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ClimClimb the Mountains of
Borneo, Limestone mountain climbing at Kalimantan, Trek the Meratus
Mountains, Muller Mountains, Dayak host culture, orangutan and wildlife
of Kalimantan, cruise the rivers into the jungle
 X-TREME
BORNEO K A L I M A N T A N
The Passion
For Adventure Travelers
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With
15 years combined tourism industry experience and fluent in several
local languages and dialects, we at X-treme Borneo invite you to join
us in exploring incredible culture, where village elders mark their
status with intricate body tattoos and incredibly heavy ear adornments.
As warmly welcomed guests in traditional longhouses, we will experience
the grand diversity of exotic flora and wildlife on captivating jungle
explorations and unforgettable encounters in our village visits.
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Mountains at Kalimantan
Climbing the Mountains of
Kalimantan
Kalimantan
is more hilly then mountainous, a few mountains at the Indonesia part
of this Borneo island reach the 2000 meters above sea level. The
Mountains as Muller Mountains, Schwaner Mountains are mostly found in
the heart of Borneo, in the deeper hinterland parts of the island.
The mountains are covered with cloude forest, and mostly
untouched, as their remote area's. Several smaller Mountains with tops
from 1200 to 1700 meters can be found in the Kayan Mentarang, Apokayan,
Meratus Mountains, and Sambeliung Mountains. Other parts at Kalimantan
are hilly, even wide wetlands can be found in the
coastal parts of East, and South, and Central Kalimantan. The
difficulties to access Kalimantan have traditionally kept the region
isolated from all, except the most adventurous travelers.
X-treme Borneo is dedicated to provide Adventure travelers the tour of
their dreams into the deep interior of mystic Kalimantan. We can
arrange itineraries to suit the adventure traveler, whether
you’re a backpacker or prefer more comfortable
“citified” accommodations and transportation.
Climbing the Mountains through Jungle treks far off the beaten path in
search of endangered flora and fauna, visit the remote
Dayak tribes
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Itineraries
can be made upon
request of the clients for small groups from 2 to 12
persons. During the Kalimantan Mountain expeditions
we will visit villages and you will meet the
friendly people, even you will experience overnights at Local Houses,
and Jungle camps.
During the journeys you may see wild life as a part of the
tour through the deep jungle.
6 Days
Apokayan Glance Tour at East Kalimantan
Trek through the prime
Rainforest of the isolated area called Apokayan
and visit the traditional Kenyah and Kayan Dayak
tribes, explore their art full Longhouses, and traditional way
of life, if time has stopt, and you are back in the stone
age, places as Long Uro and
Sungai Barang surrounded by beautifull forest, jungle
trekking, colide with the host indigenous Dayak culture here.
NOTE : Flight for an
Apokayan Tour Expedition has to be booked ONE month in
advance.
6
Days Kayan Mentarang Tour at East Kalimantan
Krayan River is the Isolated
area of Kayan Mentarang National Park at Indonesia Borneo Island
Kalimantan. Traditional Dayak Tribes, with a wealth of ecological and
cultural treasures that survive deep within the rainforest
jungle. The area covers the upper course of the
Krayan River and borders of the Upper Bahau River to the
south, The flora in it’s vicinity of Kayan
Mentarang Nature Reserve as a protected Cloud Rain Forest area
of about 1.000.000 hectares are more then hundred years old.
However, there are more attractions then dense jungle only at
the highland plateau between 900 and 1,000 meters above sea level.
7 Days Barito Jungle Trail Tour
at South Kalimantan Province
Hiking through secondary forest
& Dayak land farms with rubber and pepper plantations in South
Kalimantan Province in to the Meratus Mountains Jungle with
Longhouses, continue the trip passing hills, valleys,
and crossing hanging bridges in the dense jungle which
it’s beautiful flora & fauna and continue, to Loksado
and the Amandit
River bamboo bridges and
passing isolated villages along the way.Visit
Muara Hatip
village and enjoy the flora &
fauna. Once Back to civilisation at Banjarmasin we
will visit the floating market and do a cannel tour.
