Essential safety guidelines when encountering orangutans on forest pathways in Tanjung Puting NP

Tanjung Puting September 5, 2026

On a recent viait to the Tanjung Puting National Park, Wow Borneo guests encounter a mature male orangutan, known as Roger Danuarta, the King in Tanjung Harapan. Adult male flanged orangutans ....

Gagu Longhouse

Kotawaringin December 25, 2025

Tumbang Gagu Longhouse was founded in 1870 using the traditional Dayak method of releasing a chicken and seeing where it roosts. In an isolated area, on a rising by a ....

The Grand Old Lady of the Kahayan River

Sebangau National Park September 7, 2026

Recent renovations to the Rahai’i Pangun improved the cabins, added ensuites and replaced equipment. She is returned, happily plying the river she has serviced for 50 years. A grand old ....

Cruising the Sebangau National Park

Sebangau National Park September 7, 2026

Close to Palangka Raya is the unique Sebangau National Park – it is home to thousands of truly wild orangutans. They are not easy to see, and their habitat is ....

Glassy reflections on the black water lakes

Katingan October 7, 2026

Shadowing the sweeping bends and lowland forests of the lower Katingan River, canals and rivers draining the forests and stranded river bends form a web of waterways. Stained coffee colour, ....

Dayak carvings in historic Bukit Rawi

Bukit Rawi September 10, 2026

The traditional sandungs or second burial houses of Dayak tribes around the Palangka Raya area, are brilliantly coloured, some with fantastic detail and finesse. The fearsome snake eater keeps troublesome spirits away. ....

Longhouse at Tumbang Manggu

Katingan September 9, 2026

On the Samba tributary of the Katingan River sits this stunning longhouse or betang at Tumbang Manggu. Although constructed over the last 3 decades, it is conceived on traditional principles, using the ....

The improbable proboscis monkey

Sebangau National Park September 7, 2026

Nasalis larvatus is a large, exquisitely coloured and graceful monkey that is a native of the rivers, swamps and coastal mangroves of Borneo. It is classified as endangered in the ....

The Rungan Forests – Exploring the Natural Heritage of Ancient Borneo close to Palangka Raya

Rungan October 7, 2026

At ground level, a green and brown humid world of fallen leaves, mosses and lichens, and decaying tree trunks shelters under the towering canopy of a lowland dipterocarp forest where ....