After breakfast on deck with a jungle backdrop, you visit Muara Muntai and experience the traditional everyday life of the locals in the Wooden Village, before heading to Mancong via Jempang Lake by motor canoe.

While driving through the rainforest, you can spot lots of wildlife such as monkeys and birds at Ohong Creek.

Upon arrival in Mancong, you will be welcomed with a traditional ceremony of the Dayaq Benuaq tribe.

One of East Kalimantan’s oldest Dayak longhouses is located here in this village. In the late afternoon we take the motorboat to Tanjung Isuy for wildlife viewing and then on to the houseboat for dinner and overnight stay.

Meanwhile, you continue towards Melak, which appears on the river bank as a small, fascinating trading point between the deep interior and the coastline of Kalimantan.

Accommodation: Traditional Klotok boat, (air-conditioned private cabin), including full board

After breakfast on your boat, we will take you on a full-day excursion by car through the rainforest highlands to the village of Eheng, where about 35 families of the Dayak Tunjung tribe live in an ancient longhouse.

There you have the opportunity to go on a jungle trekking tour, where you can admire the 40-50 meter high giant trees.

Your tour continues past beautiful slopes and jungle valleys to Kersik Luway National Park, a flora treasure of wild orchid and pitcher plant species.

With a bit of luck you can spot the rare black orchid.

In the afternoon, visit the Ombau Asa jungle waterfall before returning to the houseboat to head downstream down the Mahakam River towards Tenggarong.

Accommodation: Traditional Klotok boat, (air-conditioned private cabin), including full board

Today’s journey takes you downstream via Loajanan to Sangatta, where you disembark your houseboat and check into your hotel.

You might be lucky enough to spot one of the rare freshwater dolphins along the way.

Accommodation: Royal Victoria Sangatta, Deluxe, incl. breakfast & lunch

After an early breakfast, you set off for the harbor and take a motorized long canoe upstream across the Sangatta River into the jungle of Kutai National Park. North of the Mahakam, Kutai NP is home to some very beautiful lakes, such as Danau Maau, Santan, Besar and Sirapan, surrounded by traditional Bugi villages. The 2,000 square kilometer area, formerly part of the Kutai Game Reserve, has been under strict protection since 1970.

Unfortunately, only 30% of the primary rainforests survived the great Borneo fire of 1982/83. There are two entrances for tourists: Sangkima, on the way between Sangatta and Bontang unfortunately offers little chance of wildlife sightings.

The other entrance, Prevab, is about 30 minutes by boat across the Sangatta River from Kabo Pier and impresses with its natural biodiversity. Of course we will take you through this entrance.

Once you arrive in Prevab, the local rangers will be waiting for you and will guide you through the jungle in search of wild orangutans, exotic birds, gibbons and other endemic animal and plant species.

The Kutai NP is dominated by tropical lowland rainforest and is home to 958 different plant species, including 8 of the world’s 9 species of winged fruit plants (Dipterocarpaceae), 41 species of orchids and 220 different species of medicinal plants, 10 different primates, 90 different species of mammals and 300 different bird species inhabit the park.

Orangutans, sun bears, sambar deer, Sunda oxen, maroon lemurs, proboscis monkeys, clouded leopards, flying squirrels, sea otters and many other animal species can be discovered.

After the orangutan population declined from 600 in 2004 to 60 in 2009, 2,000 orangutans were happily identified in 2010.

Lunch awaits you at the park ranger station. In the afternoon you will go on a jungle safari again to discover more wildlife.

After your jungle tour, head back to your hotel.

Accommodation: Royal Victoria Sangatta, Deluxe, incl. breakfast & lunch

After breakfast, you will check out and your private guide will be waiting for you at the lobby for your longer drive north to Berau.

During the approximately 8-9 hour journey you will make a few stops to have lunch, stretch your legs and enjoy the scenic highlights.

Accommodation: Grand Parama, Superior, Berau, incl. breakfast & lunch

Leisure time.

Sangalaki Island has an area of ​​15.9 hectares and is part of the Derawan Islands, Berau Regency, East Kalimantan.

At Sangalaki Resort you will find 10 cottages consisting of single and twin rooms, surrounded by a beautiful white sandy beach and surrounded by lush, beautiful tropical forests.

The underwater world is one of the most colorful and species-rich bodies of water in the world.

Accommodation: Sangalaki Resort, Room A, Sangalaki Island/Derawan Islands, full board included