BORNEO WILDERNESS

JUNGLE EXPEDITION

 

Cross the Borneo from coast to coast in strenuous jungle expedition. Adventurous conquest the third-largest island on the planet.

Never-ending wilderness. probably the hardest jungle on the earth.

 

 

Place: Kalimantan Borneo, Indonesia.
Environment: Jungle.
Activities: Trekking, rafting.
Goal: Cross Borneo Island from coast to coast.
Time: 18 days. Possible to combine with our Indonesian expeditions.

 

This expedition start in Samarinda - ugly, dusty city where we prepare supplies. From Samarinda, we travel 2 days and 2 nights on local passenger ship. Watching the jungle, sunrises on the Mahakam River. It's relaxing, romantic time before the hardships start...

 

Last large village we visit is Long Bagun. It has strong atmosphere of wild west frontier town. Place where gold miners, river sailors, and some Dayaks meet and buy supplies before coming back to the jungle.

WILD RIVERS STAGE: River ships cannot travel upriver from Long Bagun, the river is too strong for them. So we hire private motorboat. A small, but powerful one. Two 150-horsepower engines are just a necessity for this stage. We need to go nearly 100 miles upstream by waterfalls, cruising slowly between rocky walls of canyons. This is a "adventure in Chalcon's style".

We stop for a night in a small village Long Apari. It's time to hire guide and porters to carry our equipment. Time for buy your last beer at enormous price, drink it, and forget about the civilization comforts.

JUNGLE EXPEDITION STAGE: This is the challenge what you wanted! We need to cross Miller's Range on middle Borneo. To do that, we need to trek in mud and swamps.

We need to cut branches on our way. We need to sleep in a jungle, beware of poisonous snakes and spiders. We need to find our way thru the impassable wilderness. That's all because we wanted the real adventure.

 

 

BEWARE:

So far only a handful of well equipped and prepared expeditions completed this travel. For join in, you need to be in proper psychical shape, and understand that it's not a child's play.

Indonesian visa required.

CLE scenario and time:

1 – Samarinda.
2,3 – Travel in river ship.
4,5 – Long Bagun.
6-15 – Jungle river and trekking phase.
16-17 – Putussibau and Pontianak.
18 – Flight to Jakarta and out of operation zone.

Price: Individual 8500 USD.
Group 2800-3500 USD per person depending on group size.

Included: All Chalcon Line fees. Service of leading guide. Rented equipment. Supplies for the trekking. Guides and porters. Rented boats and fuel. Accomodation in a cities and villages.

Excluded: Airfares and taxes. Insurance. Tips for local guides.

 

Special price and substantial discounts if scenario will be combined with parts of program "Adventurous Indonesia" (You can choose eg. Bali madness, adventures on the Islands, and Irian Jaya for complete your Indonesian experience).