Kembang Island is one of the excellent in Banjarmasin, we can go after the Floating Market. The island is administratively included in the subdistrict Alalak, Barito Kuala.
But to get there usually community through Banjarmasin city because of its location which is located closer to the western city of Banjarmasin. The island, located in the center of the Barito River this is essentially a delta that is formed naturally.
Pulau Kembang is located area of forest conservation tourist Pemangkuan under the Natural Resources Conservation Agency of South Kalimantan 60 Ha. Kembang island is not inhabited by humans, but is dominated by fauna such as long-tailed macaques and proboscis monkeys.
Although not inhabited this island has a relationship with the community, especially Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan.
Pulau Kembang referred to as the kingdom apes because there are hundreds if not thousands of monkeys here, and said by the myth of the local people are very great apes, which is called the king of the apes. But not just monkeys, when I'm lucky we can meet with the proboscis monkey, the monkey types ber long tail that has a pointy nose with yellowish color that is unique to the island of Borneo.
To get to the island Kembang we can go through some access to the area, among which the most frequent travelers that passed through: Siring Martapura River and Kampung Muara Kuin.
If we pass Siring Martapura River we could rent klotok every day hung there with the purpose of the Flower Island, we directly deliver to the destination. Long trip to Pulau Kembang approximately one hour, during the trip we will see the beauty of the river Martapura and Barito River famous, people's lives around the river and several kapa-ship accidentally park on the outskirts of the Barito river.
And if we go through Kampung Muara Kuin we can direct charter / hire klotok available there (there's also near Masjid Sultan Suriyansyah), then through the village estuary of Kuin is better if you go to her before sunrise (after prayer Fajr), because we are through travel Muara Kuin Floating Market, so we can all enjoy one of the famous tourist in the city of Banjarmasin. Long trip through the estuary village of Kuin is shorter maybe about 45 minutes
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