Rare Animals in Tanjung Putting National Park

National Park Tanjung Putting West Kotawaringin (Kobar), Kalimantan Tengah (Central Kalimantan) is the object of many mainstay tourism tourists visited (foreign tourists).

Tanjung Putting has some type of ecosystem that consists of tropical rain forest lowlands, dry land forest, freshwater swamp forests, mangrove forests, coastal forests and secondary forests.
This region was dominated by lowland forest plants such as jelutung (Dyera costulata), ramin (Gonystylus bancanus), meranti (Shorea sp.), Keruing (Dipterocarpus sp.), And rattan.

Type of endemic and endangered species found in protected forests of Tanjung Putting include the orangutan (Pongo satyrus), proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), red leaf monkey (Presbytis rubicunda rubida), and bears (Helarctos malayanus euryspilus).

Tanjung Putting is the first location of Indonesia as the orangutan rehabilitation center. There are three locations for the rehabilitation of orangutans at Tanjung Harapan, Pondok Tanggui, and Camp Leakey.

Borneo Orangutans have reddish hair was dark and did not have a tail. In line with the growth of age, adult males develop to form a bearing on the cheek. The older, bigger cheek pads so that his face seemed sinister.

Tanjung Putting Reserve UNESCO as biosphere in the year 1977 and is the Sister Park with the country of Malaysia.

Some locations or objects of interest to visit such as Cape of Good Hope, is the first station in the process of rehabilitation of orangutans. This location is located in secondary forest and swamp forests are equipped with guest house, the center trail and road information.

Another object Pondok Tanggui, orangutans there could still be observed in a closed and avoid contact with humans.

Camp Leakey, founded in 1971, located in primary forest and is home of some of the half-wild orangutans to the wild and from new born to age three years.

Adventure Along Sekonyer River

Kalimantan is the island of a thousand rivers. River-bend of a river-like contortion split dragon land. River is a main transportation routes on the island. However, more than just transportation routes, rivers in Kalimantan also have a potential for tourism. In Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, precisely in the area Tanjung Putting National Park, West District Kotawaringin, Sekonyer River, offers action adventure.

"River Sekonyer, a tourism potential. Therefore, the potential will be developed," said the Head of Development of Tourism destinations Culture and Tourism Office (Disbudpar) Kalteng Meyarti Aida, SH, in Palangkaraya, on Thursday (16 / 7).

According to Aida Meyarti, Sekonyer River is often visited by foreign tourists. Sekonyer River is a river transport routes to TNTP area in which there is the location of the rehabilitation of rare animals Orang Utan.

Advantages compared Sekonyer River than another river of the natural environment is beautiful and there are animal species that is unique and interesting. Kumai River in the path is part of the River Sekonyer there is a type of pesut. In addition, there are also animals that local people called the animal as "dugong-dugong." Dugong-dugong, also known as sea cows because their habitat is the area of sea grass in the creek.

In addition, the travel path Sekonyer with kelotok River (boat motor tempel) tour, will travel through the area dominated mangrove tree mangrove (Rhizophora spp), tree pidada (Sonneratia spp) is the root of the breath (pneumatophore). Another tree in the travel path is kendeka (Bruguiera spp), and the tree nirih (Xylocarpus spp).

Cite a historical note, Aida Meyarti explains, Crocodile River is the name of the original Sekonyer River, the name Sekonyer taken from the name of a ship that is Sikuner ship. Name of the original ship is changed based on the Malay language became Sekonyer.

During the Dutch colonial government, at the mouth of Sungai Buaya berlabuhlah a pirate ship or pirate. Ship is sinking right in the mouth of Sungai Buaya because shooted by a named Bujang with a small cannon called "Palembang" belonging to an Islamic religious leader, "Kyai Gede."

Cannon may only shooted by the descendants of Kyai Gede or the descendant of one of the Dayak tribe Gambu, by approximately Sekonyer and the name is often used to take the name of the original Crocodile River is.

Travel path of the river and then find this area of the plant nipah (Nypa fruticans Wurmb) area trees rasau ago, and then continue to Tanjung Harapan village Sekonyer, where Pesalat conservation education, tourism Tanggui Pondok, Pondok soar, Ali Estuary, Long Lake to camp Leakey, the location of the rehabilitation orangutans.