Bangkirai Hill National Park Balikpapan - Canopy Bridge
One of the tourist destinations in East Kalimantan that you must be visit is Bangkirai Hill. Located in Samboja District, Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan situated between the trans Balikpapan - Samarinda, precisely at KM38. Here you can enjoy outbound of the beauty of the tropical rain forest which is became the one of lungs of the world today. Bangkirai hill is a natural tourism area which is managed by PT. INHUTANI Balikpapan. Bangkirai hill can be reached by traveling overland for 1.5 hours from the city of Balikpapan. This tour offers the charm of the natural tropical rain forests, which is equipped with infrastructure and other facilities like restaurant, swimming pool, as well as cottages and jungle cabin.
In this area there is a canopy bridge along 64 m were hanged connect 5 Bangkirai tree at a height of 30 m. This Canopy bridge is the first in Indonesia, both in Asia and the eighth in the world. Its construction was made by cooperation among the United States and Indonesia government.
