Bukit Bangkirai is natural tourism area managed by PT. Inhutani I Unit I Balikpapan. This tourist resort is located in Samboja district, Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan. Bangkirai hill can be done through the journey overland for 1.5 hours from Kota Balikpapan. This tour offers the charm of a tropical rain forest that is still natural, dilengkatp with tourist facilities and infrastructure such as restaurants, Lamin for meetings, swimming pool, and jungle cottage or cabin. In this area there are canopy bridge (bridge canopy) 64 m along the hanging tree connect Bangkirai 5 at an altitude of 30 m. The bridge feature is the first in Indonesia, both in Asia and the eighth in the world. Its construction was made in the United States. As a natural tourism area, a variety of facilities and infrastructure have been prepared for tourists who come like a restaurant with a menu that is varied enough, Lamin for meetings that can accommodate 100 people, as well as lodging a cottage with air conditioning and cabin jugle, the cottages are not equipped with facilities electricity so that the tourists who stay there can feel the atmosphere of a real forest. Bangkirai Hill area of 1500 hectares wide reach of this is that forest conservation has an important role to develop a natural monument of wet tropical forests that can be used as a means of environmental education and forestry. This tour of forest area aims to develop the tourism potential of natural and scientific research and improve people's love for the environment and forests. On March 14, 1998, 510 hectares of this area was established as tourist areas by Djamalludin Suryohadikusumo, Minister of Forestry of Indonesia at the Sixth Development Cabinet as an effort to develop tourism potential of natural and scientific as well as to increase the love of the environment, especially in the flora and fauna. Natural tourism area is named for Mount Bangkirai Bangkirai dominant tree species growing in this protected forest areas. Bangkirai tree mascot was later used as the main attractions that have this worldwide. In this area there are many Bangkirai trees older than 150 years with a height reaching 40 to 50 m, with a diameter of 2.3 m. Buttress root circumference growth (root sign) is big and strong to make this tree has a value of its own beauty. Bangkirai hill is located about 150 km from the city of Samarinda and Tenggarong or only about 58 km from the city of Balikpapan and 20 km from the capital Samboja District. To achieve this natural tourist, tourists can adopt by road with four-wheel drive or two wheel. Geographically, the area including Mount Bangkirai lowland (lowland primary) "Dipterocarp forest" of stability, so that this area be turned into an invasion of birds from the area of Park Forest Area Bukit Soeharto (approximately 30 km) and the surrounding areas affected by forest fires. From the observations that have been made, there are 113 bird species that live in the area this Bangkirai Hill. The types of fauna present in the area is Mount Bangkirai-gibbons gibbons (Hylobates muelleri), monkey (Macaca nemestrina), Javan Red (Presbytus rubicunda), Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis), Warthog (Susvittatus), Flying Squirrel (Squiler ) and Sambar (Corvus unicolor) that have been breeding. Bangkirai Hill area is also rich in natural orchid that grows naturally on trees that are still living and the dead. There are at least 45 species of orchids that can be found in this region, including the Black Orchid (Coelegyne pandurata) is very famous and became one of East Kalimantan's mascot. Besides the cultivation of natural orchids, also made the development of such hybrid orchid Orchid Kala, Apple Blossom and Orchid Vanda Orchid. In addition to orchid garden, nature tourism is also equipped with an orchard area of 4 hectares. To preserve the integrity and sustainability of bangkirai trees in this area, the manager of the Mount Bangkirai Tree Adoption Program offers to its sponsors or donors to become "foster parents" for bangkirai trees desired.
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