Palangka Raya City Monument (Soekarno Monument)

This site is supposed to be a historical site,It has nice river view. We can see Sungai Kahayan vew with beautiful Jembatan Kahayan (Kahayan Bridge) on the left side. It's recommended to come here in the afternoon for best experienceIt is located right across Kalimantan Tengah Parliament Building (which is very nice), as the center of a city park located by the Kahayan River. 

Arboretum Nyaru Menteng

From Palangka Raya to here need around 30 minute, 28km. Borneo Orang Utan Survival Foundation stay here. So, if you lucky sometime we will can see if orang utan "naughty" out from school without permit to his/her teacher we can see at tree very near.

We can joint see how BOSF take rehabilitation for orang utan by film video only at saturday and monday at their nformation building. Free, but entrance to here we will had entrance parking fee 2 times.



Beside left of BOSF office we can find jungle track for go to jungle,but many jungle track not in good condition need carefully.
We can see to solar bear at BOSF office.
we will see many plant, tree, mushroom etc, that why this area call arboretum.

If you want to visit BOS in Nyaru Menteng, come in Saturday dan Sunday. And remember please that they are not for tourist attraction, so manage your hope to see them behind the glass. In spite of that I think it's good for our children to see and understand about Orangutan by visiting this place.

Carmelite Monastery

About 30 km from Palangkaraya, the capital city of Central Borneo, there is a Carmelite Monastery.
it was quite, far from the city, and peaceful. the nuns are very low profile. we can access the hill with walking through the stone path. dont forget the sunblock because the heat is strong enough to make sunburn, and not much trees on the top of the hill. bring your own foods and drinks. This place is clean, and has many trash can. we can buy some souvenir from the nun if you ring the bell.
They live in a quite good and clean place. In this area, there is a church, some rooms for meditation and a hill with 14 Stations of The Cross statues plus 2 additional statues.
This place is open for public, but specially for meditation and praying purposes.
There is no room service and no admission fee, but it's better to give donation for their lives.

Sabangau National Park

The Sabangau National Park is 600,000 hectares of tropical peat-swamp forest in southern Central Kalimantan, rich in biodiversity and especially noted for supporting the largest world population of the endangered orangutan.  

WWF-Indonesia works closely among the local community within and bordering the Sebangau ecosystem to promote sustainable, responsible and innovative livelihoods. Their community based eco tourism initiative, focused in the villages of Baun Bango, Jahanjang and Karuing on the Katingan River, is a mechanism for supplementary and sustainable income generation linked to protection of this area of high conservation importance and as a major global store of carbon.

The Old Church in Central Kalimantan

Swiss Protestant missionaries built this Church in 1807 with local people, who they had trained as carpenters.

Made in a traditional glass town in Germany, the magnificent stained glass window is one of only 2 in the world. The other one is in Brazil.

The carpentry school, located behind the Church, was established in 1946, when it was clear that the wood working skills of the people were of a very high standard, and could be developed even further by training. Working by traditional methods, this workshop produces high quality cabinets, tables and chairs for the local and export markets.

Fantacy Beach (Km 21)

Fantacy Beach. A former sand excavation on the edge of the road. Current conditions resemble a Lake the size of a football field. That comes a variety of family tourismrides like the flying fox, kayaking, café to the gazebo to relax. A young coconut ice and ditumpahi by the Sun of a beautiful sunset be the complement in the late activity enjoy the charms of Palangka Raya.

Tjilik Riwut fantasy Beach is the name of one of the streets that are located in the city of Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan. The street names are taken from the name ofthe Governor of Central Kalimantan, namely the Tjilik Riwut is also the native Dayakpeople. This way there are a few tourist attractions that can be found when you areto visit Palangkaraya. One of the attractions that are on the road is the Fantasy Beach.

Visitors no longer need to bother enter far into the Fantasy Beach location from Tjilik Riwut Street. Because of the location of water attractions is located right at the edge of the road at km. 21. There is a location in the city centre, making the Fantasy Beach became one of the purposes of recreation for urban communities in Palangkaraya. Especially during school holidays, where Fantasy Beach will be filled by visitors is largely a community living in Palangkaraya.

