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Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan |
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Pangkalan Bun is the capital of the Kotawaringin Barat regency, in the western part of Central Kalimantan. This is the entry point to reach Tanjung Puting Park in the southern part, and the Dayak villages in the north of Central Kalimantan Province. From USA/Europe/Australia/Asia/Singapore, the easiest way is you fly to Jakarta. Then from Jakarta direct fly to Pangkalan Bun (Central Kalimantan - Borneo Island). If you start from Bali the easiest way to reach Pangkalan Bun is you need to take EARLY flight from Bali to Jakarta then from Jakarta connect to Pangkalan Bun. Other alternative flight you can fly from Bali to Yogyakarta but need to stay overnight in Yogyakarta or Semarang then drive to Semarang (if you stay overnight in Yogyakarta) to catch your flight to Pangkalan Bun. If you do this you can combine with tours to see Borobudur Temple, the biggest Buddhist Temple in the world as well as Komodo Dragon adventure in West Flores.
So if you would like to go to Bali, after the trip with the orangutan you need to fly from Pangkalan Bun to Semarang then drive to Yogyakarta for about 3 hours to catch your flight to Bali. Please notice there is no flight from Semarang directly to Bali but via Yogyakarta or Jakarta.
For your information, Pangkalan Bun is a small town and the flight to go out from this town only ONCE A DAY. We DO NOT recommend to CONNECT INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT with domestic flight from Pangkalan Bun but at least one day before you should stay at big city with the international airport connection in case some delay or cancel flight from Pangkalan Bun. OR
- If you start from Bali you can fly from Bali to Yogyakarta but
need to stay overnight in Yogyakarta or Semarang then drive to Semarang
(if you stay overnight in Yogyakarta) to catch your flight to Pangkalan
Bun. If you do this you can combine with tours to Pangkalan Bun City is our best way of stay if you would like to visit to the Orangutan Clinic on Pasir Panjang,.managed by ORANGUTAN FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL /OFI, located in Los Angeles, USA. Pasir Panjang lies about 15 minutes from the airport. Here is the clinic for the ex-captivated orangutan which is confiscated either from the local people who kept them as pet or animal trading. Before the Orangutan is again-reintroduced to the wilderness, it's health will be examined the veterinary surgeon. This step is needed to make sure that any of the orangutan has no communicable disease due to the long contact with the human, or to see the possibilities of malnutrition's, or any other of disease > ORANGUTAN
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