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- Burung rangkong termasuk hewan langka yang dilindungi. Di ekowisata Hutan Meranti, Kalimantan Selatan, burung ini terawat dengan baik.Burung langka dan dilindungi bisa kamu temukan di ekowisata Hutan Meranti, Kabupaten Kotabaru, Provinsi Kalimantan Selatan. Tidak hanya bertemu, bahkan kamu bisa berinteraksi langsung dengan burung eksotis Kalimantan dan aneka unggas lainnya di dalam kubah ukuran besar.Burung endemik Kalimantan yang terdapat di konservasi burung ini antara lain adalah burung Rangkong. Burung rangkong dikenal sebagai burung enggang. Dalam bahasa Inggris disebut juga dengan hornbill dikarenakan paruhnya memiliki cula layaknya tanduk sapi.Di Kalimantan, masyarakat Dayak menganggap burung rangkong dikeramatkan. Burung tersebut diyakini oleh Suku Dayak sebagai jelmaan dari panglima gunung yang sangat dihormati.Burung rangkong termasuk dalam spesies yang dilindungi. Terlebih, burung rangkong saat ini berada di ambang kepunahan. Maraknya perburuan liar, kerusakan hutan, alih fungsi hutan alami adalah faktor utama penyebab diambang punahnya hewan eksotis ini.Yang unik dari burung rangkong adalah, sekarang berperan dalam penyebaran benih pohon di hutan. Burung rangkong populasinya tersebar hampir di seluruh Pulau Kalimantan.Selain burung rangkong, terdapat juga burung beo di kawasan konservasi ini. Selayaknya burung rangkong, burung beo pun ternyata memiliki peran dalam penyebaran benih pohon dan tanaman di hutan.Burung bernama latin Gracula religiosa ini memiliki keistimewaan, sebab jika dilatih maka akan pandai menirukan ucapan manusia. Tidak heran burung ini banyak diburu untuk dijadikan hewan peliharaan.Namun tidak perlu khawatir, sebab burung rangkong dan beo di ekowisata Hutan Meranti sangat terlindungi dan terawat dengan baik. Secara rutin petugas akan menyediakan buah-buahan segar setiap harinya dan menjaga kondisi kandang tetap bersih.Di dalam kawasan konservasi terdapat skybridge, sehingga memudahkan pengunjung dalam berkeliling dan bisa berinteraksi langsung dengan aneka burung dan unggas yang ada.
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Imagine an orchid forest with more than 45 different species including dancing and dragon scale varieties, sambas breeding deer, flying fox, short- and long-tailed macaque birds, wild boar and 40-meter-high, 150-year-old bangkirai trees. A forestry student’s dream come true and a native bird-watcher’s paradise.
And now it’s accessible to those of us without hiking boots.
This is one of the world’s most beautiful virgin conservation forests — and it is at Jakarta’s front door, in East Kalimantan. It is the Bukit Bangkirai forest and conservation parkland, located in Samboja district, Kutai Kartanegara regency.
There are three roads that lead to this incredible 1,500-hectare wonderland as well as wide-ranging accommodation to suit just about anyone.
Bukit Bangkirai forest is internationally recognized yet still one of Indonesia’s best kept tourism secrets.
It boasts various species of hardwood trees — including the bangkirai tree (Shorea laevis), which can survive for more than 150 years and will usually grow as high as 50 meters.
Bukit Bangkirai is a tropical rainforest and natural monument, and home to other woods including ulin (Eusideroxylon Zwageri), blackwood or ebony (Ebenaceae), red meranti (Shorea smithiana), kempas (Koompassia malaccensis) and kruing (Dipterocarpus).
A two-ha area within the forest has been intentionally filled with jungle fruit tree species in a bid to preserve the mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana), the durian family, including lai (Durio kutejensis), and the mentega (magarine) fruit (Diospyros).
