Early in the morning we will transfer you to the airport for your flight to Pangkalan Bun.

Current direct flight schedules (subject to changed):
* By Nam Air IN190 / 06:20 – 07:35
* By Citilink QG 1144 / 12:20 – 14:20

Arrive at Pangkalan Bun, on the island of Borneo, better known by the Indonesians as Kalimantan. Upon arrival at the airport your guide will be waiting for you, transfer to the port of Kumai about 15-20 minutes by car where we will embark on a great adventure! We arrive to our traditional wooden boat called klotok. Our guide will reconfirm with the crew that everything is ready and start the cruise up the river in the famous Sekonyer River aboard a klotok. If your flight arrives early (before 11.30 AM), we can arrive in time to the rehabilitation center of Tanjung Harapan where at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, the rangers of the national park feed the Orangutans and you can have the first close encounters with them. The translation of Tanjung Harapan is Cape of Hope. This first camp is around wetlands and in the afternoon, there are more mosquitoes so make sure you put on enough mosquitoes repellent. After visiting this Rangers Camp, you will continue upstream, resting on the Boat, while we search for animals in the vicinity of the Sekonyer River. This afternoon it is very frequent to see groups of proboscis monkeys and monkeys in the treetops, jumping from one branch to another, or even see monitors or crocodiles lizards in the shallow waters of the sides of the river. Prepare for sunset, the boat moored on one side of the river to spend the night.

Tonight we can do a walk into the Junggle to look for Night Animals like Snakes, Tarantulas or even is we are lucky luminescent mushrooms or Tarsiers.

After an extraordinary breakfast, we will go in time to see the Tanggui camp at the time of feeding animals (9 AM). Sooner or later you will see how the branches of the treetops begin to move and then you will see the silhouettes of the Orangutans arriving slowly to the feeding platform. Tanggui was a release camp for young Orangutans that were rehabilitated, and they continue to add food every day, to prevent the Orangutans from leaving because of lack of food, which could cause them end up outside the National Park, with the following risk of falling into traps of settlers or fields of palm oil plantations. After the Orangutans begin to leave, you will return to the Klotok again to prepare your new adventure in the jungle, away from tourists. Along with your guide and part of the crew, you will have to take everything you need to get into the jungle in a 4-5 hour trek until you find the right place to spend the night. It is an opportunity to enjoy more intensely the endemics of the area, orangutans, the sounds of the night, the vegetation, etc. Once the camps are assembled, we will have dinner and also, if you want, you can do some hiking at night, to see the nocturnal fauna with your guide

Today we pick up our camps and go back to our klotok where a delicious breakfast with hot coffee and tea will be waiting for us after having spent the night in the jungle. We prepare ourselves to go back to the Tanggui Camp in search of new orangutans since for each camp a certain number of them coexist and we do not always see them. It is also a second chance to see the King (alpha male) or the Queen (dominant female) who does not always have that luck. Once we finish enjoying this natural spectacle and when they are gone, we go up the river with our boat. You will have time to take a shower or rest always with your eye on the jungle in search of animals. You will see how the coloration of the river changes and you will have more opportunity to see crocodiles and large monitor lizards, together with Gibones and proboscis monkeys.

Arrival at Camp Leakey, the old orangutan research and rehabilitation center since 1971, at least 200 orangutans have already been cured and returned to the jungles, thanks to this center. At 14.00 you can see the feeding time of the Orangutans. You can also visit the small museum made by the scientist Dr. Birute Galdikas, the pioneer and founder of the camp. If time permits, you can visit a small town. At the end of observing the orangutans in this camp and if the weather and conditions permit, we will make a gentle trek through the jungle back to the ship to look for orangutans in freedom and other animals, on the way we will have the opportunity to know by hand our local guides, some of them born in the jungle, how to look for animals or carnivorous plants or simply, listen to their experience of life in the jungle. The jungles of Borneo, have given life and house to the settlers for millions of years. They are jungles that under the eyes of grandparents are able to give everything you need. Food, water, medicines, yes ... Never put anything in your mouth without the recommendation of your guide. In the afternoon the boat will be docked near a firefly congregation and you can enjoy the show of its

In the early morning, we will enjoy the last moments of the sounds of the jungle, before heading to the Dayak village. Go to Kumai port, and drive to the village which take about 4 hours. Arriving at the village, the local people will welcome you with their traditional dance. After welcoming ceremony, we will have our lunch in the aula. Food will be prepared by the local people. You also can taste the sugarcane coffee of Dayak tribe. After lunch, we will explore the village, where you can see the traditional houses of Dayak tribe (Long House / Rumah Betang / Rumah Panjang), the grave of Dayak Tribe, and Topeng (mask) Bukung (some people will dance and use this mask, which the ceremony held to respect the ancestors). Next our trip will be continuing to Kilat Hill to enjoy the sunset. Then we will go to the river, and anyone can bathing in the river. Go to the local house to prepare, and then dinner. After that we back to the village for attending Bono and Bonaki ritual, one of traditional ritual of Dayak to entertain the guests that visit their village. You will dance together with them, and drink their local drink, “Tuak” (rice wine). Back to the local house and rest

Breakfast at the hotel and then at agreed time, we will transfer you to the airport to catch your flight to Balikapan via Surabaya.

