Camp Leakey

Borneo Orangutan Adventure - Kalimantan Camp Leakey - Kalstar

Klotok trip to Tanjung Puting and Camp leakey in search of Orang Utan.
Flights with Lion Air and Kalstar aviation.
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Orangutan - Camp Leakey Borneo Indonesia

ABOUT CAMP LEAKEY

Located in the Tanjung Puting Reserve (now National Park) in Central Borneo, Camp Leakey was established in 1971 by Dr. Biruté Galdikas and former spouse Rod Brindamour. It was named after the legendary paleo-anthropologist, Louis Leakey, who was both mentor and an inspiration to Dr. Galdikas as well as Drs. Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey. Originally consisting of just two huts, Camp Leakey is now an assemblage of permanent wooden structures designed to provide a base for scientists, staff, students, and Park Rangers.

Over the years, Camp Leakey has supported the research efforts of dozens of scientists and students including undergraduate and graduate students from Indonesia (Univeristas Nasional & Universitas Gajamada) and North America. Many have gone on to receive their Ph.D. degrees. Projects have ranged from orangutan, proboscis monkey, gibbon and leaf-eating monkey behavior and ecology, to studies of orangutan sign language abilities and cognition, to leech behavior, and river system ecology.

As an active research facility, Camp Leakey welcomes day visitors with local guides. Visitors are not allowed to overnight at Camp Leakey. OFI staff ask that you come with the appropriate permits, check-in with the rangers, observe the orangutans from a safe distance, and do not disturb the scientists conducting research.

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Kalimantan 3: Tanjung Puting (Camp Leakey)

Referalized and wild Borneo orangutans

Camp Leakey Borneo Indonesia Jan 5 2012

Oranutangs of Camp Leakey,Tanjung Puting (Kalimantan, Borneo)

Our visit to Camp Leakey in Kalimantan (1992). In this centre Oranutangs are released back into the wild if possible. Some of them are too used to people, so they stay around the camp all year round.
We rented a private klotok (boat) in Pankalan Bun for 5 days and visited Tanjung Puting for several days. Many probiscus monkeys, a hidden town with gold miners and uranutangs in the wild.

River Cruise Tours in Camp Leakey,Borneo Indonesia

Fantastic river cruise tours in camp leakey borneo indonesia with klotok.

Tanjung Puting National Park, West Kotawaringin Regency, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Tanjung Puting National Park is a national park in Indonesia located in the southeast part of West Kotawaringin Regency in the Indonesian province of Central Kalimantan (Central Borneo). The nearest main town is the capital of the Regency, Pangkalan Bun. The park is famous for its orangutan conservation. Tanjung Puting offers a safe and comfortable jungle river cruise, open to anyone, that brings you up close and personal with Borneo's great ape, the orangutan. This winning combination, part African Queen and part National Geographic, has made it the most popular tourist destination in Kalimantan, with many people flying in and out on their way to Bali or Borobodur. Cruises go up Sungai Sekonyer, in one corner of the huge 4150-sq-km park, and past three orangutan feeding stations, where you come ashore and watch the 'people of the forest' emerge from hiding – an amazing moment. Just as amazing, the park is largely the result of a single remarkable woman. Dr Biruté Galdikas is a member of Leakey's Angels, a trio of young women trained by famous naturalist Louis Leakey to study the world's great primates in the wild. For Diane Fossey it was the gorilla, for Jane Goodall the chimpanzee, and for Galdikas the orangutan. In 1971 the young primatologist arrived at Tanjung Puting by canoe and soon established Camp Leakey, where she still lives at certain times of year. Here she made such seminal discoveries as the orangutan's eight-year birth cycle, which makes the species highly vulnerable to extinction. A very personal approach to 'her' orangutans has lost her some supporters in the academic establishment, but the fact remains that the 6000 wild orangutans living in Tanjung Puting today are the single largest population in the world. The park serves as an orangutan rehabilitation centre, where orphaned or formerly captive individuals are trained to live in the wild. Part of that process is daily hour-long feedings at jungle platforms, open to visitors. Females arrive with their clinging young to feed on a pile of bananas, which they peel with their lips. If you're lucky, they'll scatter before a large male, with his enormous cheek pads and powerful body – a most impressive sight. The highlight is spotting the current alpha male, Tom, but since males range widely, this is hit or miss. Wild orangutans can also be seen along the river, particularly at low tide, when they come to eat palm fruit, and around Camp Leakey, where they like to sit on the boardwalk. While some may appear deceptively tame, do not attempt to touch or feed them, or to get between a mother and child, as certain apes are prone to bag-snatching and occasionally biting visitors. The other significant reason for Tanjung Puting's popularity, which should not to be underestimated, is the klotok. The Sekonyer is navigated on your own private riverboat, a romantic form of travel that leaves you feeling like a rajah. These two-storey, 8m to 10m wooden craft come with captain, mate and cook, and serve as both home and viewing platform. During the day you sit up top on an open deck, surveying the jungle with binoculars in one hand and a drink in the other, as the boat chugs along its narrow channel. Come twilight you moor on the edge of the jungle, listening to its primordial sounds as the cook makes a fine dinner. Later you retire to your own mattress and mosquito net, with stars twinkling overhead. Believe us when we say that you could get used to this life, particularly when its price is so reasonable. And that is why you won't be alone, especially in July and August, when feeding stations get very crowded. But, apart from seeing other rajahs passing by, this is still an authentic experience, as our own research trip confirmed, when a rare clouded leopard swam right in front of the boat in broad daylight. More common sights include macaques, pot-bellied proboscis monkeys, darting kingfishers, majestic hornbills and – if you're lucky – toothy gharials, a remarkable crocodile best seen at low tide, and the reason why you should avoid swimming (a visitor was eaten at Camp Leakey a decade ago). Tanjung Puting is best visited during the dry season (May to September). The park's 200 varieties of wild orchid bloom mainly from January to March, but the abundance of March fruit may lure orangutans away from feeding platforms. At any time, bring rain protection and insect repellent. For an even more luxurious jungle cruise, consider the Rahai'i Pangun in Palangka Raya.