Bukit Bangkirai’s orchid forest provides orchid lovers with the opportunity to feast their eyes on a collection consisting of 45 species, including the black orchid (Coelegyne pandurata), sugarcane orchid (Grammatophyllum speciousum), dragon scale orchid (Cymbidium antropurpureum) and dancing orchid (Bromheadia fynlaysoniana).
A 3.5-ha breeding ground for deer from the sambas family (Corvus unicolor) was cleared but sadly locals today say it has been neglected for too long and is now overgrown with underbrush.
“I’m not sure when, but the deer breeding activities stopped long ago,” said Nyoman Suterini, owner of a food stall in the area. Nevertheless, there are plenty of other animals to be found in the area, including the owa owa (Hylobates muelleri), short-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina), red long-tailed monkey (Presbytus rubicunda), the long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis), wild boar and flying fox.
One of Bukit Bangkirai’s most infamous attractions is its bridge that connects five large trees, better known as the “Canopy Bridge“.
The bridge is suspended 30 meters from the ground and stretches a total of 64 meters in length. It is made of bangkirai timber laths, bound by steel cables and secured by a 1.5-meter safety net on both sides.
But when the late afternoon wind starts to howl, locals say the bridge will do all it can to frighten the very daylights out of those visitors using it and even passers-by.
“When I was up on the canopy bridge, I yelled my heart out not because I was afraid but too excited,” said Japanese student Takeshi Arizono, 29, an alumnus from the forestry school at Mulawarman University in Samarinda.
“My friends and I had a great time … it was my first time on such a bridge.
“The place is terrific and very suitable to conduct a research project,” Takesi said.
As a specialized forestry student, Takesi was investigating the rattan plant and was accompanied by a junior from the Nihon University who was attending comparable studies on the bangkirai tree, the dominant tree species in the area.
“I’ve also seen a bangkirai tree which is 150 years old and 40 meters tall here,” said Takeshi.
Visitors can choose to stay overnight in one of the four fully-equipped cottages built of ulin timber. Tariffs at the time of writing ranged from Rp 350,000 to Rp 450,000 per day.
“The check-out time is more flexible here, unlike hotels in the cities,” said Ommeng from the Bukit Bangkirai resort area. “And the number of guests staying in a room is unlimited.”
For those who really want to blend in with the natural surroundings, the resort also offers a camping ground with tents and camping space for rent.
“The fee for a camping space is set at Rp 45,000 per day, which is the same price as hiring an eight-person tent,” said Ommeng. “And a four-person tent is rented for Rp 25,000 per day.”
Others who want to enjoy the cool night air of Bukit Bangkirai can try the outbound barracks.
The price here can be as high as Rp 1.5 million per day, but the barracks can accommodate up to 100 people and the area is suitable to hold reunions, workshops and other activities that involve a crowd.
Getting to and from the forest involves either a simple a 58-km drive from Balikpapan, a 150-km drive from Samarinda or a 150-km drive from Tenggarong.
The park is managed by state-run forestry company PT Inhutani and charges entrance fees for visitors and vehicles — Rp 2,000 (approximately 22 US cents) for adults and motorcycles and Rp 1,000 for those below the age of 12.
The entrance fee for a car is Rp 5,000, while buses are charged Rp 10,000.
A group of 50 people or more can receive a 25 percent discount on the entrance fee and a group of more than 100 people can get a 50 percent discount.
Lokasi Danau Burung masih berada di dalam kawasan Taman Nasional Tanjung Puting, yang akhirnya semakin lengkap objek wisata yang ada di dalam TNTP. Danau Burung terbagai menjadi dua wilayah yakni wilayah Kabupaten Sukamara dan sebagian berada di dalam wilayah Kabupaten Kotawaringin Barat. Tempat wisata di Kalteng ini memang menjadi surganya para pecinta burung yang memiliki beragam jenis burung yang tinggal di Danau Burung sebagai tempa thabitat aslinya. Bird watching salah satu aktifitas para penggemar burung yang ada di hutan rawa ini.
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