Showing posts with label Derawan Island. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Derawan Island. Show all posts

Derawan Island, West Kalimantan

Kalimantan occupied two-third of Borneo Island, the world’s third biggest island after Greenland and New Guinea, sharing the borders with Brunei Darussalam and the Malaysian state of Serawak and Sabah. It is the land of the Dayak people who long ago were famous as courageous warriors.   Over 200 tribes live in the island, but most well known groups are the Kenyah and Kayan in the east, the Ngaju in central region, and the Iban in west Kalimantan. 

Kalimantan is about jungles adventure. Imagine of 130 million years old rainforest, one of the oldest in the world. The Largest River is the Kapuas in West Kalimantan with a length of 1,143 km. Kalimantan has one of the longest underground rivers in the world. Deer Cave is home to over 3 million bats, with guano accumulated to over 100 meters. All of those massive nature beauty you can find it here.