They come en masse either with family or friends who came with them. Part waterfront Beach Fantasy in the form of sand as usual found on other beaches. Although the name of this tourist attraction is the Fantasy Beach with sand at the edges, but actually Fantasy Beach is not a beach. But actually Fantasy Beach is an artificial lake formed from a former sand quarry.

The location which is now the Fantasy Beach in the past was the location of the mining galiannya left open without further reclamation process by the mine Manager once completed are explored. Maybe the reason Manager named this place with the Fantasy Beach because the edge of the Lake that has a sand beach. Fortunately there are who have the idea to turn this former quarry into a tourist attraction.

So the former quarry that flooded could be harnessed, not even an eyesore because of the gaping hole left occupied, so just ditepi the road. To conjure the former quarry Lake mine to be turned into a decent place as a tourist attraction, then the Manager Fantasy Beach build several supporting facilities.

Combined with a man-made Lake built above it can eventually entice visitors to come to the Fantasy Beach. Now Fantasy Beach have changed from the former miningminerals not eye-catching, became a lake that offers various water games and entertainment are also equipped with other supporting facilities that can make visitors feel more comfortable when you're here.

There is a dock that was built on Lake Fantasy Beach. The pier is used as a bersandarnya boat tours. Boat tours referred to here is the boat called klotok River by local people, but here used for delivering visitors to berkelililng Lake. Large capacity klotok River can be used en masse do it with family or groups of friends.

In addition as a place to lean klotok River, dock is also digunakansebagai place bicycle leaning against the water. Above the pier built semi permanent building with a roof on the upper part. It is these buildings lined up under a water bike ready to usher the visitors playing on the Lake. The form of this assortment of water bikes, but most follow the shape of the animals whose lives not far from the water, for examplea sea horse and duck.

The unique shape can be an additional attraction, especially for children. Usually they'd have to water rather than ride a bicycle up the klotok River to get around the Lake. It's just water from the bike's capacity is limited. Water bike only able to accommodate 2 adults with 1 child small, could be put on the middle part of the bike.

Although the movement is slow, but water could be riding my bike feels good. Especially when relaxing with family members shared pedaling a bicycle pedal along thewaters of the lake water for the Fantasy Beach. In addition to being used for gamesand water bikes klotok River, Lake Fantasy Beach is also used for swimming. At the time the Lake is filled with holiday visitors a pleasant swim.

Visitors that swim not only adults, but also a lot of small children. Usually young children swimming in the Lake with the help of small round buoy. The middle part of the hole where the buoy embedded in the chest of the children. So they could while playing water floating on the Lake. On the banks of this Lake there is also a circular slide with a height ranging from 2 x tall adults.

From the top of the Tower slides look many young children queue up to wait their turn to glide above the slide towards the waters of the Lake. For visitors with hobbyactivities fishing, Fantasy Beach has a separate specially for the event. In this fish-stocked pond fish that can be caught using hook fished fish.

Those hobby fishing could spend long hours in the pool collects fish while waiting for the next fish landed in the hook them. In the area of Fantasy Beach there are lakeside lodges are used as a place to eat. In this cottage visitors can enjoy dishes that are served by the Manager in a lake that was filled by the activities of visitors.

Where to eat in the form of the lodge on the shores of Lake Fantasy Beach could make it easier for visitors. Because if you want to they don't have to bother preparingfood supplies before heading out with family or friends to enjoy recreation in the Fantasy Beach.

Kereng Bangkirai Dock

A small village named Kereng Bangkirai. Travel about 30 minutes, a wonderful view of a stretch of the river like a giant Lake. Passing by the little of it, impressive klotok river transport are the main residents of local citizens as well as some of the village children are engrossed bath.

Just a 20-minute ride from the airport we have until Kereng Bangkirai Palangkaraya dock which became the entrance to the Park. In the afternoon, Kereng bangkirai  Pier is always crowded by people who want to relax, bathing in the black water to enjoy the sunset.

Kereng Bengkirai Pier Palangkaraya City  former Tribune paddle arena transformed into tourist attractions on the outskirts of sungai Sebangau. It turns out that this Government's efforts succeeded in raising animo visitors came to the place.

Sebangau River cruising around in a small chartered Klotok (boat) with low-cost

Visit Batu Ampar. A location that had made local people to look for natural stone. The distance is about 30 minutes from the Kereng Bangkirai pier . Along the way, treated to outstanding views across the beautiful Lakes.

