DID YOU KNOW THAT PRIMATE CAN SWIM? MEET THE PROBOSCIS MONKEY OF TANJUNG PUTTING NATIONAL PARK Proboscis monkeys are the primate world’s most prolific swimmers, frequently leaping from tree limbs and hitting the water with a comical belly flop. They’ve evolved webbed feet and hands to help them outpace the crocodiles that are some of … Read more
Did you know Orangutans play a part in planting their own forest? From observations made by the Tanjung Puting National Park Rangers and other researchers, Orangutans have been seen to help maintain their own forest. They turn over the soil on the forest floor searching for termites, in so doing ‘planting’ seeds fallen from trees … Read more
RIMBA ORANGUTAN ECOLODGE (ROEL) – current situation The ROEL was built in 1989 by the local owners using their own design, in preparation for an international great ape conference hosted by the Indonesian Government (GOI). At this meeting, the GOI became committed to the preservation of the orangutan, the key species of the Tanjung Puting … Read more
ABOUT OUR TOUR SOME OF THE BIRDS OF PARADISE OF PAPUA and SNORKELING IN RAJA AMPAT -Scroll Ke bawah untuk Bahasa Indonesia- The Red Birds of Paradise In cooperation with our travel partners, Ecolodges Indonesia through our travel company Ecosafari Indonesia run a tour in West Papua combining the Arfaks Mountains, a conservation area two … Read more
THE ANIMAL SIGHTED AT OUR LODGE THE BORNEAN ORANGUTAN EAT IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT. -Scroll kebawah untuk terjemahan dalam Bahasa- Our next animal in the The “Animals sighted” section of our blog is about interesting photos from our guide Hakim, shown us a young Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) was holding fruit of a Pandanus plan. … Read more
