Tanjung Puting National Park Trips & Tours

With all its luscious rainforest and tropical swamps, Tanjung Puting National Park in south Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) is about as wild as wild can be. It is best known as a conservation haven for the Bornean orangutan and is one of the last places on earth where these magnificent apes still thrive. A century ago, it was thought there were over 230,000 orangutans left in the wild; today, it’s estimated to be around 105,000 making them an endangered species. Most visitors will spend two nights on a liveaboard riverboat and drift along the meandering Sekonyer River to feeding stations and the iconic Camp Leakey, a rehabilitation centre for orangutans that offers the chance to see the apes in a semi-wild setting. Otherwise, trek through the jungle and look for them on foot alongside other species like proboscis monkeys, gibbons and clouded leopards. If you would like to hike, consider visiting from July to September when it’s usually dry with consistent temperatures.

While the Bornean orangutans are the sure stars, this park is a biodiversity hotspot and you'll also encounter creatures like gibbons, macaques, sun bears, and even crocodiles. Tanjung Puting is a hive of birdlife with over 230 species and its famous 'bird lakes', where endangered waterbirds nest.