7 Days Mount Kelam Expedtition Tour at
West Kalimantan
Cruising the Kapuas River from
Sintang to Kebiau River, Trekking the jungle to Sabang Laja
Village following tracks to Ensait Panjang. There are two
Ensait Long-houses : Ensait Panjang and Ensait
Pendek, situated at a distance. We pass through Ensait Pendek and stay
overnight in Ensait Panjang. Dinner will be served together with the
community and hospitality with the chief. Here we can see how
they traditionally weave clothes, plait baskets.
Climbing The Mount
Kelam from where you can see the Green Flora and Fauna Beauty
of Indonesia West Borneo Province
8 Days
Barito Jungle Tour at South Kalimantan Province
Cruise upstream the Barito
River in to the Meratus Mountains, visit the home industry of rattan
& bamboo handicrafts.Hiking through the farm land and
tropical forest, to Datar Alai and Balai Kedayang to Loksado
and the Amandit
River bamboo bridges and passing isolated
villages along the way.Visit
Muara Hatip village and
trek into rainforest of the Meratus
Mountain to enjoy the
flora & fauna. Once Back to civilisation at Banjarmasin we
will visit the floating market and do a cannel tour.
11
Days Meratus Mountain Trekking Expedition at South Kalimantan Province
Hiking through secondary forest
& Dayak land farms with rubber and pepper plantations.in South
Kalimantan Province passing Barabai, Mangkiling, Datar Alai
villages, passing hills, valleys, and
crossing hanging bridges in the dense jungle which
it’s beautiful flora & fauna of the Meratus
Mountain, to Loksado
at the Amandit
River ,we will passing isolated villages over
bamboo bridges along the way.Visit
Muara Hatip
village to enjoy the
flora & fauna. Once Back to civilisation at
Banjarmasin we will visit the floating market to do a cannel tour.
14
Days Cross Kayan Mentarang Expedition Tour at East Kalimantan
Province
Trek through the primary
Rainforest of Kayan Mentarang National Park isolated area
Downstream the Krayan River to the Upper Bahau River, to Continue
Downstream The Kayan River to the Coastal side of East Kalimantan.Visiting
the traditional Dayak Kenyah and Kayan tribes,
explore their art full traditional way of life, it
feels as time has stopt, and you are back in the stone age.Trekkings to
Dense Jungle will lead you away in the beauty shown during
this trip.
14
Days Apokayan Trek Expedition at East Kalimantan Province
Trek through the primary
Rainforest of the isolated area called "Apokayan"
and visit the traditional Kenyah and Kayan Dayak
tribes, explore their art full Longhouses, and traditional way
of life, it feels as time has stopt, and you are back in the stone
age, places as Long
Uro and Sungai Barang
surrounded by beautifull forest, jungle
trekking, colide with the Dayak culture here. From Sungai
Barang we will trek through the mountains to Long Lebusan or Mahak Baru
village, from where we continue cruising the Boh River into
the Mahakam River, we will crossing the dangerous rapids between the
High Rocky Mountains, visiting Eheng Dayak Tunjung Village,
and Kersik Luwai Nature Reserve where you can find the beauty
of the tropical flora and fauna of Indonesia East Kalimantan Provice,
including the Black Orchid plant.
NOTE ; Flight for
an Apokayan Tour Expedition has to be booked ONE month in
advance.
17 Days Cross East to West Borneo Expedition (over
land )
Cruising
up to the end of the Mahakam River,
you can enjoy an exotic scenary at both sides of the river. You will
get through the amazing and dangerous Rapids, between the high Rocky
Mountain walls. Our Longboat will bring us to the start point
for the trek crossing the Muller Mountains to the Indonesia
Province of West Kalimantan. During
the Trek you will get Through the unhabitated primary virgin
Rainforest, we will fish and hunt meat for our meals. Overnights are in
a jungle camp, till we reach Tanjung Lokan village, and cruise down
the Kapuas River, passing Putusibau, to reach Pontianak city
as the end of this challenging trek "Cross Borneo".
