Top-rated places to visit in Kalimantan, Indonesia

5.0 Orangutan Applause - Day Tours (513 reviews)
- Great relaxing boat trip and nature
Sunday: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM Cultural Tours • Private Tours • Nature & Wildlife Tours

Thank you for the great organised tour! If was truly a pleasure even with some rain in the rainforest the boat was nice and comfortable - especially the toilet / shower was bigger than expected and even hot shower available! Wow also the team on board and the food was very delicious and great :) also very happy and satisfied with our great guide Alan / soo interested himself in the animals and nature which made it fun to look for not only the organgutans.. Also the night walk was great and we were lucky :) even the smooth easy 3h hike was good - just take lots and the right brand of insect repellent in rainy season.. Would definitely recommend them, good luck for the future and maybe also nice to see more sustainable ideas and maybe some add ons to book like a culture or Dayak experience or so to learn a bit more about the area around the national park and kalimatan :) See more..
4.0 Equator Monument (484 reviews)
- fun place to vidit
Monuments & Statues

Equator Monument is under renovation and some parts might be closed. Will reopen fully in 2018. See more..
5.0 Tanjung Puting National Park (369 reviews)
- Amazing experience ion Klotok boat with Jenie Subaru
Sunday: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM Spent More than 3 hours National Parks • Nature & Wildlife Areas

Borneo orangutan travel is legal tour operator and has been many experiences organize tour FIT and Group. And experiences in handling cruise ship tour since 2011 to 2015.main focus our destination is Tanjung Puting National Park. Most of our clients are from uerop. See more..
5.0 Delta Spa & Lounge Pontianak (331 reviews)
- Spa massage
Spent 2-3 hours Spas

SPA Sauna & Steam Room Therapy Massage (Thai, Traditional & Shiatsu) Hot Stone Massage Ion Ozone Therapy Aroma Therapy Mud Therapy Facilities Cafe & Bar Free WiFi Free Buffet See more..
4.5 Derawan Archipelago (215 reviews)
- Maratua Guesthouse
Islands

Last week me and my brother left Maratua Guesthouse after three nights ... and now I am back in Germany and it seems like a dream....
- on this wonderful island, with this very nice hosts, very good food (!!!) and a wonderful underwater world - never before I visited such a place - colorful, swimming with turtles, jellyfish, sensing the ocean and for a moment, just thinking: there are places on earth where time stops, everything seems to be in peace, you can feel the warmth on your skin, see the sparkles of plankton around you when Jun turns the light of at night ....

here it is cold at the moment and life is very busy again ....

but in my dreams i can remember -

Hope to come back some day!
Susan See more..
4.0 Kapuas Square (199 reviews)
- Kapuas Square
Points of Interest & Landmarks

Nice night view, boat ride with dinner and for photo taking along the riverside. recommended to be there from 6.30 pm onwards See more..
4.0 Mahakam River (179 reviews)
- 2 week trip up the Mahakam
Points of Interest & Landmarks

I travelled up the Mahakam river for 2 weeks in June 2019, from Samarinda to Tiong Ohang (I think about 700 km up the river). There is such minimal info out there about this journey, so if anyone wants any info about it, email me at [email protected] and I would be happy to help :) See more..
4.5 Islamic Center Samarinda Mosque (174 reviews)
- Beautiful mosque I ever seen
Religious Sites

This place is must visit when you are in Samarinda. I am not Muslim but I visited this mosque based on the suggestion of the cab driver. It was very awesome. The best mosque I ever seen in Indonesia until now. Very artistic, very quiet, good for relax and if you need some time alone to reflect things. As long as you respect this worship place like wash your feet before you enter, not use your slippers or shoes inside and don't be noisy. I had a great experience here. See more..
4.5 Camp Leakey (162 reviews)
- Kalimantan Borneo
Spent More than 3 hours Nature & Wildlife Areas

Klotok 3-days trip was a perfect experience. We travel with Isai, who was born in Dajak tribe. Local perfect guide, knows everything about orangutans, has perfect contact with the, and we can approach them with his company very close. Then a walk in the jungle, he showed us trees and plans. He know, which can be used as food, which can be used as medication. It is a pitty we did not have time to visit interior. Maybe next time. Isai kalimantan orangutan guide we perfect experience. See more..
4.5 Lokbaintan Floating Market (145 reviews)
- Love the colors of Lok Baintan floating market
Sunday: 6:00 AM - 9:00 AM Flea & Street Markets

