Visit West Kalimantan

West Kalimantan covers an area of over 146.807 sq km, and remains unexplored by travelers. The Coast area is mainly covered with swamp and counts more than 100 rivers sculpting the flat plains. The Highland mountains covering the eastern part of West Kalimantan province, far away from the cities, where you can find the traditional Dayak settlements. The Dayaks with their traditions and beliefs are expressed in various forms; as earlobes elongated by heavy earnings, tattoos, art full intricate paintings, carving designs and wonderful dances of respect. West Kalimantan is accessible from Jakarta, Surabaya, and Kucing at Sarawak by air. Boat cruises and overland journeys is the best opportunity to see the interior of one of the world's largest and richest island. West Kalimantan province is an important and very attractive province. It is rich in history, culture and has a lot places of interest for the tourist. The province borders on Sarawak, East Malaysia, and the Muller Mountain Range which can be crossed to East Kalimantan, at the west is the South China Sea and the Karimata Strait.

West Kalimantan is rich of minerals and stones. Various valuable minerals are found on and around those mountains, such as gold, mercury, manganese, bauxite, gypsum and kaolin.
Cities as Sambas, Pontianak, Ketapang can be found in the coastal side, surrounded by lowland and swamps.
As all over in Kalimantan, the rivers are the main transport "highways" , in West Kalimantan a number of important rivers for the transportation of goods and people are Kapuas River, Sambas River, Sekayam River, Landak River, Melawi River and Pawan River. However, there are rivers that can be navigated only during the rainy season, when the water is high. Bandung is the name of floating houses used to navigate up and 0-downstream the main river, Bandung are not only houses, but is also important transportation tool for the people.
The highlands deep in-land of West Kalimantan are covered with jungle, and still not much trodden by human beings. In the past decades, however, loggers have come to exploit the province's timber resources, but the West Kalimantan jungle is still rich in tropical hardwoods, rattan, candlenut trees, and various raw materialsfor industrial and popular needs.

PONTIANAK REGENCY
Pontianak regency is one of the widest regency areas that reside in West Kalimantan Province. Its region wide is 18171,20 km2 and number of residents is 845000 men. The Capital Of Pontianak Regency is Mempawah that parting 67 km from Pontianak city. Pontianak regency has high potency in tourism sector, they are:

1. Melanggar Waterfall
   This Waterfall that has 50 m highest and 75 m widest is the breaking of Landak River. Located in Sungai Besar District about 230 km from Pontianak City or 197 km from Mempawah city. To reach this location can be applied by four-wheel vehicle until Serimbu village, hereinafter with water motor till 2 hours.

2. Remabo Waterfall
   The waterfall that has seven levels is resided in Air Besar district, which can be gone through with of four-wheel vehicle. Between levels 1 with other can be gone through by walking during 15-30 minutes.
3. Long house
   It is also called Betang House, 310 m length and 18 m wide, now is dwelt about 34 family heads, which still have family relation. Located in Saham village, SengahTemila district it is not far from International road Pontianak - Kuching. Be the only omission of the DayakKanayatn long house in Pontianak regency.

4. JuangMandor Grave
   It is said that in this grave location had murdered 21037 best Indonesian in West Kalimantan; the kings, intellectual, elite figure or magnate. Here there are 10 mass graves and one-massacre locations in esplanade. Located about 88 km from Pontianak city, in the side of International road Pontianak - Kuching.

5. Amantubillah Palace
   This omission building history of Mempawahempire is ever have combustible, and built again in 1922 by Mohammad TaufikAkamaddin. Here is filed the patrimony objects like small cannon and 'keris' patrimony.

6. Opu Daeng Manambon Grave
   The founder of Mempawah Empire Grave is located to hill, Suap village, MempawahHilir district. There is also HabibHusein Grave (the first Islam spreader in Mempawah), which located in Sejegi village, MempawahHilir district.

7. Kijing Beach
   This beach is sloping beach, in km 84 Sungai Kunyit villages, Sungai Kunyit district.

8. Temajo Island
   This Island that faced to Natuna Sea have beautiful nature scenery and clear seawater, hardly suited for athletics dive. Its situation is nearby with Kijing beach, about 1 hour with water motor from Sungai Kunyit village.

9. Naik Dango Custom Ceremony
   It is the custom public DayakKanayatn presentation of thanks feel to Sang Jubata (God) for the paddy crop successful. It is done every 27 Aprils every year with location by rotation in 10 hinterland Districts tribe resident, which majority by DayakKanayatn. This ceremony is started with ' ArakanPanompo ' from each district courier, caught up dance 'Candle Paddy' by DayakKanayatn girls, and its top moment is pray read ritual by one of the Leader in Pontianak regency. West Kalimantan regency functionaries, Pontianak District functionaries and the invitations always attend this ceremony.
10. Monument Equator

This is a monument as a sign that the city passed the equator. inside there is various information about the history of west Kalimantan.

2. Culinary tours

Yum,, yum,, yum is he who never miss when we visit an area, must not forget we always taste the typical cuisine as well as by the of the area.
Because of Borneo is surrounded by rivers, the area is famous for its fish dishes, riverside.
There are also special food that is tempoyak Kalimantan. Which apparently made from fermented durian flesh.

3. Shopping
For tourists, it is usually not forget to buy by the typical decorative beads are beads made handbags, wallets, etc. HP site.Kalimantan unique keychains and batik. Also by the food that is a drink of aloe vera, aloe vera dodol, also known as durian dodol lempok.

4. Lodging
There are several hotels list dipontianak

5. Culture areas
West Kalimantan, most of the original population is Dayak, Melayu, as well as large china.sebagian language used in their daily lives are Indonesia and BahasaMelayu.
The song is typical of this region is CikCikperiok famous, while the dances are dance pieces (plates) and then dance zapin.

· Dayak dance

Dayaks dances are mobile people fishing in the river and hunting in the forest live in the long house. They always dancing “taripersembahan” when the foreigner coming to they are village.

· Traditional clothes