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The gateway to East Kalimantan and one of the gateway to "Borneo Rainforest." Balikpapan is located between 1'LS-1, 5'LS and 116.5 'E-117'BT. Consisted of 5 District, bordering the city of Samarinda, Kutai Kartanegara, the Strait of Makassar, and Regency Sand. The total area of approximately 503,306 km2. Although the indigenous Dayak tribes, but the life of a multi-ethnis (heterogeneous) are characteristic in the life of this city.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Sungai Wain Orangutan Rehabilitation and Jungle 

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Samboja Lestari National Park & Reserve with Rain Forest and Orangutan Rehabilitation Center "Wanariset" is about a hour drive from Balipapan city as the main Gateway to East Kalimantan. Samboja Sungai Wain National Park is the location of Samboja Lodge as part of BOS (The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation), handling three different kinds of projects; orangutan and sunbear rehabilitation, till release back into their natural habitat, reforestation of the area with hardwood trees, and now also an ecolodge called "Samboja Ecolodge".
The Lodge has in total 26 rooms completed, 22 standard with Airconditioning, Two Suite Rooms with Airconditioning and hot water shower and 2 treetops suites, with fantastic view, and offcourse Airconditioning and hot water shower.
The Lodge is completed with a towering area to oversea the Jungle area, a Lobby and a Restaurant, laundry service and kitchen facilites, including an Internet access area.

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