Thousands of rasau tree look crept over the water. In his narrow crevices that River ride.

Almost every afternoon, children who lived in the area of the river Kereng Bangkirai,Palangka Raya spent time playing in the water. After school, the Pier became a favorite place of Bangkirai Kereng these kids to play.

Tahai Lake

The Lake is located in the village of Tahai, the municipality of Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan province. The Lake is located approximately 30 km from the city of Palangkaraya heading into the area ofSampit. The word itself is derived from the Tahai Dayak meaning Lake.

Based on a story developing in communities surrounding there are 2 versions that develop on asal-muasalnya Lake. The first version States that it was formed because the Tahai Lake accumulation of standing water at the site of the mining of sand. While the second version is due to changes in river flow Kahayan, resulting in standing water that does not follow the flow of the river. However, from the second version until today there is no official data about the formation of Lake Tahai.

Indeed in the area of Borneo, there is an awful lot of the Lake. But most of the public prefer the Tahai Lake as one its goals. This is because in this Lake has some distinction of on other lakes in the region of Borneo. The privilege is a Lake has a different water color is red. Based on the research results, the red color is formed because water comes from a ground water peat and tree roots in the peat. Another privilege isthe scenery around the Lake a very riveting because the tourists can see the unique views, that is, a view of the floating homes by surrounding communities called houses down.

Tourism in the region is Lake Tahai wooden bridge that surround the Lake District and also the menghubunggkan Lake to the forest area, so the tourists can walk into the middle of the Lake while enjoying a very enchanting natural scenery. For travelers who have a hobby of backpacking, can down a forest area near the Lake with a hefty trekking challenge because in addition to the right and left many overgrown trees that were still awake and preserved. But the visitors don't have to worry because inthe forest have made tracks out of wood that can be traversed by tourists.

Entering the forest area, the tourists will be treated to the picturesque scenery, the cool air and equipped with the melodious sounds of chirping birds. If your lucky, youcan meet with Uwak, Uwak-i.e. a type of APE that only exists in the forest area protected by the Government because the population was nearly extinct. Well, for visitors who are exhausted after trekking in the Woods, in the area of tourism has also provided some of the gazebo in the bridge area which can be used to sit just unwind.

This Lake also provided a wide range of facilities that can be used or hired bicycle, such as swans, paddle boat, karaoke, restaurants, small mosque, an adequate parking area equipped security post and for visitors who want to stay. On site there are also attractions lodging in the form of a House with a range of prices starting from Rp 75000.0 to Rp 200,000.0--per night.

Is about 1 km from the Lake Tahai are also captive Nyaru Menteng Orang Utan. Breeding Foundation belongs to the BOSS (the Borneo Orangutan Survival). But unfortunately this captivity is open to the public only on Sundays or public holidays. So for those who want to complete a vacation at Lake Tahai this could visit on holidays

The location of the Lake is indeed a little bit get into, about 3 km from the edge of the highway. But tourists need not worry, because to get to the location could havebeen quite easily. Tourists can use the public transportation in the form of a bus heading for Sampit purpose Palangkaraya was down in the village and then walk to theTahai site Lake Tahai. In addition to public transport, visitors also can get a locationwith a private two-wheel or four wheel. Access is very easy because the road to tourism have been paved and pretty good.

Kumkum Park

Kumkum Park is one of the attractions of the vibrant city of Palangkaraya visited every day. Tourism is not far from the bridge that became an icon of the city Kahayan Palangkaraya, on top of the Kahayan River. Because it is not too far from the center of the city of Palangkaraya, tourist places of this one being the most visited place during the holiday season or even on ordinary days.

Kumkum in the form of one of the communities in PalangkaRaya, and probably is one of the closest tourist destination. And because the only tourist destination that is closest, then very reasonable if in certain days this very crowded tourist attractions.

Attractions in the form of shady places that provide wooden shacks that is home staging and is shaded by rubber trees. And if water again pairs, water-water from the River would be under the kahayan shacks. And all the location was above the stage-stage of the wood.

Many people refer to this as Kumkum Park Zoo is small because there are few animals that inhabit this place, such as: Aloe, honey bear, hornbills and monkeys. Available huts hut resembling stilts surrounded shadowy rubber tree as a place where you can enjoy the Kahayan River water flow while eating the food and drink you messageor just simply sit on top of these huts while surfing into the virtual world using freewifi. To use the huts you can rent them at a price of Rp. 10000.0-/hour on a typical day and Rp. 20000.0-/hour on Sundays or public holidays.