Pasar Terapung Lok Baintan is the traditional floating market, traders in the market selling product from garden, farm and many kinds of household merchandise in jukung(boat without engine). The seller of mayority is mothers with TANGGUI or large cap and anti solar cold powder for the face. This activity takes place every day more or less at 06.00 am until 7.00 am wita. See more..
4.0 Bangkirai Hill Nature Tourism (142 reviews)
- Isabelle (France)
Spent 2-3 hours Points of Interest & Landmarks • Nature & Wildlife Areas • Bridges

Safe and wonderful canopy tour with an English speaking guide, allowing you to have a fantastic overview on the forest and also excellent for birds and monkeys observation. Interestingly, at that place, I also made a 2 hour trek during the night with a ranger and we saw different mammals (civets,...), owls and tarentule. Highly recommended Also, close to that place, make a boat trip with a local fisherman on the black river, where you’ll see probiotic monkeys with their huge nose +++ See more..
4.5 Sting-less Jellyfish Lake (141 reviews)
- Worth a visit
Nature & Wildlife Areas

Definitely worth a visit, try not to come on Sundays and other public holidays. It is a huge lake, but there are actually really a lot of jellyfish in it. They are really, really cute from tiny little ones to rather big ones. Go in with your mask and snorkel, no fins, and enjoy watching the beautiful jellyfish. See more..
4.0 Ayani Mega Mall (137 reviews)
- Modern Shopping Mall in Pontianak
Sunday: 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM Shopping Malls

This is a good size modern shopping mall with 4 levels. Cinema on top located just outside the city area of Pontianak. Two amusement arcade places with international fastfood franchises and eateries such as KFC, Texas Fried Chicken, Chatime, Breadtalk, Pizza Hut, 77 Estele and A&W to name a few. Well air conditioned to hide away from the hot and humid weather. Multiple levels and ample carparks available in the complex or surrounding it. There's a hypermarket on the ground floor of the building of for shopping for groceries. See more..
4.0 Pasar Terapung (135 reviews)
- Floating Market
Speciality & Gift Shops

Just got back from a great trip to Kalimantan! I went with my wife and our friend from work and we stayed two nights in Banjarmasin, so we checked out the floating markets and did a canal tour. Our guide, Mukani (081351194444 and email: [email protected]), was really awesome and I highly recommend him. He was really nice, informative and reasonably priced.We went out early in the morning, ate some good food, and got to see something that is unfortunately all too rare, community. Later that afternoon we met back up for the canal tour which I'll leave for you to experience yourself. Both were a lot of fun, and it was exciting to see some of the local culture! See more..
3.5 Duta Mall Banjarmasin (133 reviews)
- Mall which have connection to one of the branded Hotel
Sunday: 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM Shopping Malls

Mall which centrally located between two major hotels in Banjarmasin, and one smaller hotel. Got a book store, a shopping mart, fun center for kids, coffee shop, branded food chain store, fashion stores, ATMs, movie studios, err. so its basically a mall with all its complete facilities for travelers or locals in Banjarmasin :) See more..
4.5 Masjid Raya Mujahidin (130 reviews)
- Huge Mosque
Sunday: Points of Interest & Landmarks • Religious Sites

It is huge mosque, amaze with the detail interior and exterior. Proud to have that big mosque in Indonesia. See more..
3.5 Lamaru Beach (126 reviews)
- Lamaru beach
Beaches

I spent several hours hanging on Lamaru Beach. The sand was very soft, the ocean water was too cold for me but still nice and refreshing, and there was plenty of space to relax among numerous friendly people on the beach. There are lots of stores, restaurants, and other attractions there as well. Parking is hit or miss, but we found something pretty quickly . This will probably be our go to spot every time we're in Balikpapan. See more..
4.0 Sun Bear Education and Conservation Center (120 reviews)
- Well worth the visit
Sunday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent More than 3 hours Nature & Wildlife Areas

The sun bears are in the same area as the Orangutan Islands. Both places are definitely worth the visit. In fact we flew to Balikpapan to stay at the Lodge and see the Orangutans and Sun bears and we weren't disappointed. It is amazing to see the work the BOS is doing to save both species. Great place to support! See more..
3.5 Keraton Kadriah (107 reviews)
- Historic palace
Historic Sites • Architectural Buildings

A relative of the Sultanate was all too eager to explain the history and the lineage of the Sultan, said to be the 33rd descendant of the Prophet. The place should be maintained and cleaned...very dusty! Beware of touts waiting to earn money for taking care of your shoes, for parking, for taking your photos etc. See more..
3.5 Kemala Beach (102 reviews)
- Cheap Entrance Fee but Expensive Food
Sunday: 8:00 AM - 11:00 PM Beaches

