Tanjung Puting National Park

Set on a peninsula jutting out into the Java Sea, Tanjung Puting was first declared as a game reserve in 1935, and then a National Park in 1982, to protect 3,040 km2 of low lying forest and swamp punctuated by rivers. The best known animals in Tanjung Puting are the orangutans, made famous by the Camp Leakey research station, but also present are the bizarre looking proboscis monkey and seven primate species.

Other wildlife resident in the area include clouded leopards, civets, sun bears, mouse deer, barking deer, sambar deer, banteng, two species of crocodiles, dozens of snakes and frogs. Tanjung Putting also hosts over 230 species of birds, including hornbills, deep forest birds, and many wetland species including white egrets.