to Balikpapan for your next destination.
(B)
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