One of the conservation area in Indonesia where you can see Orangutan, one the species of the great species in the world, living in the natural habitat, together with other species tropical flora and fauna.
Keeping the ecosystems sustainability is one part of our mission’s goal, and we invite you to share it with so you can give a full resfect to the nature and spread the appreciation to the conservation areas as the long of the world, and one the last fortress for wildlife welfare, together with the communities surroundings.
More than 600 types of tree, 200 varieties of orchid, almost 250 species of birds, 28 species of large mamalia, 9 species of primates and still many other life form share their space inside Tanjung Putting National Park.
Tanjung Puting National Park (TPTN) has been designated as a nature as well as flora and fauna conservation centre, especially for Borneo Orangutan. As a concervation aera for unique flora and fauna and their ecosystem, TPTN possesses various points of intersts for tourists to see and now, is continued to be developed as a dynamic tourism spot and as the main tourism destination for Kotawaringin Barat Regency of Central Kalimantan.
Sites available in Tanjung Putting National Park :
1. Tanjung Harapan and Sekonyer VillageSituated in the development zone of the National Park, this area is suitable for ecotourism activities, equipped with an Information Centre, Guest House, Observation Tower. In there held Orangutan feeding in the afternoon ( 90 minutes from Kumai)
2. Pesalat Reforestration Area
This is an area within the special development zone that specially designated for reforestration program. Here, visitor can plant and adopt tree seedling already provide, and plates with their names will be put in front of the trees. Pesalat is olso a conservation education centre and camping ground (20 minutes from Tanjung HArapan, upstream).
3. Pondok Tanggui
Still within the special development zone of the Park, Pondok Tanggui is designated specially for adoles-cent and semi-wild orangutan rehabilitation program. This orangutan rehabilitation centre offers daily orangutan feeding program at 9 in the morning that always attracts many international and national tourists (60 minutes from Pesalat).
4. Camp Leakey
This famous camp is sutuated within the special development zone and is famous as the world’s leading adult orangutan research and rehabilitation centre. The place is highly recommended if one wishes to see wild and semi-wild orangutan and olso orangutan feeding (60 minutes from Pondok Tanggui)
5. Buluh Besar dan Buluh Kecil River
In the heart of the park, located these to rivers with it’s peaceful black water, undisturbed. With its seasonal lakes, this river attracts water birds and migrants to breed. These rivers be reach by klotok after 3 hour journey.
6. Cabang River
The area of Sungai CAbang (Cang River) is a traditional development zone that offers beautiful sandy beach, along with interesting traditional fishing cultural experience. Beach with its white sand is an important nesting place for turtles and scale turtles
By : Ir. Agus Hermawan Apandi & Ir. Gunung W. Sinaga.
