Lok Baintan Floating Market

Lok Baintan Floating Market is a traditional river market on the Martapura River in Lok Baintan village, Sungai Tabuk, Banjar Regency, South Kalimantan, Indonesia. Traders, mostly women in wooden jukung boats, sell fresh fruits, vegetables, and local foods directly from boat to boat. Operating since generations as part of Banjar river culture, it is notable for its early-morning activity, authentic barter tradition, and preservation of river-based trading heritage near Banjarmasin.

Visitors can expect an early-morning river scene on the Martapura River where dozens of wooden jukung boats gather. Female traders wearing traditional hats sell fresh produce, traditional cakes, and breakfast items boat-to-boat. Visitors typically hire a motorized klotok boat from the riverbank to navigate among the traders, observe transactions, take photographs, and buy goods directly on the water surrounded by riverside stilt houses and nipah palms.