Kalimantan

Kalimantan Region Map

The name Kalimantan which is often spelled Klemantan was derived from Sankkrit word :    Kalamanthana which means "burning weather island", or island with a very hot temperature to describe its hot and humid tropical climate. It consists of the two words kal (time, season, period) and manthan(boiling, churning, burning). The word Kalamanthana is spelled Kalmantan, and then the indigenous people fixed it into Klemantan.

Kalimantan is the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo, the 3rd largest island in the world. The Indonesian part covers some 580.000 km2 (225.000 sq mi), the vast area is home to only 12 million people, so most of the provinces, especially the interior is very sparsely populated, and the vast rain forests here is some of the most bio-diverse areas in the world.

Regions

West Kalimantan

Tanjung Palung

Central Kalimantan

Tanjung Puting National Park

South Kalimantan

Bakut Island Nature Park

East Kalimantan

Labuan Cermin Lake

Entry

By plane

Sepinggan International Airport (IATA: BPN) near Balikpapan is the primary airport on the Indonesian side, and fields flights from Kuala Lumpur (Air Asia) and Singapore (Silk Air) as well as many Indonesian cities, but there are no direct flights from the tourist hub in Bali.

Syamsudin Noor Airport (IATA: BDJ) is a regional airport located in South Kalimantan, has a good connection to major cities in Indonesia. ( Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Bali, Makassar, Balikpapan, Pontianak)

Get Around

Distances on Kalimantan are long and public transport is spotty and expensive. The easiest option may well be to book an arranged tour.

Borneo Discovery Tours Kalimantan office, 62 542 7254677 or 24hrs cell.08125361221 (Office Hours 08.00am - 17.00pm),