We came to Kemala beach on weekdays. Not many people there. So we can enjoy the beach freely. This beach was located right in the middle of Balikpapan centre. It was a clean enough beach. With very cheap entrance fee. We came in with a car, 2 adults & 3 kids, and we only paid IDR6000. Too bad, the washing facilities was awfull. Dirty and dont have many rooms provided. We sat on benches under the palm trees and were (forced) given a food menu from a restaurant. To make everyone happy we decided to order some coconuts. And it costs IDR23500 for each coconut. What!! See more..
4.5 Sabilal Muhtadin Great Mosque (101 reviews)
- Visit monkey island
Spent 1-2 hours Religious Sites

By boat we can visit monkey island qué habitates con macaco . it's not far from the town we can see more than a hundred macaco live there. They are very friendly and amable See more..
4.5 Sangalaki Island (100 reviews)
- Company outing trip
Spent 1-2 hours Islands

A resort for divers with turtle habitat...good dive spot with facility, staff were friendly and good hide out place See more..
3.5 Bekantan Statue (100 reviews)
- True and funny
Points of Interest & Landmarks • Monuments & Statues

A day after we were in Banjarmasin, my German friends sent us photo's from orang oetan and told us to go to the bush with a boat for 4 days long to reach the place where the animals leaves. Until our surprising, we found the ugly nose monkey statue, almost real one, located in the city of Banjarmasin. We safe the 4 days trip with the boat along the Mahakam river and made nice pictures. See more..
3.0 Teritip Crocodile Farm (98 reviews)
- Croco crocodiles...
Farms

For persons who wants to see something different, you may come to this place. At this place you may see crocodiles that we know live in wild become in natural cage. You can feed them with dead chicken, as the keeper and you have to pay 10 thousands rupiah each. Throw the chicken and all the crocodiles that you might think they are sleeping, you will know you are so wrongg.. hahaha.. The crocodiles will move just so fast to eat that chicken! rrrr.. creepy.. hehee.. If you like a challenge culinary, you could try "Sate Buaya" (*read: crocodiles meat) The place is an hour driving from Balikpapan, could be 2 hours if there is traffic. There is a transportation service you may contact, +6281351856899 (Mario) See more..
4.0 BIG Mall (89 reviews)
- New choice for shopping
Spent More than 3 hours Shopping Malls

BIG Mall is a stylish and modern shopping mall, strategically located on the bank of Mahakam river, Samarinda. Your New GREAT Lifestyle. Come & enjoy! See more..
4.5 Maratua Island (88 reviews)
- Still wild as we like at the turtles' kingdom
Islands

Last July-August 2015, we spent 20 days on that wonderful island with our 2 kids (9 + 11 year-old). Coming from Switzerland the journey was long but rewarding: the island is still wild and avoids mass tourism. We stayed at MARATUA GUESTHOUSE run by friendly Jun, Ana and their lovely son. We liked the relax and family atmosphere. The food was excellent in their restaurant by the seashore. The snorkeling from the resort was amazing (so many turtles! squids, lion fishes, barracudas, sea snakes, etc.). We did also really nice scuba dives with Nabucco's Extra Divers, jumped in a natural pool in the jungle, swam with stingless jellyfishes on Kakaban island and saw Manta rays on Sangalaki. Jun was really helpful in organizing the excursions and boat transfers. We dream to go back there! See more..
3.5 Siring Watch Towers Martapura River (86 reviews)
- What a lone watch tower.
Points of Interest & Landmarks • Observation Decks & Towers

I visited this watch tower on Sunday morning at about 10 am. This watch tower is really quite a good building although not so high, but it unfortunately seems like lonely. It seems that the visitors are only young couples that spend their times there. From the 4th floor, we can see beautiful view of Martapura River below. I heard that earlier in the morning there are some women on boats on the river selling vegetables, fruits etc that also known as "floating market" like in Lok Baintan, the one I made review before. I think the local government should make some promotions, so this place can be more famous and gets a lot of visitors. See more..
4.5 Kakaban Island (84 reviews)
- Company outing trip
Islands

Kakaban island is an inhabitant island in Berau, East Kalimantan, is one island in Indonesian archipelago, that has a salt water lake where stingless jelly fish lives in. Its was simply amazing. See more..
4.5 Saint Joseph Cathedral (83 reviews)
- Mass Schedule
Spent < 1 hour Historic Sites • Points of Interest & Landmarks • Architectural Buildings • Religious Sites • Churches & Cathedrals

