Kalimantan Tips & articles

Tips & articles

  1. Derawan Island and the Sangalaki Archipelago

    29 March 2012

    With a new international terminal at Kalimantan’s Berau airport in Indonesian Borneo opening in April 2012, newly proposed routes from...

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  2. Borneo’s mystical Meratus Mountains

    28 March 2012

    Before huge swaths of Borneo were aggressively carved up to make way for palm-oil plantations and voracious logging, the whole...

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  3. The botanist’s guide to the sexiest plants of the world

    14 December 2011

    Plants can be sexy. Raise your eyebrows if you will, but to a plant lover, certain plants possess an undeniable...

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  4. Drifting down the Sekonyer: inside Tanjung Puting National Park

    11 November 2010

    It’s almost 40 years since Birute Galdikas established her study site for primates, deep in the heart of Tanjung Puting...

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  5. Top 5 Indonesian jungles to hang with orang-utans

    11 November 2010

    There are pockets of vast forest filled with wild and wonderful creatures unique to Indonesia. It’s not just the orang-utans...

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