Orangutans Rehabilitation Center Camp Leakey Kalimantan
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ORANGUTANS REHABILITATION CENTER
CAMP LEAKEY

Orangutan Rehabilitation Center at Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting, South Borneo or South Kalimantan island. Indonesia has 2 orangutans habitats, one is here at Camp Leakey and one is in North Sumatra at Bohorok, Leuser National Park. Orangutans at Camp Leakey is the last post of the primate that need our real attention. Camp Leakey is the research center of Orangutan rehabilitation program to where usually visitors go directly from Pangkalan Bun, the entry town of southern part of South Kalimantan which is accessible from Semarang city the capital of Central Java. As a tour program other destination beside Camp Leakey, are visited also Pondok Tanggui station for young Orangutan or Orphane Orangutans, and the gold mining. There are another more quieter rehabilitation station at Tanjung Harapan. It is known that Orangutan habitat are only in North Sumatra and Central Borneo outside Africa. The rehabilitation center of Orangutan in North Sumatra is at Bohorok, around 90 kms North West of Medan city. A researcher from Canada Dr. Birute Galdikas is one who has made an extensive study about orangutans both at Camp Leakey and North Sumatra and published about Orangutan in Camp Leakey of Tanjung Puting National Park. She started to visit and worked in 1970s at Camp Leakey and found that the Orangutan can give birth only every 8 years.

Borneo island is the biggest island in Indonesia with 2/3 belong to Indonesia, and this part of Borneo is splited into 3 countries Borneo Malaysia, Borneo Brunei Darussalam, and Borneo Indonesia. The kingdom of Brunei Darussalam is the most prosperous countries among those 3 partitions due to it's natural oil mining. The original population of Borneo is called Dayak although among them the term is not used. In the beginning, there were 3 kingdoms known in Borneo island, one the oldest was Kutai in East Borneo, Banjar ( now Banjarmasin ) on South Borneo, and Brunei ( now Brunei Darussalam ) on north coast of Borneo. All the 3 centers of kingdoms in Borneo have converted into Islam, but most of countryside are still follow local tradition Hindu or Hindu Kaharingan belief. Kutai was Hindu kingdom built in 4th century proved by the inscription carved on pillars called " Yupa ". The finding of these inscriptions brought Indonesia to enter historical stage.

The main products of Borneo are wood or timber with the center of trade is Banjarmasin, South Borneo and oil mining on east Borneo with bustling city of Balikpapan. Today Balikpapan can be said as the air entry of Borneo, since by land transport is still not yet developed. Most people using river as the main transport route, so they settle along the rivers of Kapuas, Barito and Mahakam. Borneo is the less visited island by tourist, so it's nature and culture are still untouched by various Western style. The most interesting places for visitor to Borneo are probably 3, those are Tanjung Puting National Park on central Borneo, Banjarmasin on South Borneo, and Mahakam river on east Borneo. Tanjung Puting is well known with Camp Leakey, the center of Orangutan rehabilitation center. Around Tanjung Puting National Park there are also 3 places known as the habitat and rehabilitation center of Orangutan besides Tanjung Puting itself, and Camp Leakey is Pondok Tanggui. Tanjung Puting National Park covers around 300.000 hectares and is home of crocodiles, hornbills, and pigs, macaques, gibbons proboscis monkeys, pythons, dolphins and bear.

Camp Leakey is the research center of Orangutan rehabilitation program to where usually visitors go directly from Pangkalan Bun. As a tour program destination beside Camp Leakey, are visited also Pondok Tanggui station for young Orangutan or Orphane Orangutans, and the gold mining. There are another more quieter rehabilitation station at Tanjung Harapan. It is known that Orangutan habitat are only in North Sumatra and Central Borneo outside Africa. The rehabilitation center of Orangutan in North Sumatra is at Bohorok, around 90 kms North West of Medan city. A researcher from Canada Dr. Birute Galdikas is one who has made an extensive study and published about Orangutan and Tanjung Puting National Park. She started to visit and worked in 1970s and found that the Orangutan can give birth only every 8 years.

