BUKIT BANGKIRAI, jungle is our heart

Bukit Bangkirai is located 58 km north-west of Balikpapan. Here, we can enter the dense of tropical rain forest. Even though there are many wild life potentials in it, we are hardly to see them in instance.

The main attraction here is the Canopy Bridge which is very famous in East Borneo. It was originally built for biological study of the ecosystem in the canopy of the tropical rain forest. However, it is popular for public to sight-seeing the beauty of tropical rain forest from 30 m / 90 ft above the ground.

You have to walk into the forest trails to get there. Some people see the trails are hard to trek, but you can walk within 15 to 30 minutes to get to The Canopy Bridge (Jembatan Tajuk) . This Bridge on this place that the longness 64 meters that hang and connect 5 big tree that the highness 30 meters. This bridge is the first biggest bridge of Indonesia, second of Asia, and the Eighth of the World. And you will need about 1-2 hours to complete the entire trails and enjoying the dense of tropical rain forest along side the trail.

There are wooden cottages for anyone who like stay over night and enjoying how to spend a night in a tropical rain forest or just camping outside at the camping ground.

For the detail information, you may contact about Bukit Bangkirai and the canopy bridge here : PT. Inhutani I Balikpapan or all them at (62 542) 36066

Canopy Bridge

Bangkirai tree

Bukit Bangkirai map (Tourism map of East Kalimantan)