TAMAN NASIONAL KUTAI
Geographical location : 116°58-117°36 E ; 0°08- 0°34 N
Administrative location : Provinsi Kalimantan Timur (Kabupaten Kutai)
Area : 198,629 hectares
Temperature : 27° - 33° C
Rainfall : 1,543 mm/annual (average)
Altitude : 0 - 397 masl
Best time to visit : April - October
(Kutai National Park) represents numbers of principal vegetation type,
including coastal/mangrove forest, freshwater swamp forest, kerangas forest,
lowland flooding forest, ulin/meranti/kapur forest, and mixed Dipterocarpaceae
forest. This Park is also part of the largest relatively pristine Ulin forest
in Indonesia.
It is Home of mangrove (Bruguiera sp.), cemara laut (Casuarina
equisetifolia), simpur (Dillenia sp.), meranti (Shorea sp/.), benuang
(Octomeles sumatrana), ulin (Eusideroxylon zwageri), kapur (Dryobalanops sp.),
3 species of rafflesia, and various orchid species. An ulin tree in Sangkimah
has a height without branches of 45 m, a diameter of 225 cm or a circle of 706
cm, and a volume of 150 m3. It is the highest and largest Ulin tree recorded in
Indonesia.
As well as Home of variety of plants, this Park also has a high animal
diversity. Primate groups like orangutan (Pongo satyrus), Mueller's Bornean
grey gibbon (Hylobates muelleri), proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus),
long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis fascicularis), maroon leaf monkey
(Presbytis rubicunda rubicunda), white-fronted leaf monkey (P. frontata
frontata), pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina nemestrina), and slow loris
(Nycticebus coucang borneanus) can be found in Teluk Kaba, Prevab-Mentoko and
Sangkimah. Ungulate groups like banteng (Bos javanicus lowi), sambar deer
(Cervus unicolor brokei), barking deer (Muntiacus muntjak pleiharicus), and
lesser Malay mouse deer (Tragulus javanicus klossi).
Interesting locations/attractions:
Teluk Kaba and Muara Sangkimah : marine tourism and observing animals,
especially orangutans, proboscis monkeys, sambar deer, lesser mouse deer, sun
bears, and birds.
Teluk Kaba in is Indonesia's third orangutan rehabilitation centre.
Teluk Lombok and Muara Sungai Sangatta : marine tours and observation
of original mangrove forest.
Prevab-Mentoko: research; watching animals such as sun bears,
orangutans, lesser mouse deer , and wild pigs.
One of the cultural attractions outside the Park area is the Erau
Festival, held in September each year in Tenggarong.