Tom a Camp leakey Borneo

Selva de Borneo Kalimantan.

Great Camp Leakey orangutans

Go ape about our most exotic destination yet -- Borneo! Brandon hangs in the world's oldest rainforest tracking one of Indonesia's rarest gems, the highly intelligent and endangered orangutan. To do your part in Orangutan conservation visit: Don't forget to like our Facebook page for the latest episodes and updates!

Tanjung Puting-Camp Leakey- Indonesia Agosto 2015

Tanjung Puting-Camp Leaky- Indonesia Agosto 2015,orangutanes comiendo y bebiendo leche,se peude ver a un orangutan avaricioso con3 o 4 platanos en la boca que se acerca a nosotros.Y al rey Tom.El macho jefe.

Orion II Expedition Cruise Borneo Camp Leakey - Faces in the Forest

These videos are from our expedition cruise on board the Orion II which sailed from Singapore to Borneo to Bali, Indonesia. These are wild orangutans in Camp Leakey. Dr, Birete Mary Galdikas, the founder of Camp Leakey was on the trip with us and gave us a personal tour of Camp Leakey and the Orangutan Care Center. Sorry...no videos of the baby Orangutans (forbidden by OFI), but we were able to hold them and play with he youngsters. Way too cool!

Things to do in Kalimantan, Indonesia (Indonesian Borneo)

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We went to an overnight trip to central Kalimantan and it was amazing. We got to meet the orangutans, planted the trees to help the jungle, ate delicious food on klotok, and was countless fireflies at night. It was an amazing experience. Sleeping on the riverboat at night was one of the highlights. And of course, orangutans are amazing. :)

Tanjung Puting National Park - Central Kalimantan

September 2017

River Cruise, Sekonyer Village, Sekonyer River, Tanjung Harapan, Leisure On Boat, Orangutan Feeding, Wildlife Spotting, Overnight On Boat, Camp Leakey


Music by Dark Borneo: Traditional Dayak music instrument called Sape'

Camp Leakey

Tanjung Puting-Camp Leakey 2019

Tanjung Puting-Camp Leakey 2019
Pangkalan Bun adalah Ibu kota Kabupaten Kotawaringin Barat di Kalimantan Tengah, Indonesia. Pangkalan Bun merupakan bagian dari Kecamatan Arut Selatan dan aglomerasi dari beberapa wilayah kelurahan, terutama Kelurahan Mendawai, Raja, Mendawai Seberang, dan Raja Seberang.

Maureen driving the Klotok on the river in Kalimantan, Borneo.

Our group had a fabulous time as we lived on the Indonesian Klotoks for a few days. We navigated the waterways of Kalimantan, stopping to visit Orangutan feeding stations, the local village and reforestation areas.
Awesome Experiences, Photography and Interactions!

Indonesia: Up The Sungai Kumai River by Klotok in Kalimantan

Borneo is the third largest island in the world and divided between Malaysia, Brunei (a small area) and Indonesia. Tourists (like us) hire a klotok in Kumei and set up the Sungai Kumai River to visit the different Orangutan reserves.

Our little klotok had a captain, cabin boy, cook and guide Fery. A klotok is definitely an experience...chugging slowly up the Sugai Kumai with Proboscis Monkeys, lush greenery and the sounds of the forest.

go to camp leakey

Tanjung Puting National Park is a national park in Indonesia located on the island of Borneo in the Indonesian province of Central Kalimantan. The park is famous for its orangutan conservation and this is my trip to go to camp leakey to see the orang utans with my friends using klotok for the transportation