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Places to Visit in East Kalimantan, Indonesia

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Balikpapan Botanical Garden

Balikpapan Botanical Garden (Kebun Raya Balikpapan) is a 309-hectare botanical garden in Karang Joang, Balikpapan Utara, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan. Established to conserve lowland dipterocarp forest ecosystems of Kalimantan, it is managed by the Balikpapan City Government in collaboration with the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN). The garden features native forest, orchid collections, themed gardens, and educational facilities, serving as a conservation, research, and recreation site.

Balikpapan, East KalimantanGarden

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Barong Lake

Barong Lake (Danau Barong) is a natural freshwater lake located in the Melak area of Kutai Barat Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Part of the Mahakam River lake system, it lies in a lowland peat-swamp landscape surrounded by wetlands and traditional Dayak settlements. The lake is notable for its calm waters, seasonal water-level changes, fishing activity, and natural scenery, serving as a local recreation area and ecological habitat within the Kutai Barat lake region.

Kutai Barat, East KalimantanLake

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Batoq Temvang

Batoq Temvang is a natural limestone cave located in Long Bagun District, Mahakam Ulu Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Situated in the interior of Borneo along the upper Mahakam River region, it is known as a natural and cultural attraction associated with the local Dayak community. The site features cave formations surrounded by tropical forest and is visited for nature observation, photography and cultural interest as part of Mahakam Ulu's ecotourism destinations.

Mahakam Ulu, East KalimantanCave

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Beras Basah Island

Beras Basah Island (Pulau Beras Basah) is a small uninhabited coastal island located about 7 kilometers off the coast of Bontang in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, in the Makassar Strait. Known for its white sandy beaches, clear turquoise water and historic Dutch-era lighthouse, the island is a popular day-trip destination from Bontang. It offers swimming, snorkeling and photography with views of the strait and is accessible only by chartered boat from Bontang Kuala or Tanjung Limau.

Bontang, East KalimantanIsland

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Bukit Bangkirai

Bukit Bangkirai is a rainforest ecotourism site in Samboja, Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, about 58 km from Balikpapan. Managed within a 1,500-hectare protected forest, it is centered on stands of Bangkirai trees (Shorea laevis) reaching over 40 meters. The site is best known for its canopy bridge suspended 30 meters above the forest floor, offering views of the tropical canopy and opportunities for nature education and low-impact recreation.

Kutai Kartanegara, East KalimantanForest

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Derawan Island

Derawan Island is a small inhabited island in the Derawan Archipelago off the coast of Berau Regency in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Located in the Sulawesi Sea, it is known for its white sandy beaches, clear turquoise waters, and rich marine biodiversity. The island serves as a base for exploring the archipelago and is notable for sea turtle nesting, manta rays, and coral reefs, attracting snorkelers and divers.

Berau, East KalimantanIsland

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Garuda Palace

Garuda Palace (Istana Garuda) is the presidential palace located in the Central Government Core Area (KIPP) of Nusantara, the new capital city in Sepaku, Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan. Completed in 2024 and designed by artist Nyoman Nuarta, the building is shaped as a Garuda with 4,650 bladed wings. It serves as the official residence and office of the President of Indonesia and is an architectural landmark of Nusantara.

Penajam Paser Utara, East KalimantanPalace

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Islamic Center Samarinda

The Islamic Center Samarinda, also known as Baitul Muttaqien Mosque, is a large mosque complex on the banks of the Mahakam River in Teluk Lerong Ulu, Sungai Kunjang, Samarinda, East Kalimantan. Completed in 2008 and inaugurated in 2010, it is the second-largest mosque in Indonesia after Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta. Notable for its seven minarets, large central dome, and riverside setting, it serves as a major religious, educational, and tourism landmark in East Kalimantan.

Samarinda, East KalimantanMosque

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Jempang Lake

Jempang Lake (Danau Jempang) is a large shallow freshwater lake in Jempang District, Kutai Barat Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, part of the Mahakam River lake system alongside Lakes Semayang and Melintang. Covering about 15,000 hectares in the wet season, it is notable for its seasonal water fluctuations, peat swamp surroundings, floating fishing villages, and rich biodiversity including freshwater fish and waterbirds, serving as a livelihood and cultural center for local Dayak communities.

