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Protected Areas in Kalimantan

The First Question: Visit Malaysian Borneo or Kalimantan? Well, which one you should choose depends on what you want and need. Malaysian Borneo is far more visited than Kalimantan, because its attractions are well-promoted and developed for tourism, nice accomodation and food are easy to find, English is widely-spoken and getting around is fast and comfortable.

Kalimantan is rather different. If you go there you had better speak at least some Indonesian, be prepared for often slow and uncomfortable transport, basic accomodation, people who stare at you and don't speak more English than "Hello Mister!" and, most troubling of all, a dearth of information about where to go and what to see in the first place. But if you overcome this, you will find people much friendlier, the culture more traditional, the forests deeper and the whole atmosphere more adventurous and less business-like than in the northern neighbour. Your choice!