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A permit to enter Tanjung
Putting National Park where Camp Leakey Orangutans Rehabilitation
Center is managed is needed, please fax or mail to us
your passport photocopy to us, and to be received at
least one month before your arrival in Pangkalan
Bun, the entrance to Orangutans Rehabilitation
Center at Camp Leakey. Touring Borneo is still somewhat
an adventure trip, with the minimum condition of transportation,
accommodation and on sea transportation. Schedules in
so far never experienced a great changes and still within
the time frame of the program. Small changes on schedules
sometimes unavoidable for the sake of clients and the
best maintenance of the program. Borneo is famous for
tropical rain forest and wildlife, so you will meet
some insects geckos, cockroaches, ants and other small
animals throughout your way of touring even some times
around the accommodation in Camp Leakey. Most of these
insects and small animals are not dangerous except green
snakes and some vipers which your tour guide will inform
you properly during the tour orientation. Please make
sure that you get this information before going deep
to your tour of Orangutans in Camp Leakey. Light equipment,
safety and health are important to be bring along with
you. All tour packages are designed with soft until
hard adventure, no specific skill is needed to join
the tour until the rehabilitation center of Orangutans
at Camp Leakey, all you need is just the spirit of adventure
and good health. On our expedition safety is essential.
Our team are consist of expert guide in ecological adventure
in Borneo with a well equipments that will ensure your
safety. For travelers we suggest to bring lightweight
medical aid, anti acid, skin protector from sun burn,
insect repellent or spray or cream as well as anti malaria
tablets. Private gear such as traveling bag, backpack,
light clothes or sport cloths, rain coat or jacket,
sunglasses, extra socks, emergency rations, sneakers/sandal,sports
shoes, comass, camera with telelens, binocular and other
personal needs. You might have to shop in the city for
beer, cigarettes or any personal need before your departure
since during tour you will not find any shop selling
personal needs. Flight from Semarang to Pangkalan Bun
is still using small aircraft, which is usually the
CN 235 or CASSA with capacity around 18 to 36 persons,
and it is non-jet flaying. Any delay or changes in flight
schedule rarely happened, and you are to be ready to
accept this condition, and we are not to be held responsible
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