Comments on: 25 Best Things to do in Kalimantan + Itinerary

By: Julie around the globe

Julie around the globe — Tue, 30 May 2023 09:18:51 +0000

In reply to sjors. Hey, 2 weeks are perfect, you can split your time between Derawan and one of the national parks. Both parks are great to visit and you'll get to hike, boat, and experience wildlife and local culture in both. I would pick the one that's easier to reach from where you'll end up after Derawan - flying is your best option. Once you get to either one, you can tell the guide what you want to do and see and they'll arange it. Hope this helps :)

By: sjors

sjors — Sat, 20 May 2023 07:22:34 +0000

Hello Julie, very nice suggestions!! We are hyped by your stories. We are with 5 friends, who love the adventure of Kalimantan we think. We want to go to Derawan, and visit if possible local tribes and do a river boat sleepover (on a boat or in the jungle) adventure somewhere. We love jungle trekking but don’t really like “fake” places where they feed the animals. We rather don’t see them in wild places , then spot them on a semi wild place. After reading your post, the Danau sentarum park sounds cool to visit jungle plus longhouses of Dayak people, or Sebangau national park. Which one would you suggest to go if we have to choose? we love hiking, but also would be fine with a boat tour on the river to float into the jungle for a few days. And more important, do you think we could make a trip combining Derawan and a place where we can take a boat and go into the jungle in one of the places in 2 weeks? Hope to hear from you!

By: Julie around the globe

Julie around the globe — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 06:59:06 +0000

In reply to Nic. Hey Nic, Your best option is to fly from one of the parks to the closest you can get to Maratua (it will depend on where you take the boat, there's an airport in Tarakan, and boats to Maratua from there but you'd have to check the schedule, it's not daily). You can take a bus to get to one park from another, it will take you at least a day, I'm not sure you can find a direct bus.

By: Nic

Nic — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 16:14:09 +0000

Hi Julie,
sounds great. We would love to see Tanjung Puting Nat’l Park (and maybe Gunung Palung Nat’l Park) before heading to Maratua for diving. Would you have any suggestions for the travel in between these places?
Thanks, Nic

By: Julie around the globe

Julie around the globe — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 07:15:29 +0000

In reply to Cat. Hey Cat, I did a blend of both, but I had less time. If you have three weeks and are willing to spend a full day on a bus, it should be fine. Don't rely on Google Maps for driving time between two places, count an hour for every 30 km (18 miles).

By: Cat

Cat — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 13:38:26 +0000

In reply to arttotravel. Hi Julie, This is great post, thank you! Can I ask whether you travelled by bus/minibus between towns? Planning a 3-3.5 weeks trip next year, but given it's 4 of us would like to avoid too many internal flights since costs add up quickly...

By: juliewp

juliewp — Sun, 15 Apr 2018 23:45:59 +0000

In reply to Comedy Plus. It's really worth it, there are not many places as wild left, it's a great experience.

By: juliewp

juliewp — Sun, 15 Apr 2018 23:44:59 +0000

In reply to arttotravel. Yes I went there also, it was one of my favorite trip, I really enjoyed traveling on the river through the jungle.

By: arttotravel

arttotravel — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 08:43:34 +0000

Very nice to hear about your Borneo adventures, I went to the malaysian part last year 🙂

By: Comedy Plus

Comedy Plus — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 04:53:41 +0000

I want to go. It's beautiful. Everything is beautiful. Have a fabulous day.