Had been there but sadly did not attend the mass. Can anyone here tell me about mass schedule? Thanks See more..
4.0 Museum Negeri Pontianak (71 reviews)
- Closed on Public holidays
Speciality Museums

Though it is closed on public holidays, I still enjoy the garden behind the museum and the miniature around. They are great!! I really hope the state government can keep the museum well. See more..
4.0 Pampang Cultural Park (66 reviews)
- Dayak Village
Parks

Ok, I have been lived in Samarinda almost 1 year and I want to go to this village. It took about 40 minutes ride by motorcycle from my home to this village. You can see about 9 dances but you have to pay first to see this dances but it worth to pay. This show start on Sunday 02.00 PM. Recommended place to go when you go to Samarinda, I mean you must go to this place when you visiting Samarinda See more..
3.5 Betang House (60 reviews)
- What a house!!!
Points of Interest & Landmarks

If only we could show the furniture and household for a diorama to give us a real picture of the house. See more..
4.0 Bontang Kuala Village (55 reviews)
- See another life in the sea village
Spent < 1 hour Neighborhoods • Points of Interest & Landmarks

Good place to know another side of bontang local communities who lives above the sea, they build the house and lives in there... See more..
3.5 Palangka Raya City Monument (Soekarno Monument) (55 reviews)
- VIL (Very Important Landmark) at Kota Cantik
Points of Interest & Landmarks

this is one of the important historical place in Palangka Raya, and I always recommended visitors to see and selfie at this place. However, the area is not yet well-maintain, cleanliness must regularly and need beautified with plans. But still, Palangka Raya people will always proud with this landmark See more..
4.5 Labuan Cermin Lake (54 reviews)
- Heaven on earth
Spent 1-2 hours Bodies of Water

How great is our God the creator of this universe. That’s the first thing that come to my mind when I see this place. The water is so clear and blue, cold and fresh. The weather is so nice. It’s worth the trip. We enjoy this place so much. But, to keep this place beautiful and honour the Great Creator, please accept my advice, take nothing but pictures and memories , leave nothing but footprints. See more..
4.0 Mangrove & Proboscis Conservation Area (52 reviews)
- Spotting the monkey
Sunday: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Nature & Wildlife Tours

Tarakan is a typical untidy and chaotic Indonesian city. It is thus a big surprise to discover this oasis in the midst of the city. It is a mangrove swamp which is walled in. There are boardwalks running through the trees. The forest is home to Proboscis monkeys. They are big and if they jump up in front of you are quite intimidating. But I don't think they eat people. Definitely a good attraction to visit in Tarakan. There isn't much else. (sorry Tarakan residents!) See more..
4.0 Margomulyo Mangrove Forest (51 reviews)
- Green and serene, guides helped us see bekantan!
Forests

Having booked a car through our hotel, it was easy to get there - our driver just took us there! It is a beautiful green location and obviously well looked after - very clean. In fact wedding photos were being taken when we arrived! We enjoyed the trip in the boat on the water with our guides - so close to the mangroves - we saw birds, amphibious fish and of course bekantan! See more..
4.5 Meratus Mountains (50 reviews)
- The Amazing Meratus Geopark (Mandiangin Geosite Tahura Sultan Adam)
Mountains

This is a large park makes my family and I so amazed with attractions places that separate from each other. We can choose the park we go first and we choose zoo. We saw many animals like rabbits, deers, little bear, hedgehog, owl and uwa-uwa. Uwa-uwa is like a monkey with the bigger body than usually, and sometimes scream like “waakk waakk”. After that, we went to the top of Meratus Mountain and get through a pool and the way is so high steep and narrow (enough for two cars only). At the top we saw the amazing view. See more..
4.5 Mangrove Center Graha indah (49 reviews)
- Local Heroes
Nature & Wildlife Areas

What an amazing experience, explored the mangroves on the boat and met some of the most inspirational heroes who have worked hard in educating the local and the world about how important mangroves are for us and the planet. We met Pak Agus and his friends. Wow...I am super impressed to his substantial knowledge about Mangroves in general and how genuine he is in trying to protect the mangroves here. These guys are super heroes...feel really grateful to meet them and hearing their stories We saw a few proboscis monkeys out and about. See more..
4.0 Jami Mosque (49 reviews)
- Iconic structure
Religious Sites