Current Flight Schedules (subject to changed):
* Pangkalan Bun – Surabaya by Nam Air IN 193 / 11:30 – 12:40, connect with
* Surabaya – Balikpapan by Lion Air JT 730 / 15:00 – 17:35

Upon arrival at Balikpapan Airport, our driver will meet you and transfer you to your hote

Samboja Lodge offers 2 (two) daily activities which you can
join anytime. Those are:

Orangutan Island:
Samboja Lestari established 6 Orangutan Island with feeding sites and extra enrichment for a chronically ill orangutans that ontherwise have to spend the rest of their
lives in cages. The orangutans that cannot be returned to the wild can live here under almost natural conditions. At Samboja Lestari the Orang Utan are kept on six man-made islands (a nice walk from the Samboja Lodge). The Island that can be visited is the one with the orangutans that cannot be released in the wild, due to handicaps and behavior. There is a 2 meter wide canal around the island and visitors can view the Orang Utans from across the canal. They can be viewed and photographed very well in a safe way as well for the Orang Utan as for the visitor. Orang Utan that are prepared for release in the wild are on islands away from contact with visitors. Every day workers bring over many kinds of fruits, vegetables and leafy branches. Though there is No direct Contact for Visitors permitted with any of the orangutans. The Samboja Lodge’s guide will assist you to the island on the first visit and can explain about the project.

Sun Bear Sanctuary:
After the visit to the Orang Utan Island you will go to the Sun bear compound. The Sun bear
sanctuary is fenced by electric wiring and divided into several compartments to accommodate bears of different ages and sex. There is a bridge over the enclosure from which you can observe the behavior of the Sun Bear. Activities at the sun bear compound will begin at 8am and end at 4pm. The Sanctuary is a short 15min walk from the Samboja Lodge. You must exercise extreme caution when around the bears.

Today you will have free program for the whole day. As
optional, you can book optional tours such as Nature Trails
(around 2 hours) ; Sungai Hitam (Black River) Tour ; Bird
Watching, etc.

In the evening enjoy farewell dinner at hotel.

Nature Trails - 2 hours
There are a number of other animal species in Samboja Lestari that have returned to this regenerating forest. Some of the animals you might spot on guided walks early morning and late afternoon through our Nature Trail are: birds, lizards and snakes (blood pythons), small mammals (deer and pigs) and many amazing insects (walking sticks, beautiful butterflies, millipedes etc.). You might even spot wild primates newly arrived to the area such as gibbons, macaques (2 species), and proboscis and red leaf monkeys.

Sungai Hitam (Black River) - 2-3 hours tour:
Sungai Hitam is best visited in the early morning and late afternoon. Following a 30 minute drive from Samboja Lestari you take a boat ride along the Sungai Hitam tidal river to see highly endangered Proboscis monkeys and other wildlife. Local fisherman will guide you on this tidal river. The fisherman will have a daily income for their services.

Bird Watching - 2,5 hours tour:
As a part of East Borneo, Samboja Lestari has more than 30 species of birds, such as: Zebra Dove, Black & Red Broadbill, Cressted and Cresstelss Fireback, swallow, and etc. Walking around in the morning with binocular and bird's list, make sure you are completing the list. Move quietly and enjoy how fantastic they are. Especially swallow, here you can see them closely. Visiting a local swallow house to learn more about how they live, build a nest from the saliva, caring the baby and interact with the nature.

Bukit Bengkirai Canopy Bridge - 4 hours tour:
One-hour drive from Samboja Lestari is the forest park of Bukit Bangkirai. Visitors can take short forest walks and climbing into the forest canopy using connecting bridges to a height of 40 meters. Platform provide a perfect vantage point for observing macaques, leaf monkeys, maroon langurs, gibbons and hornbills.

Sungai Wain – Halfday tour:
Less than one hour drive from Samboja Lestari lies the protected forest area of Sungai Wain. This was the first release site of BOS Foundation where 75 rehabilitated orangutans were released between 1992-1998. Several female orangutans with babies have been observed on previous visits. Since they are totally wild again, there is no 100% guarantee that you will see one of those released orangutans on this trip. But on this fairly challenging trip you will see much interesting wildlife