Kutai Barat, East KalimantanLake

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Kakaban Island

Kakaban Island is an uninhabited island in the Derawan Archipelago, Pulau Derawan District, Berau Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is renowned for Kakaban Lake, a large brackish inland lake containing four species of stingless jellyfish isolated from the sea. Formed as an uplifted coral atoll, the island features dense forest, mangroves and limestone cliffs. It is part of a marine conservation area and is accessible only by boat from Derawan or Maratua.

Berau, East KalimantanIsland

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Kumala Island

Kumala Island (Pulau Kumala) is a 76-hectare river island in the Mahakam River at Tenggarong, Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan. Developed as a recreational park by the regency government, it is connected to the town by a pedestrian bridge. The island features amusement facilities, cultural replicas, a large Lembuswana statue, gardens and river views, serving as the main urban tourism destination of Tenggarong.

Kutai Kartanegara, East KalimantanIsland

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Kutai National Park

Kutai National Park (Taman Nasional Kutai) is a large lowland tropical rainforest national park in East Kalimantan, spanning Kutai Timur, Kutai Kartanegara and Bontang. Established as a game reserve in 1936 and declared a national park in 1982, it covers about 198,629 hectares. It is notable for its rich biodiversity, including orangutans, proboscis monkeys, and diverse dipterocarp forest, and for research stations at Prevab and Sangkima.

Kutai Timur, East KalimantanNational Park

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Labuan Cermin Lake

Labuan Cermin Lake is a natural two-layer lake located in Labuan Cermin Village, Biduk-Biduk District, Berau Regency, East Kalimantan. It is notable for its exceptionally clear, mirror-like water where freshwater sits atop denser saltwater. Surrounded by dense tropical forest and accessible only by boat through a narrow channel, the lake is a popular natural attraction for swimming, boating and photography.

Berau, East KalimantanLake

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Mahakam River

The Mahakam River is the longest river in East Kalimantan, stretching about 980 km from the highlands near the Malaysian border to the Makassar Strait. In Samarinda, the provincial capital, it forms the city's central waterway and historic lifeline. Notable for its wide brown waters, riverside settlements, floating houses, and habitat of the endangered Irrawaddy dolphin (Pesut Mahakam), it serves as a transport corridor and scenic attraction for river cruises and waterfront sightseeing.

Samarinda, East KalimantanNatural Attraction

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Manggar Beach

Manggar Beach (Pantai Manggar Segara Sari) is a popular sandy beach located in Manggar village, Balikpapan Timur District, Balikpapan City, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Facing the Makassar Strait, it is known for its wide light-brown sandy shoreline, relatively calm waves, and extensive visitor facilities. Managed as a developed recreational beach, it serves as one of Balikpapan's main coastal tourism destinations for swimming, leisure, and family recreation.

Balikpapan, East KalimantanBeach

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Mangrove Center Balikpapan

Mangrove Center Balikpapan is a mangrove conservation and ecotourism site located in Graha Indah, Balikpapan Utara, Balikpapan City, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Established to rehabilitate and protect coastal mangrove forest along Balikpapan Bay, it features wooden boardwalks, observation towers and education facilities. The center is notable for its dense mangrove ecosystem, habitat for proboscis monkeys and diverse birdlife, and its role in environmental education and community-based conservation.

Balikpapan, East KalimantanNature Reserve

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Maratua Island

Maratua Island is a large outer island in the Derawan Archipelago in Maratua District, Berau Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, located in the Sulawesi Sea near the border with North Kalimantan. Known for its clear turquoise waters, white sandy beaches, and extensive coral reefs, it is part of a renowned diving and snorkeling destination. The island features resorts, traditional villages, and natural attractions including caves and lakes, and is noted for sea turtle nesting and marine biodiversity.

Berau, East KalimantanIsland

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Melintang Lake

Melintang Lake (Danau Melintang) is a large natural freshwater lake in Kota Bangun District, Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Part of the Mahakam River floodplain lake system alongside lakes Semayang and Jempang, it covers approximately 11,000 hectares of peat swamp and open water. The lake is notable for its traditional floating fishing villages, rich biodiversity, and as a habitat for the endangered Irrawaddy dolphin (Pesut Mahakam).

