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Tanjung Puting fact ledger

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  1. Foreign visitors pay an entry fee of IDR 250,000 per person per day to Tanjung Puting National Park.

    Confidence
    confirmed
    Topic
    Park
    Checked
    Source
    Government Regulation PP 36/2024 on non-tax state revenue (Ministry of Environment and Forestry), in force since 30 October 2024, and the park authority notice (Balai Taman Nasional Tanjung Puting). Many tour prices include it. Ask whether yours does.

  2. Tanjung Puting National Park covers roughly 415,000 hectares of peat swamp, heath and lowland forest on the south coast of Central Kalimantan.

    Confidence
    confirmed
    Topic
    Park
    Checked
    Source
    Park profile, Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry.

  3. Camp Leakey was founded in 1971 by Biruté Mary Galdikas and is still a research and orangutan rehabilitation site.

    Confidence
    confirmed
    Topic
    Park
    Checked
    Source
    Orangutan Foundation International.

  4. The Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is listed as Critically Endangered.

    Confidence
    confirmed
    Topic
    Orangutans
    Checked
    Source
    IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, assessment published 2016.

  5. The 2016 assessment estimated about 104,700 Bornean orangutans in the wild, with the population still declining.

    Confidence
    confirmed
    Topic
    Orangutans
    Checked
    Source
    IUCN Red List assessment of Pongo pygmaeus (2016). Later studies give lower ranges. Treat any single number as an estimate.

  6. Supplementary feeding usually happens around 09:00 at Pondok Tanggui, 14:00 at Camp Leakey and 15:00 at Tanjung Harapan.

    Confidence
    consistent
    Topic
    On the river
    Checked
    Source
    Operator itineraries and recent traveller reports; consistent across sources but not published as an official timetable. Times shift. Your guide confirms the schedule on the day.

  7. Proboscis monkeys gather in riverside trees along the Sekonyer River in the late afternoon and at dusk.

    Confidence
    consistent
    Topic
    On the river
    Checked
    Source
    Guide and traveller reports; well documented behaviour of the species.

  8. By klotok, Tanjung Harapan is about 1.5–2 hours upriver from Kumai and Camp Leakey about 4–5 hours.

    Confidence
    indicative
    Topic
    On the river
    Checked
    Source
    Operator itineraries. Depends on the boat, the tide and the water level.

  9. Visitors are asked to keep their distance, never feed or touch orangutans and follow the ranger at feeding platforms.

    Confidence
    consistent
    Topic
    On the river
    Checked
    Source
    Park visitor guidance as relayed by licensed guides; widely published primate-viewing etiquette.

  10. Pangkalan Bun (Iskandar Airport, PKN) has direct domestic flights from Jakarta, Surabaya and Semarang.

    Confidence
    confirmed
    Topic
    Getting there
    Checked
    Source
    Airline schedules (Batik Air, NAM Air and others). Routes and frequencies change by season. Check before you book.

  11. Kumai harbour, where klotoks depart, is about 25–40 minutes by road from Pangkalan Bun airport.

    Confidence
    indicative
    Topic
    Getting there
    Checked
    Source
    Operator pickup information.

  12. Many nationalities can enter Indonesia with a visa on arrival or an e-VOA, priced at IDR 500,000 when checked.

    Confidence
    consistent
    Topic
    Getting there
    Checked
    Source
    Directorate General of Immigration, Republic of Indonesia. Eligibility and price change. The official site has the final word.

  13. Shared 3-day/2-night klotok trips start around USD 350 per person; private boats for two people typically run USD 800–1,500 in total.

    Confidence
    indicative
    Topic
    Money
    Checked
    Source
    Operator websites and booking-platform listings reviewed in October 2026. Prices depend on season, boat, group size and what is included.

  14. Central Kalimantan is wettest roughly from November to April and driest roughly from June to September.

    Confidence
    consistent
    Topic
    Seasons
    Checked
    Source
    Climate normals for Pangkalan Bun. Rain falls in every month. It usually comes as afternoon or night storms.

  15. In dry El Niño years, peat and forest fires can bring smoke haze to Kalimantan between August and October, as in 2015, 2019 and 2023.

    Confidence
    consistent
    Topic
    Seasons
    Checked
    Source
    Reports from regional weather and environment agencies. Check the haze forecast in the weeks before travel.

  16. Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre near Sandakan (Sabah, Malaysia) holds feeding sessions at about 10:00 and 15:00.

    Confidence
    consistent
    Topic
    Other places
    Checked
    Source
    Sabah Wildlife Department visitor information.

  17. Semenggoh Nature Reserve near Kuching (Sarawak, Malaysia) holds feeding sessions at about 09:00 and 15:00; in fruiting season the orangutans may not come.

    Confidence
    consistent
    Topic
    Other places
    Checked
    Source
    Sarawak Forestry visitor information.

  18. On the Kinabatangan River (Sabah) orangutans are seen wild from boats, without feeding platforms, so sightings are never guaranteed.

    Confidence
    consistent
    Topic
    Other places
    Checked
    Source
    Lodge and guide reports.

  19. Bukit Lawang in North Sumatra is the trekking gateway to Gunung Leuser National Park, home of the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), also Critically Endangered.

    Confidence
    confirmed
    Topic
    Other places
    Checked
    Source
    IUCN Red List; Gunung Leuser National Park information.

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