Kayan Mentarang National Park Wild Life

Gateway to Kayan Mentarang

Kayan Mentarang National Park covers an area of 1,600,000 ha and is located in the far interior of East Kalimantan province. The park has the largest block of jungle and untouched rainforest in Borneo, with an wealth of flora and fauna of numerous species which only can be found at Kalimantan, including many species that are endemic to the Bornean mountain bioregion. Half of the Kayan Mentarang Reserve consists species of dipterocarp lowland and hill forest while cloud mountain forest at Kayan Mentarang covers 40 percent with mountain up to more then 2,000 m. above sea level. The park is inhabitated by several thousand Dayak and Punan people who live from shifting cultivation and rice farming. Wildlife is hard to see due to hunting by native Dayaks. WWF has been working on developing eco-tourist projects in cooperation with the local people. It has 5 field-offices in settlements around the park, which are helpful for information. It also has a research station at Long Alango, north of Long Pujungan, which can be visited, and is probably the best place to see wildlife.


Access

Kayan Mentarang National Park is very remote and only accessible by public flights on the Samarinda-Long Ampung and Tarakan-Long Bawan routes, or by public riverboats following the Tarakan-Tanjung Selor-Long Pujungan route. To access the southern part of the Park, visitors can fly from Samarinda or Malinau to Long Ampung. From Long Ampung head for Data Dian (an approx. 5 hour journey on 13 HP boat engines). Since fuel is expensive, visitor's with time can get around half the price when asking for a lift with the locals who go or are on the way to Data Dian.. MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship) has chartered flights, However, Also some airlines services the route to Long Ampung either Long Bawan, due of the short air-strips, small cesna planes with limited seats require advanced booking (minimum 1 month before departing date), and all airlines reserve the authority to prioritize seats for local citizens from around the Park, outside or tourist visitors often find themselves stranded even after numerous seat reconfirmations. It is good to bring luggage less than 10 kg in weight when flying these routes as the limits of each persons weight - including luggage is 80 kg. This makes it more flexible to secure a seat on board on last minute seat availability. MAF puts even more restrictions on luggage weight (up to 10 kg/person) on regular flights unless chartered.


Accommodation

There's no official accommodation, but it's possible to stay in the many Dayak settlements inside the park.


Tour Destination :  Indonesia, East Kalimantan, Kayan River

Main Interest & Things to do :
Jungle trek, and exploring the Flora and Fauna which can't be found anywhere else in the world, as  only in this largest National Park of Indonesia.The Dayak Culture along the Kayan River, as in Long  Alango, or Long Pujungan is Traditional Dayak Culture.Recommended visit time for Kayan Mentarang 

Reserve and Kayan River is 5 to 8 days.

Culture : Dayak Kayan & Punan

Flora & Fauna : Tropical Rainforest and Wild life

Tour Starting Point : Balikpapan either Tarakan

Tour Transport Possibilities :

by Flight from Balikpapan to Tanjung Selor, or direct from Jakarta to Tarakan, continue by speedboat to Tanjung Selor, estimated travel by speedboat is 2 hours to reach Tanjung Selor.Crusining up with a combination of public longboats and chartered longboats to places as Long Pujungan and Long Alango

Tour Ending Point :
Balikpapan or Tarakan, from Tarakan you can cross the border via Nunukan to the City Tawau in Malaysia

Travel Distance to enry point :
900 Km from Balikpapan Airport
100 km from Tarakan Airport
Tour Duration :   Short Get Through Visit 5 to 8 Days

Accommodation & Hotels :  Local Houses or Jungle Camp

Tour Grade :  Challenging