Lake SentarumDanau Sentarum National Park : Gateway to Danau Sentarum
Danau Sentarum National Park (DSNP),is located in a remote area of West Kalimantan, Indonesia, and situated close to the Malaysian border of Sarawak, approximately 700 km. inland from the provincial capital, Pontianak. DSNP is an area of interconnected seasonal lakes and seasonally flooded tropical forests with the water catchment consisting of lowland tropical forest in the hills and flooded forest in the low-lying areas. A patchwork of various forest developmental stages characterizes the former and is a result of commercial logging, swidden cultivation, and smallholdings of rubber and pepper.
The altitude within the park is approximately 30-35 m. above sea level, while the surrounding hills rise as high as 760 m. Daytime temperatures are consistently 26-30 degrees Celsius, with annual rainfall ranging between 3000 and 4000 mm. The driest months are usually July, August, and September. The area was established as the Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve in 1985. The main part of the park comprises around 1250 square km though the exact boundaries of the park remain unclear.
The Iban longhouse community of Sungal Sedik (2) located about 6 km. from the district administrative center and market town of Lanjak. The longhouse was a 14-household community containing about 98 residents. The Sungai Sedik territory was occasionally hunted by members of at least five other longhouse communities and residents of Lanjak.
6 comments:
I heard that visiting to this lake of Sentarum is very higly cost and take a little bit difficult by using public vehicles. Would you describe more details on how to reach this Lake of Sentarum in your posting in the future. Thank you and I really appreciate it
One of my friends in Jakarta are interested in getting to know more about this Sentarum Lake. I have sent them some information in printed matters from Tourism Department of West Kalimantan through mail order service.
I would like to afford some videos of Lake Sentarum from you. Do you have any ideas to where I can get some videos updated to know Lake sentarum even better. Please let me know
Nice articles.
Is there any photos can describe lake of Sentarum more details. I would like to see real situations of ordinary people or people who live around the lake of Sentarum. what are they look like?
Taking care of this articles, I would like to see how the local government of West Borneo to advance local communities around the lake of Sentarum, and how the people would do anything toward the lake of Sentarum in general.
getting back to West Kalimantan this year will give more opportunity to enjoy the beauty of this island in every way. Your posting is all about lake of Sentarum is also interesting.
How could I get there to the lake?. Is there any public transportation in getting close to the lake?. What should I take with me to this lake of Sentarum?. Are they free?
we have some information on lake Sentarum at home, and you can contact me for further information about the lake. Perhaps the tourism department of West Kalimantan is also a good choice of selecting information on the lake of Sentarum
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