TANJUNG PUTING NASIONAL PARK
One of the internationally famous ecotourism destinations in
Indonesia is Tanjung Puting Park in the southwest of central Kalimantan
peninsula. Tanjung Puting National Park offers impressive experience to its
visitors. This is called a park, but unlike any park that you have seen in your
city, this is a Jungle!. It is a real jungle, wich is home to the most
incredible animal in the word : orang utan and proboscis monkeys! The male
proboscis monkeys are interesting because they have enormous snout. So, imagine
your self to be in the jugle and meet these special animals in their original
habitat. What will you do when you meet them?
To see orang utans we should go to camp leakey. Camp leakey
is located in the heart of Tanjung Putting National Park. This is a
rehabilitation place for ex-captive orang utans and also a preservation site.
This camp was established by Birute Galdiknas, an important scientist who has
studied orang utan since 1971.
To reach the place, we should take a boat down sekonyer
river. The boat is popularly called perahu klotok. Which is a boathouse that
can accommodate four people. The trip by the booat to camp leakey takes three
days and two nights.
The traveling in the boat offers another unforgettable
experience. You sleep, cook and eat in that klotok, night, and day during your
journey into the jungle. In daylight, on your way to camp leakey, you can see
trees filled with proboscis monkeys. At night, you can enjoy the clear sky and
the amazingly bright stars as the only lights for the night.
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