Adventure in Kalimantan Borneo

Borneo's reputation as the lungs of the world is unquestioned. Natural potential there, especially forests, so rich and invaluable. And one of the most beautiful part of Borneo is Palangkaraya city. The town is located in Central Kalimantan, turned out to save so many tourist attractions that are very tempting. Call it Tahai lake are unique with red-colored water caused by tree roots in peatlands. Around the lake Tahai visitors served by a unique landscape, there are many floating houses-which the locals referred to as the Lanting. Besides having a very beautiful panorama, tourism Lake Tahai also equipped with accommodation facilities and complete facilities. Not only Tahai lake, for those of you who like adventure in the forest grove, the forest type Nyaru Menteng Arboretum is the place you are looking for. Nyaru Menteng Arboretum is a natural tourist attraction that is also an area of rare plant conservation and research, which is located in the Village Street tumbles Tjilik Riwut Tahay Bukit Batu subdistrict. At this location there is a collection of many different types such as forestry geronggang plants, meranti, pine, and handsome. Palangkaraya natural wealth and beauty and well-deserved been named as one of the best in the country. With the care and management of truly relevant parties Palangkaraya undoubtedly be transformed into a new tourism magnet that can attract tourists both from domestic and abroad. Happy adventuring .... One thing that makes this type of forest sites more interesting is the presence reintroduction project around 200 orangutans under the supervision of the research animals. Not only mainstay City Palangkaraya, Nyaru Menteng Arboretum is also a mainstay of tourism in Central Kalimantan province. Flora and Fauna of the living area are the types that grow in the swamp forest ecosystem. Based on the identification, type of tree that grows in Nyaru Menteng Arboretum can be classified into 43 families by the number of species as many as 139 species. Even in Nyaru Menteng Arboretum, there are several rare plant species such as Nepenthes raffesiana, N. maxima, N. ampullaria and N. Gracilis, which enter into the kind of bag Semar. Some species of wildlife are a resident of this place include several species of birds such as parrots (Gracula religiosa) and Cucak Rowo (Pyocnonotus zeylanicus). Other types such as Lizard (Varanus sp), Snakes, Monkeys and occasionally still found wild orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), Owa-owa (Hylobates muelleri) and Squirrel / Squirrel. To get into the woods you do not have to worry about the soil of a waterlogged peat because it is available in the form of the wooden bridges surrounding forest area. In the woods we could feel the air is cool and fresh and you can listen to the birds chirp and if lucky can meet with Uwak-Uwak, one species of monkeys found only here also protected.

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