This wooden mosque with multi-tiered roof is the oldest mosque in West Kalimantan. An iconic structure, it is worth visiting. See more..
4.0 Benua Patra Beach (49 reviews)
- Pantai Banua Patra a nice place to visit
Beaches

The beach is situated across the popular Lapangan Merdeka (Merdeka Field). There is a huge Sport Center, and just behind the building you can find the Chopper field, and the beach. The first time, I came to this place it was in the late afternoon and spent most of my time at the Chopper field on the left side of the beach. I took some pictures of the city scrapers and the couples and some group of people just hanging around waiting for the sunset. My last visit, two weeks ago, I explored the rugged beach (the right side of the beach to the direction of Melawai Beach). There is a little rugged rock where people like take pre-wedding picture. When you climb up the rock and you can find another secluded little beach. If you walk further, you can take picture of the hill scattered by houses. This used-to-be ford location, is a good place to take picture of the sunset. Over weekend you will find many photographers here. See more..
3.5 Melawai Beach (49 reviews)
- Nice Beach view at Balikpapan
Spent < 1 hour Beaches

Pantai melawai located very near to downtown, on the night time so many hawker street food selling various snack and coffee, such as corn barbeque and baked bread, but not recomended when windy season come. See more..
3.5 Kahayan Bridge (47 reviews)
- City tour palngka raya
Spent < 1 hour Bridges

Palangka raya is a capital central borneo. And the city is very clean and fresg air. All the facilities in Palangka Raya was complete See more..
4.0 Beras Basah Beach (46 reviews)
- A good island trip
Beaches

A good spot to have a relax and fund time with family. It's seems back to 90's period to play with kids. Enjoyed a lot!!! See more..
4.0 Rumah Radakng (45 reviews)
- Another giantic place
Points of Interest & Landmarks

Another giantic place in Pontianak. It is very beautiful but the parking lots needs to build. Garden and big tree will add value the place. Look forward to see the improvement! See more..
4.5 Tri Dharma Bumi Raya Temple (43 reviews)
- Colourful Chinese temple in the city center
Points of Interest & Landmarks

The colourful Tri Dharma Bumi Raya Temple is located in the city center, it is one of numerous Chinese temples in and around Singkawang, and well worth a visit. It is one of the oldest temples, allegedly built in 1878. See more..
4.0 Kutai National Parrk (43 reviews)
- Perhaps the best place on Earth to see wild Orangutans
Spent More than 3 hours National Parks

I booked a tour to see Kutai National Park for two days to see the Orangutan and was NOT disappointed! After taking a 30 minute boat ride up the river to the Prevab ranger station we ate lunch and rested briefly before going out on our first trek. Not all but a large amount of the forest is secondary subsequently due to the great Borneo forest fires years ago, but ironically it has actually greatly increased one's chances of seeing Orangutan there due to the parks reduction. Within 30 minutes the ranger round several orangutans directly above us and while they rarely come to the ground, they came within a few meters of us. We also saw a black and white snake, beautiful mushrooms, monitors, and macaques and during the night safari we saw a beautifully coloured kingfisher, as well several large spiders and a tarantula. Walking through the jungle to the sounds of the forest and in the midst of the moonlight is definitely something I would recommend to the adventure traveler! See more..
4.0 Kutai Sultan's Palace (42 reviews)
- Very Nice
Historic Sites

Kutai Sultan's Palace is also known as the Museum Mulawarman. Located in Tenggarong, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. It's nice to learn the history and art here. A great learning tool and fun for kids. Entry ticket price is very cheap, there are also many food stalls and souvenir stalls around the museum. See more..
4.0 Angsana Beach (40 reviews)
- SUN RISE BETWEEN THE COAL SHIPS
Beaches

Angsana beach is one of the beautiful beaches in the south of kalimantan. Spending the evening in here is very pleasant, we can see the beautiful sun set between some of coal ship in the sea. Even though there are some of coal ship in the sea, this beach is still quite clean and comfortable. There are several sellers who offer food, drinks, souvenirs and others. The facilities here are also quite adequate and there are several good hotels for tourists in the seashore. If i have many time to holiday, i want to go there again. See more..
4.0 Tjhia Family House (38 reviews)
- A century old resident dwelling that carries great historical value.
Points of Interest & Landmarks

Though part of it turns into a restaurant, but the structures and design of the building still reflecting the heritage values. Situated at the small riverside, the scene is attractive for photographers. It is located in the centre of the township, convenient to visit. See more..