Some river-bend contortion with turf soils in the forest area in the Tanjung Putting National Park (TNTP), District of West Kotawaringin, patches of which are in the other districts in the province of Central Kalimantan. Among tourists, especially those coming from overseas, usually trekking through the rivers, while read the biodiversity of living and growing in the area. So many species of flora and fauna that can be enjoyed in the tourist area of Tanjung Putting. Just call a number of animals that roam there, such as orangutans, bekantan, uwa-uwa, hornbills.
The wealth of flora and fauna that make the region of around 400 thousand hectares that have attraction for tourists. Tanjung Putting area is also synonymous with “Camp Leakey”, the location of the rehabilitation of hundreds of orangutans Kalimantan (Pongo pygmaeus), said the Head of Development of tourism destinations, the Office of Culture and Tourism Central Kalimantan Aida Meyarti. The existence of the object that tour, he said, is so knowledgeable known among foreign tourists, especially those who like a love of life and animals unique is protected in the free roam TNTP. Besides orangutans, the national parks also have other monkeys, as bekantan (Nasalis larvatus) that their lives also have a high value selling for tourists.
Social behavior of animals is so interesting attractions, such as how their mutual intimidation, how to eat, the exploration of patterns, pregnancy, how to nest orangutans.
The other side of that is no less interesting story about the seizure of power orangutans. Genealogy orangutans in “Camp Leakey” always come to the attention of the tourist. Camp Leakey “was established in 1971, when the DR Birutte Prof. Galdikas with her husband Rod Brindamour do research on orangutans in” Camp Wilkey “, so when the area was called that. Name Leakey, who is now known, the name taken from a paleoantropogist back from Kenya, Louis Leakey, who is not another teacher from Birutte Galdikas.
Not only the life of the animals tourist also pay attention to that location, but also some type of forest as well as various life flora and fauna decorate TNTP. The type of forest which is a dry land forest dipterocarpus covers 40.50 percent TNTP broad, tree species that dominate in the forest is so Shorea, myristica, castanopsis, lithocarpus, xylopia, and scorodocarpus. Mixture of forest and swamp perifer about 20 percent TNTP, forest swamp peat moss Ramin found in almost all areas TNTP edge. Peat turf Ramin most is damaged after a tree raminnya many ditebang. Swamp forest transition is one of the types of swamp forests that are characterized by significant growth castanopsis, Casuarina sumatrana, schiima, tetramerista, durio acutifolis, Eugenia, and a kind called Meranti stone resin.