Central Kalimantan
Central Kalimantan (Kalimantan Tengah, Kalteng) is a province in the central and southern part of Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia.
Regions
Palangka Raya City |
South Barito Regency including East Barito Regency. |
North Barito Regency including Murung Raya Regency. |
Kapuas Regency including Gunung Mas and Pulang Pisau Regency. |
West Kotawaringin Regency including Lamandau and Sukamara Regency. |
East Kotawaringin Regency including Katingan and Seruyan Regency. |
Cities
- 🌍 Palangkaraya — the capital of Central Kalimantan province.
- 🌍 Buntok — the seat of South Barito regency.
- 🌍 Kuala Kapuas — the seat of Kapuas regency.
- 🌍 Muara Teweh — the seat of North Barito regency.
- 🌍 Pangkalanbun — the seat of West Kotawaringin regency.
- 🌍 Sampit — the seat of East Kotawaringin regency.
Other destinations
- 🌍 Tanjung Puting National Park — famous for its orangutan conservation. The national park consists of various (partly degraded) forest types, including peat swamp forests, mangroves, and coastal beach forests.
- 🌍 Kumai — riverside town.
Understand
Flora and fauna
Central Kalimantan is also home for many endemic floras and faunas like orangutans, proboscis monkeys, hornbill birds, rattan, and Bornean iron wood.
Get in
- Tjilik Riwut Airport (PKY IATA), in Palangkaraya. has frequent flights from Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, and also direct domestic flights from Surabaya, Balikpapan, Pontianak, and smaller airports across Kalimantan.
- Iskandar Airport (PKN IATA), at Pangkalan Bun. The airport has flights to/from several major cities (such as Jakarta, Surabaya, and Banjarmasin) with Trigana Air.
- 🌍 H. Asan Airport (SMQ IATA Sampit Airport).
Get around
See
Do
You can go up the central river on a boat and visit orangutan reserves.