Day 01 ARRIVAL IN BANJARMASIN
Meet at airport and directly transfer to hotel for check in. Next, exploring Banjarese river civilization by taking an afternoon canal sightseeing. Afterwards, return to hotel for overnight. Free at your own leisure.
Day 02 BANJARMASIN – MERATUS MOUNTAIN
After breakfast, we will leave to Batu Kambar village for about 5 hours drive which is located on the foot of Meratus Mountain. Arrive at the village and take a rest while sightseeing the longhouse of Bukit Dayak. Afterwards, we will be trekking to the jungle crossing secondary rainforest, hills, hanging and suspended bamboo bridges, villager farmlands, rivers and cascades, longhouses, cinnamon and rubber trees. Lunch will be served en route, dinner and overnight on bivouac/tent. (B,L,D)
Day 03 DATAR ALAI – JUMANTIR
After breakfast, we will be trekking to Sungai Karuh waterfall while exploring vegetation and animals on our trail. Next, we will be trekking uphill for about 2 hours to Jumantir by crossing dense primary rainforest. In the afternoon, we will learn from the Dayak man how to set the animal trap. In the peaceful evening, we can have a short trekking to explore the nocturnal wildlife of the jungle. (B,L,D)
Day 04 JUMANTIR – MOUNT BESAR PEAK
After breakfast, we will be trekking uphill through mossy trees and orchids to reach the peak of mount Besar, the roof of South Borneo where we can see beautiful panorama of Borneo dense jungle from above. Lunch will be served en route, dinner and overnight on bivouac/tent. (B,L,D)
Day 05 MOUNT BESAR PEAK – KATUAN
After packing up our stuff, we will be trekking down the peak to Katuan for about 5 hours. On our trail, we will hear and see plenty of gibbons jump on trees. We will set a campsite in the middle of the jungle to be more exploring the fascinating atmosphere of the nature, where both diurnal and nocturnal animals play role for the balance of ecology. Lunch will be served en route, dinner and overnight on bivouac/tent. (B,L,D)
Day 06 KATUAN – HARATAI
Proceed to Haratai waterfall crossing primary and secondary rainforest, hills, hanging and suspended bamboo bridges, villager farmlands, rivers and cascades, longhouses, cinnamon and rubber trees. Lunch will be served en route, dinner and overnight on bivouac/tent/longhouse. (B,LD)
Day 07 HARATAI – BAMBOO RAFTING – BANJARMASIN
After breakfast, we will be trekking down to Loksado for about 2 hours crossing secondary rainforest, hills, hanging and suspended bamboo bridges, villager farmlands, rivers and cascades, longhouses, cinnamon and rubber trees. Afterwards, taking an adventure trip of bamboo rafting across beautiful landscape of tropical rainforest along the Amandit riverside meanwhile our coach will be waiting on the downstream for transferring to Banjarmasin for overnight on hotel. (B,L)
Day 08 FLOATING MARKET – DEPARTURE
Early in the morning, we will leave to floating market for exploring the unique culture of Banjarese that trade commodities from boat to boat, then return to hotel crossing Banjarmasin River while sightseeing people activities at riverside, free at your own leisure till the proper time for transferring to airport for your next destination. (B)