Mahakam river is one of the famous rivers in Kalimantan island or well known as a Borneo Island. To do the trip here would be a great opportunity in to your life. Why its so recommended ? Because you can eye witness a lot of local people activities with the different way from the life in the big city.

Some parts of the Mahakam’s life is still with traditional way. They use this river for almost their live activities such as taking a bath, washing the clothes and dishes, and the most important thing is their economic is depending of this river. Most of the people here work as local fisherman or hiring their boat for tourist or any local people.

Its not only the local people that we see, we could combine trip Mahakam Backpacker in Mahakam river to see the wooden village, dayak village and their famous long house, visit the beautiful lake with opportunity seeing Irrawaddy or well known as “pesut”. Our local guide will telling a local story and history.

And also take a canoe for finding any wild animals like horn bill, proboscis monkey, snake, heron, king fisher etc. We will use any public transportation or hire a car, try local cuisine at local restaurant and stay at local guest house.

Doesn’t it look Interesting ?

For you who love backpacker trip, you could do this trip with the cheaper way. All you have to do, contact us and we are happy to help you to plan your trip at Mahakam River.

For more details, please contact us at nilawarti@gmail.com

Happy travelling…
Kalimantan Tour Guide Team.

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