Central Kalimantan (Kalimantan Tengah, Kalteng) is a province in the central and southern part of Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia.
Cities
- 1 Palangkaraya — the capital of Central Kalimantan
- 2 Kumai
- 3 Pangkalanbun
Other destinations
- 1 Tanjung Puting National Park — famous for its orangutan conservation. The national park consists of various (partly degraded) forest types, including peat swamp forests, mangroves, and coastal beach forests.
Understand
Get in
Tjilik Riwut Airport (PKY IATA) in Palangkaraya has frequent flights from Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, and also direct domestic flights from Surabaya, Balikpapan, Pontianak, and smaller airports across Kalimantan. There is also an airport at Pangkalan Bun, Iskandar Airport (PKN IATA). The airport has flights to/from several major cities (such as Jakarta, Surabaya, and Banjarmasin) with Trigana Air.
Get around
See
Do
You can go up the central river on a boat and visit orangutan reserves.