Orangutan Rehabilitation Center at Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting, South Borneo or South Kalimantan island. Indonesia has 2 orangutans habitats, one is here at Camp Leakey and one is in North Sumatra at Bohorok, Leuser National Park. Orangutans at Camp Leakey is the last post of the primate that need our real attention. Camp Leakey is the research center of Orangutan rehabilitation program to where usually visitors go directly from Pangkalan Bun, the entry town of southern part of South Kalimantan which is accessible rom Semarang city the capital of Central Java. As a tour program other destination beside Camp Leakey, are visited also Pondok Tanggui station for young Orangutan or Orphane Orangutans, and the gold mining. There are another more quieter rehabilitation station at Tanjung Harapan. It is known that Orangutan habitat are only in North Sumatra and Central Borneo outside Africa. The rehabilitation center of Orangutan in North Sumatra is at Bohorok, around 90 kms North West of Medan city. A researcher from Canada Dr. Birute Galdikas is one who has made an extensive study about orangutans both at Camp Leakey and North Sumatra and published about Orangutan in Camp Leakey of Tanjung Puting National Park. She started to visit and worked in 1970s at Camp Leakey and found that the Orangutan can give birth only every 8 years. Borneo island is the biggest island in Indonesia with 2/3 belong to Indonesia, and this part of Borneo is splited into 3 countries Borneo Malaysia, Borneo Brunei Darussalam, and Borneo Indonesia. The kingdom of Brunei Darussalam is the most prosperous countries among those 3 partitions due to it's natural oil mining.

In the beginning, there were 3 kingdoms known in Borneo island, one the oldest was Kutai in East Borneo, Banjar ( now Banjarmasin ) on South Borneo, and Brunei ( now Brunei Darussalam ) on north coast of Borneo. All the 3 centers of kingdoms in Borneo have converted into Islam, but most of countryside are still follow local tradition Hindu or Hindu Kaharingan belief. Kutai was Hindu kingdom built in 4th century proved by the inscription carved on pillars called " Yupa ". The finding of these inscriptions brought Indonesia to enter historical stage. The main products of Borneo are wood or timber with the center of trade is Banjarmasin, South Borneo and oil mining on east Borneo with bustling city of Balikpapan. Today Balikpapan can be said as the air entry of Borneo, since by land transport is still not yet developed. Most people using river as the main transport route, so they settle along the rivers of Kapuas, Barito and Mahakam. Borneo is the less visited island by tourist, so it's nature and culture are still untouched by various Western style. The most interesting places for visitor to Borneo are probably 3, those are Tanjung Puting National Park on central Borneo, Banjarmasin on South Borneo, and Mahakam river on east Borneo. Tanjung Puting is well known with Camp Leakey, the center of Orangutan rehabilitation center. Around Tanjung Puting National Park there are also 3 places known as the habitat and rehabilitation center of Orangutan besides Tanjung Puting itself, and Camp Leakey is Pondok Tanggui. Tanjung Puting National Park covers around 300.000 hectares and is home of crocodiles, hornbills, and pigs, macaques, gibbons proboscis monkeys, pythons, dolphins and bear. Camp Leakey is the research center of Orangutan rehabilitation program to where usually visitors go directly from Pangkalan Bun. As a tour program destination beside Camp Leakey, are visited also Pondok Tanggui station for young Orangutan or Orphane Orangutans, and the gold mining. There are another more quieter rehabilitation station at Tanjung Harapan. It is known that Orangutan habitat are only in North Sumatra and Central Borneo outside Africa. The rehabilitation center of Orangutan in North Sumatra is at Bohorok, around 90 kms North West of Medan city. A researcher from Canada Dr. Birute Galdikas is one who has made an extensive study and published about Orangutan and Tanjung Puting National Park. She started to visit and worked in 1970s and found that the Orangutan can give birth only every 8 years.

Wild Orangutans at Camp Leakey Face Wild Orangutans at Camp Leakey Child Wild Orangutans at Camp Leakey

Gate of Rimba Lodge at Camp Leakey feeding time for Wild Orangutans at Camp Leakey Big male Wild Orangutans at Camp Leakey
To visit Camp Leakey, the rehabilitation center of Orangutans or in combination with the traditional miners of gold in South Kalimantan. There are two programs are well suggested as follows:

Visit Orangutans
Visit Orangutans and Gold Mine


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Important Information

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 for this.