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The village of Tanjung Harapan (TH), near the Rimba Orangutan Ecolodge (ROEL)

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The village of Tanjung Harapan (TH), near the Rimba Orangutan Ecolodge (ROEL) The 416,000 ha Tanjung Putting National Park in southern Central Kalimantan was set aside in the 1930s by the Dutch colonial government for the protection of the orangutan and proboscis monkey, and was designated as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1977 and a national park in 1982 (Wikipedia). It is one of Indonesia’s gems being the home of eight species of primate including […]

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DID YOU KNOW THAT PRIMATE CAN SWIM? MEET THE PROBOSCIS MONKEY OF TANJUNG PUTTING NATIONAL PARK

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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 their main predators. The Bekantan (Proboscis monkeys)   According to Wikipedia – The Proboscis monkey or long-nosed monkey, known as the […]

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Did you know Orangutans play a part in planting their own forest?

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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 above. As orangutans feed, moving across the canopy from fruit tree to fruit tree, they spit out or defaecate seeds, […]

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ANIMAL SIGHTEED AT OUR LODGE ORANGUTANS at the Rimba Orangutan Ecolodge (ROEL)

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ANIMAL SIGHTEED AT OUR LODGE ORANGUTANS at the Rimba Orangutan Ecolodge (ROEL)   One of the great sights at the Rimba is the sighting of an orangutan, usually a solitary male, in the trees overhead the lodge. Hearing the eerie long calls of males is common but sightings occur about once a month. John Nicolas, the pioneer of the company Solar Power Indonesia, took the attached video during a visit to monitor progress on the […]

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NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2020 – ECOLODGES INDONESIA

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NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2020 – ECOLODGES INDONESIA CONTENTS Introduction Developments – the Lodges Developments – Indonesian Conservation Foundation – Our World Some of the animals seen at our lodges over this period Ecosafari Indonesia The Future   INTRODUCTION Since the last Newsletter in June 2020, the COVID global situation has deteriorated affecting predictions on the length of this pandemic. Our original plans were based on an 18 month time-line from April 2020; we now think it […]

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ABOUT OUR TOUR SUNGAI BULUH KECIL TOUR IN TANJUNG PUTING NATIONAL PARK

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ABOUT OUR TOUR SUNGAI BULUH KECIL TOUR IN TANJUNG PUTING NATIONAL PARK The Tanjung Puting National Park in Central Kalimantan, Borneo is one of the ecological gems of Indonesia. One of the few places left in the world where you can see wild orangutans, the park contains seven other primate species and myriads of butterflies and other insects. The history of the park has been written up by Ecolodges Indonesia on  https://ecolodgesindonesia.com/tanjung-puting-national-park-history/ In the south […]

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