The road connecting places with each other was built over the river Kahayan usingwood boards. On the roadside of a wooden plank seating is also available that are free for you to use. The visitors in this tourist attraction will be entertained by live music that was in the Flexiholic Stage. Garden Tours Kumkum is open from 12:00-8:00 am 5:30 pm. To be able to enjoy everything that you enough to spend to buy the ticket for Rp. 2500.0-

From downtown Palangkaraya you can ride public transportation to the theme parks Kumkum which is only about 5 km away.

Kahayan Bridge (Icon Palangka Raya City)

Kahayan bridge is a landmark (icon) of the city of Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan Province. Palangkaraya is the largest city in Indonesia with an area of approximately 2678 square km. Kahayan River bisecting the Kahayan bridge and connects the city of Palangkaraya with 4 districts: South Barito Regency, East Barito, Murung Jaya and Northern Borneo. Despite the inauguration of the bridge was conducted on January 13, 2002 by President Megawati Sukarnoputri at that time, but the construction of the Kahayan Bridge started in 1995 and was completed in 2001.

The bridge along the 640 m and a width of 9 meters has red bows along the span of150 m and a height of 36 m which is just above the Kahayan River cruise lines. In addition to transportation, the bridge is also widely used by local residents as a place to hang-out on the edge of the bridge while looking like the Kahayan River activities:fro fishermen looking for fish, paddle athletes practicing under the bridge or just simply enjoy the Kahayan river views from the top of the bridge. Many traders also are available and kept peddling above the bridge.

Kahayan bridge is a bridge that divides the city of Palangkaraya in the Kahayan River, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. The bridge has a length of 640 meters wide and 9 meters, consisting of 12 landscape with special landscape along the 150 meters on the Groove cruise of the river.

The bridge was first built in 1995 and was completed in 2001, and was inauguratedby President Megawati Sukarnoputri on January 13, 2002. Kahayan bridge connects downtown Palangkaraya with Wards Pahandut Opposite and translucent to the District Home of the knife, Mt. Mas, Kapuas, Barito Selatan, Barito Utara, and more.

Kahayan bridge can be reached very easily because it is only about 1 km from the Centre of the city of Palangkaraya. You can walk to the bridge from the city of Palangkaraya Kahayan while enjoying the view of the city of Palangkaraya along the way.

Tangkiling Hill & The Legend

Down the hills in the area of the municipality of Palangkaraya, it feels incomplete when yet this one up the Hill, Tangkiling Hill. It is located far from the city centre, the exact Tjilik Riwut Jl Km 32 directions out of town. From all directions, the lush overgrown Hill appears to be trees.

To enter the area of the foothills, from Banturung Village had to drove 1600 m again. Do not imagine the difficulty of the terrain that must be traversed towards the foot of the Hill, because it is no longer a footpath, but paved roads that are occasionally flooded when it rained. New hardships, felt after being on the Ridge, steep uphill and running down the street in front of the eyes.