Kutai Kartanegara, East KalimantanLake

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Muara Muntai Wooden Village

Muara Muntai Wooden Village is a traditional riverine settlement in Muara Muntai District, Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, located along the Mahakam River. It is notable for its extensive wooden stilt houses and interconnected wooden boardwalks built over water and swamp. The village showcases traditional Kutai river architecture adapted to seasonal flooding and remains an inhabited fishing and river-trade community.

Kutai Kartanegara, East KalimantanCultural Attraction

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Mulawarman Museum

Mulawarman Museum is a history and cultural museum housed in the former palace of the Kutai Kartanegara Sultanate in Tenggarong, Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan. Built in 1936 as the Sultan's residence, it was handed over to the government and inaugurated as a museum in 1971. It is notable for preserving relics of the Kutai Martadipura Kingdom, the oldest Hindu kingdom in Indonesia, along with royal regalia, ceramics, and Dayak cultural collections.

Tenggarong, East KalimantanMuseum

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Pampang Cultural Village

Pampang Cultural Village (Desa Budaya Pampang) is a Dayak Kenyah cultural settlement located in Kelurahan Pampang, Samarinda Utara, Samarinda, East Kalimantan. Established in the early 1970s by Dayak Kenyah migrants from the Apokayan highlands, it preserves traditional longhouses, crafts, and performing arts. The village is notable as Samarinda's primary living cultural attraction where visitors can observe traditional architecture, dances, and handicrafts in a community setting.

Samarinda, East KalimantanCultural Attraction

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Sadurengas Museum

Sadurengas Museum is a heritage museum housed in the former palace of the Paser Sultanate in Paser Belengkong, Paser Regency, East Kalimantan. Built as the royal residence during the sultanate period, the wooden palace now displays royal regalia, ceramics, weapons, traditional costumes, and historical photographs. It is notable as the main cultural repository of the Paser Kingdom and a preserved example of traditional Kutai-Paser palace architecture on the east coast of Borneo.

Paser, East KalimantanMuseum

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Samboja Lestari

Samboja Lestari is a large ecological restoration and orangutan rehabilitation area in Samboja, Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, managed by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation. Established on formerly degraded land, it encompasses reforested tropical forest, orangutan islands and a sun bear sanctuary. It is notable for its conservation, reforestation and environmental education programs, serving as a rescue and rehabilitation centre for Bornean orangutans and sun bears before release.

Kutai Kartanegara, East KalimantanWildlife Sanctuary

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Sangalaki Island

Sangalaki Island is a small uninhabited island in the Derawan Archipelago, located in Pulau Derawan Sub-district, Berau Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Part of the Berau Marine Conservation Area, it is internationally known for its seasonal aggregation of manta rays and as a major nesting site for green sea turtles. The island features white sandy beaches, shallow coral reefs and clear waters, and is visited primarily for snorkeling and diving day trips from Derawan or Maratua.

Berau, East KalimantanIsland

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Semayang Lake

Semayang Lake (Danau Semayang) is a large natural freshwater lake in Kota Bangun District, Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Part of the Mahakam River lake system alongside Melintang and Jempang lakes, it covers approximately 13,000 hectares. The lake is notable for its floating fishing villages, peat swamp surroundings, and as a habitat for the endangered Irrawaddy dolphin (Pesut Mahakam) and diverse freshwater fish and birdlife.

Kutai Kartanegara, East KalimantanLake

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Sungai Wain Protection Forest

Sungai Wain Protection Forest is a 9,782-hectare protected lowland forest located in Balikpapan Utara, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Borneo. Managed by the Balikpapan City Government, it serves as the city's main water catchment and biodiversity reserve. Established in the Dutch colonial period, it is notable for its dipterocarp forest and as a habitat for endangered Bornean orangutans, sun bears, and diverse bird species, with controlled ecotourism access.

Balikpapan, East KalimantanForest

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Teritip Crocodile Breeding Center

Teritip Crocodile Breeding Center is a crocodile conservation and breeding facility located in Teritip, Balikpapan Timur, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan. It houses hundreds of crocodiles, primarily estuarine crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus), in ponds and enclosures. Established for conservation, education and controlled breeding, it is one of Balikpapan's well-known wildlife attractions for visitors to observe crocodiles at various ages and sizes.

Balikpapan, East KalimantanWildlife Sanctuary