The Kelam Mountain
The nature
reserves Baning and Kelam Hill are located in the Sintang
Regency. While in Kapuas Hulu, there is the Bentuang
The
Dayak people in the Kelam district of West Kalimantan, still live
traditional in their longhouse which lies is in the shadows of
Dark Mountain, an eerie, mystical mass of rock deep
in the magnificent rainforests of Kalimantan, There
are many stories told about the Kelam mountain and the spirits
which inhabit the steep forests that cling to its base. In
the past, the Dayak tribes would pray to these trees and to
the birds that
lived in them. Every part of this remote wilderness was
sacred, protected for centuries from Malay traders and Dutch
and British colonisers by the impenetrable jungle and the
ferocious Dayak headhunters.
Now,
most of the Dayaks are Catholics, and only the old can remember the "head houses"
they built to display the skulls of
their
enemies. The tribal people of its most
remote mountains is out of the "Stone Age". Now live a basic life in
wooden cottages a few kilometres down the road on the edge
of rubber plantations. Thousands of
new settlers came through the years, known as transmigrants,
into Kalimantan to work the plantations of rubber, palm
oil and timber which have replaced the virgin forest. Most of
the settlers are from the islands of Java or Madura and are Muslims
with no cultural or ethnic link to the Catholic indigenous
people with whom they share the land.
In
this remote village, the Dayak families have been living
together
in the one expansive
thatch longhouse for as long as anyone can remember. And
together they have followed the Dayak laws, unwritten codes which
tell them which family has the right to till which fields, which
children can marry when they grow up, and what punishments they must
suffer for breaches of community laws. In the
longhouse, every family is allocated the same amount of
private space. The veranda is where
the cloth is woven and the rice pounded with heavy wooden
poles, the cows and pigs foraging in the earth below, thick shafts
of sunlight breaking through the cracks in the thatch.
Malay
traders established sultanates along the island's coast and
thousands
of Chinese migrants
arrived to pan gold, but few made inroads into the land of the
headhunters. Those explorers who succeeded in finding their way
through the towering jungles returned with tales of war
parties taking hundreds of heads, poison darts capable of
killing a man in four minutes and locally forged blades able to slice
through the barrel of a musket in a single sweep.
The
locals say headhunting stopped in this area about 1930s.
"It
was done by young men to
prove themselves in the eyes of the girls," They had to
look
for a head - a man, woman
or child - because after you took it, the spirit of the person
came to you and gave you courage."
The
Meratus Mountains
Meratus Mountain lies from
southern to northern of South Borneo. The range inhabited by Meratus
Dayak ethnic. They settle on remote places along Meratus range. Nomadic
farming, animals hunting, and ritual ceremony are part of their life.
The highest part is on Mount Besar. The area is covered by tropical
rain forest, river, mossy stone, and tremendous waterfall. By trekking
here, you will breath the fresh of tropical forest air and whispered by
the sound of mighty nature.
The
Meratus mountain range area is a forest area located in
the South Kalimantan province, ranging from southeast to the
north and
bordering the province of East Kalimantan,
the protected "Green Belt." Meratus area is
home to a rich flora and fauna, including endemic species of Kalimantan
and several of them are species that are in danger of becoming extinct.
Therefore, these species need to be protected to ensure their
conservation. Old
secondary growth typically has a fairly continuous canopy cover of
greater than 6 metres, growth consists exclusively of dense bamboo
groves which shade the
ground and prevent re-entry of tree seeds. Hill dipterocarp forest is
the natural vegetation of the Meratus and can be found at the
west side
of the Meratus mountains.The Meratus
mountains contains rocks of the ocean floor, limestone and
sedimentary rocks.
The
Meratus Mountains is the livelihood for thousands of the Dayak Meratus
people. The Mountains functions as a water catchment area that
guarantees regular irrigation cycles for the lower lands along
the rivers.
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