In Indonesia orangutans
is only found in Borneo Island which has many tropical rain forests. The forest
is a home for many species.
Tanjung Putting is one
of the national parks in Indonesia where we can see orangutans in their natural
habitat. It has become one of the tourism destinations. We can enjoy the jungle
wildlife here. The park is home to an amazing array of wildlife including its
world famous orangutans. It is also home for monkeys, birds and other wild.
Tanjung Putting National
Park is situated on the west side of Central Kalimantan. The only means to
reach the Park is by river boat, which is called Klotok. Klotoks are
two-storeyed wooden river boats equipped with inboard or outboard motor, and
are specially built to navigate through shallow waters and narrow sections of
the river. They have a shallow draft and generally measure 12 meters in length
by 2.5 meters width. They normally carry goods or passengers up and down
the river.
Tanjung Putting National
Park is also home to sun bears, wild boars, clouded leopards, spotted cats,
pythons, gibbons, porcupines and Sambar deer. We can see monkeys which may
plunge from branches 10 meters or higher into the dark river, sometimes they
cross directly in front of the boat.
Nowadays, the existence
of orangutans has been threatened by human. The number of orangutans has been
decreased. In order to protect them, the government decided to make their home
Tanjung Putting as a national park.
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