Destinations
Where to go in Borneo Kalimantan
Kalimantan, or Indonesian Borneo, represents nearly 30% of Indonesia’s land area yet only 6% of the population lives here. It attracts even fewer international visitors and you could travel for weeks without seeing another foreigner. In the absence of people you’ll find vast swathes of remote, impenetrable jungle and tangled mangroves, and in place of highways and cars, snaking rivers and traditional klotok boats. The human dimension to all this wilderness is the Dayak villages that line the river’s edge. The Dayak people are former head-hunting tribes who live off the forest and over 50 different groups speak different languages. Kalimantan is, however, most famous for the endangered rust-furred orangutan of Tanjung Puting National Park and gliding along the river, watching them swing between the trees – and spotting proboscis monkeys too – is a wild and powerful experience.