Tangkiling hill located in the city of Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan. the distance of the journey from the city of Palangka Raya approximately 34 Km with it takes about 30 minutes. This place is usually crowded days, holiday leisure because many people to this place, on the Hill of Tangkiling there is a rock that is shaped like a boat, it was said that his story on this rock of yore was a boat turned to stone (basaluh) by the Almighty due to the occurrence of a pali (abstinence) the story is almost similar to the legend of sangkuring:-) of this story, in the past the island of borneo is part of the ocean and past daratannya is only a little that is central and East region of the island of borneo is now = When it's tangkiling Hill belongs to the Mainland so that there can be a village, it was dikampung there lived a mother and her son her husband was already dead. The mother was known with the bawi kuwu (a woman who is beautiful and ageless), within a day the mother was cooking nasi goreng fried without oil (bari sanga) when the mother was cooking turned out to be the son of her mother's urgently so that it continued to be served quickly because the child was hungry, the mother tried to be patient but the child even more and merengek-rengek notkaruan then drop it this the mother patience accidentally, he swung solet (suruk: tools create FRY) to the head of his son sasaat after he struck me on the head of his son turned out to have fresh blood flowing so that the child is becoming frantic and furious. In an instant the children ran out of the House she feels her mother no longer care for herself, her mother tried to pursue but the child so that it ran into a dock.In the harbour there is a ship that is being stopped, she comes from the land of China is in transit to sell ceramics in it and the children hiding at the bottom of the ship. His mother tried to find throughout all corners of the hometown but can not findit. She regretted her because her son's head has hit, and musing on what he had done that. Then shortly after unloading in the dock is completed then the Chinese shipwas finally pulled off her back and sail to the land of China. Long story short the last child hiding in the ship was discovered by the ship's captain and questioned why he was on his boat that, he answered truthfully that her mother had hit his head so that he thinks his mother is no longer a Darling on her, it is not possible to go back in again then by Captain of the ship he was allowed participate sailing after recovering he became steward on his boat that, due to its good he finally worked to merchants who have the ship , after all this time working with merchants and the child grows into a young man who was handsome, long time working in the country of China he became a confidante of the merchants even because the merchants of yesteryear do not have offspring then finally he was appointed as a child and was given the nameKilin, hardly felt year after year went by and the merchant and his wife had died. Then the Kilin intend to sail again to trade, then he contacted Captain who had saved him in the past, this Captain joyfully welcomed the plan Kilin then they started preparing for the voyage. Once the exact moment they sailed from country to country, from island to island and from sea to sea and sail the ocean until they came to the place of kampung si Kilin last originated. While they are in transit to this village and the young by Kilin a beautiful woman who brings strong to be switched on goods brought his ship. That time he fell in love with the woman and pretty soon he was proposing to her, the woman received this proposal but he admits that he's not a girl and she was never married before, for young children who are in love this isn't a problem then he remained on the establishment of the heart so that eventually they got married. After marriage he brought a woman into his ship, at the time a big ship called the Dayak community Banama name and pemilknya is called. Once the second spouse Banama program making out and down her head in the lap of Kilin this woman, so the woman was mengelus-ngelus kepalaKilin gently. While stroking the head of Kilin involves seeing a wound to her head and spontaneously ditanyakannyalah ha to Kilin,Kilin pun then recounts his past to this woman, that's when the woman is so shocked and pale with the face she said that her own mother who intended that, when theKilin heard it of course Kilin deny this outright and accuses the woman lying No, she said maybe if the woman was her mother because if his mother must have been older, her mother replied he didn't get old because he has begged the Almighty in order to be granted longevity so he was given the gift of beauty that does not fade. Quickly Kilin laugh at this thing so he finally uttered an oath if it is said the woman's right, let in was condemned by the Almighty. At that time there was a great calamity until Thunder and rain occurs responded said accompanied the storm when the Sun is shining bright ever took place, eventually due to a curse that ship (banama) owned Kilin turned to stone and the woman who turns out her mother ended up stuck inthe stone, while the fate of the crew and Kilin own unknown maybe they died and sank into the sea. Supposedly the story when the ship (Banama) it turns into her mother's stone caged in it masihlah life so residents who feel concerned can sometimesprovide meals and drinks as well as betel and areca nut through a hole that there isdibatu that, even if the thread is inserted in the hole the next day could be the clothwoven by women because it had been. Then a terrible thing happened, there's someone men who are eager to see the face of this woman because she has the longevity he is famous for having a beautiful face, this man then sticks his food to be givento women in rock, when the hand of the woman is extendable to pick it up, the manis forced to hold this woman's hand and tried to pull it out, but this woman tried toresist but very poor women have been closely terpegang by the male. Because annoyed with the refusal of women in stone last with this cruel male swinging the AX and cut off the hand of a woman's last-ever since then never again heard the woman'svoice or anything that indicates the presence of life in the rock are visible. 

According to the story of these events occur during the Tang dynasty, then the location of the event is named after the Tangkiling, whereas kilin showed in people who experienced the events of curse is the Kilin – Finally its mention being turned into Tangkiling on the present, then at that time the sea water has decreased so that the formation of the land, while the hometown residence Kilin and his mother turns out to be a hillnow, this is what now is called the Hill of tangkiling While the stone that resembles a ship and called stone banama we can see until now. But dear received this Hill he could be a flat stone quarries because increasing in accordance with the development of the more stretched in the city of Palangka Raya.