Pangkalan Bun (or Pangkalanbun) is a city in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia and best known as gateway city for orangutan watching.
Get in
- 1 Iskandar Airport (PKN IATA). The airport has flights to/from several major cities (such as Jakarta, Surabaya, and Banjarmasin) with Trigana Air and Kalstar[dead link]
If one prefers land travel there are buses to and from Pontianak and Palangkaraya.
Get around
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2°41′10″S 111°39′0″E
Map of Pangkalan BunSee
Do
- Visit Tanjung Puting National Park to see orangutan.
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Sleep
There are at least a dozen hotels in town.
- Hotel Bahagia. rooms from Rp 50K to 100K
- Swiss Belinn. rooms from US$ 45 to US$ 90