Borneo Photo Gallery by Stew Gitlin at pbase.com

Borneo

This was the pre-trip to the Indonesian Island of Borneo. The main draw here was the rain forest where we got to see Orangutans. Borneo is one of only two islands (Sumatra being the other), where Orangutans can still be seen in the wild. We traveled by boat up the Sekonyer River to an eco-lodge, where feeding stations were set up along the river to help in the conservation of these animals.

Visiting a local market in Kumai before boarding our Klotok boats for a trip up the Sekonyer River to our eco-lodge
		We visited 3 different feeding stations along the Sekonyer River to view the Orangutans	Tanjung Puting National Park
The view from my eco-lodge room towards the river	Several boats at the first feeding station	For some reason, my pictures from the first feeding station didn't turn out very well, but got a lot better at the next two :)

While traveling to the feeding stations we also saw families of Proboscis monkeys

			Our Klotok at our eco-lodge where we had all our meals
Approaching the second feeding station	A carnivorous Pitcher plant on the path to the feeding station
Mama and baby		Here comes Papa, an absolutely enormous animal


A little village along the river	An Orangutan nest	We also saw many long-tailed grey Macaques along the river

Our Klotok	At the 3rd feeding station, Thomas was just standing right there along the path	Our guide actually worked at this feeding station for several years, and knew Thomas




An Orangutan along the river bank eating a jackfruit			We visited a village on our way back for our flight back to Jakarta

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