Kumai - Activities, Attractions & Shopping

River tours to the Tanjung Puting National Park can be arranged in the numerous offices right on the main street. It is likely you will also be approached by individuals offering these services as soon as you drop anchor.

The main activity in Kumai is a visit to the orangutan rehabilitation centres. This can be done simply for a day on a fast speedboat, or for a few days on the much slower klotok.

Boats going up the river vary quite a bit in quality, so you may want to inspect the boat first before you book. See the comments section (speech bubble icon) for information cruisers who have done this excursion and as well as the Reports section.

You will see wild jungle, three Orangutan feeding stations, lots of apes, monkeys, snakes, crocodiles and birds. The open boats have rain protection for a good nights sleep on the river.

Guides are mandatory, cooks can (and should, for an authentic Indonesian meal) be arranged too. The boat will most likely pick you up and drop you right at your anchored vessel and the price should include a watchman for your anchored boat whilst you do the tour.

Latest fees reported March 2016 were as follows:

Total cost (off-season): 5.2 million rupiahs for 2 nights, 3 days (the rupiah was about 13,000 per US$ the time so approx US$400) for a couple. Everything was included: Klotok, captain, crew, cook, guide, food, park fees, and boat watchman (someone sleeping in the cockpit).

Breakdown of prices (in thousands):

750 day - boat

50-100 day – cook

200-300 / day guide

200-400 / person – food

250 /person/day park fee

100 /day camera fee

100 /day boat parking fee

Below are links to blogs by cruisers who approached a visit to the National Park in very different ways yet all left with unforgettable memories of their experience.

SY Sloepmouche visited in late 2022.

Cruising Notes for Malaysia and Indonesia

SY Migration, double-handers, visited in March 2016.

Our visit to Kumai and Tanjung Puting by Klotok

SY Totem, a family of five, visited in June 2013.

Scenes from Kumai

SY Dreamkeeper has a lovely and insightful article about their visit to Kumai in 2009 with incredible photographs.

http://www.svdreamkeeper.com/indonesialog.php

SY Moonshadow visited in 2005.

Borneo, the Kumai River and the Orangutan Rehabilitation Camps

Guides: 

The following guides have been recommended by cruisers:

Joe Bowo: 081352792419

jbowo10@yahoo.com

Adi: 0822 4222 1430

Yosi: 082157217075

Yomie: 081352736054

Yono: 081349022863

Last updated:  August 2023