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Join us as we embark on a new and unique eight-day tour along the eastern coast of , Indonesian Borneo, onboard our traditionally built ironwood pinisi schooner, the Katharina, where we will experience the wonderful wildlife of this mystical island, including crocodiles, proboscis monkeys as well as the star of the Borneo forest, the only Asian great ape, the .

We then invite you to get in touch with your inner Robinson ITINERARY Crusoe as we voyage through pristine tropical waters to the Day 1 - quintessential white-sand tropical paradise of the Derawan Arriving in the morning in Balikpapan, , you will Islands. Here we can fill our days with various activities be met at the airport and greeted by your cruise director and Dr. including snorkelling, stand up paddle boarding, kayaking, Commitante, and you will also meet your fellow voyagers. We swimming, trekking, beachcombing, or simply lying on the deck will then drive to the BOS rehabilitation centre, or on the sand in the sun. Its up to you. where we will spend the night in the Samboja Lodge near to where almost 200 orangutans are being looked after with the Note: Guests will meet the ship in Balikpapan, Indonesian support of 100 highly devoted staff. The staff are not only Kalimantan, and will also disembark in Balikpapan. The airfare responsible for the care of the orangutans, but also many sun is not included in the cruise price but we will be happy to assist bears. Additionally, they conduct community outreach you with any information and local flight reservations. In order programmes and research on re-growing destroyed forests. to ensure that you are able to enjoy the full programme, please make sure your arrival time in Balikpapan is before 10.00 am Day 2 - Balikpapan on the morning of Day 1. This morning we will visit Samboja Lestari BOS rehabilitation centre, where we will be able to see part of the rehabilitation process for orangutans, and talk to some of those involved in this very difficult work to try to return orangutans to their forest home. You will also be able to visit their sanctuary. After lunch at Samboja Lodge, we will drive back to Balikpapan, where you will get your first glimpse of our maritime home, The

01432 507 280 (within UK) [email protected] | small-cruise-ships.com Katharina. After being given time to settle in and a quick civets, smooth-coated otters and more. We will also spend an briefing, we will begin the journey up the coast towards afternoon on a kentinting motorised prau, cruising the Sangatta Sangatta. River and savouring the riches of Kalimantans abundant river life. Along the way, we will see untidy lumps of vegetation Days 3 & 4 - Sangatta suspended from branches overhanging the water, which may be After breakfast on Day 3, we will disembark in Sangatta, and the nests of black-and-red broadbills. Hopefully we will also see travel about twenty minutes inland by car to the northern end of some proboscis monkeys and estuary crocodiles lurking in the National Park, an area of lowland tropical forest that was forests that line the banks. We will return to the severely burned by the forest fires in 1998. The forest, known Katharina at the end of each day, but if guests wish to stay in for its , has been regenerating and is, surprisingly, the park overnight then that can be arranged, but the home to several orangutan and other wildlife communities. accommodation is very basic. Small boats will travel to where there are two orangutan research sites in an area headed by Dr. Anne Russon, professor Day 5 - of Psychology at York University in Canada and well-respected Today is another day to take full advantage of the pleasures of orangutan researcher. One site is not open to visitors, but the cruising on our lovely Katharina as we experience the fine nearer site is managed by staff and does seamanship and hospitality of our crew and enjoy the vitality of allow visitors. Dr. Russon will be on hand to explain the voyaging blissfully on a tropical sea. Our day at sea will begin complexities of regenerating forests and the implications for after breakfast when we weigh anchor and get underway to the orangutans and other wildlife in the area. About 35 of the parks Derawan Islands, a mystical archipelago of 31 pristine tropical wild orangutans range around a forest research area along the islands with beautiful coral reefs to match those of the famous river near Sangatta. The researchers established an intricate Raja Ampat National Park. The best known islands in the chain network of flat trails here, and we will have several opportunities are the islands of Derawan, Maratua, Sangalaki and , to spend some enjoyable hours soft trekking through this and many of the inhabitants are of the Bajau or sea gypsy beautiful forest maze in search of them. This is a unique heritage. experience as this area is one of the few places where it is actually possible to see orangutans in their natural habitat, and Days 6 & 7 - Derawan Archipelago our two-day visit is likely to reward us with a sighting. On Day 6, we will wake up in the Derawan Archipelago. These Additionally, we may see slow loris, proboscis and leaf islands must be everyones dream of the perfect tropical monkeys, which inhabit the lowland, swamp, and mangrove paradise: beautiful, isolated islands with soft white-sand forest areas, and we should keep our eyes primed for sun beaches fringed with waving palm trees; warm, pristine seas bears, rare flat-headed cats, deer, East Bornean gibbons, black that change colour from green to deep blue, and an amazing flying squirrels, marbled cats, yellow-throated martens, otter underwater life of giant turtles, dolphins, manta rays, dugongs and barracudas, stingless jellyfish and, sometimes, whales. We

01432 507 280 (within UK) [email protected] | small-cruise-ships.com will spend two full days here, snorkelling, stand up paddle circumstances beyond our control and/or other factors, in the boarding, kayaking, swimming, and exploring the beautiful best interests of all. Its all part of the adventure. picture postcard islands that time forgot. The pristine coral reefs here are home to an abundance of colourful fishes and invertebrate life. In fact, the Nature Conservancy and a team of international experts have found 460 different species of corals and more than 870 species of fish, ranking this area second only to Raja Ampat. Here also, is largest nesting site of the rare and endangered giant green turtles and hawksbill turtles, and it may be possible to swim with them or watch them lay their eggs in the sand. At Sangalaki Island, majestic mantas wing through the water, emerging from all directions. Or, in the middle of Kakaban Island, we can swim and snorkel in a mangrove-fringed lake, filled with the worlds largest and most diverse collection of stingless jellyfish, including four unique species that swim upside down.

Day 8 - Berau All good things must come to an end and after waking up on-board and sharing a farewell breakfast with our shipmates we will head to the airport at Berau for the flight back to Balikpapan so you can connect to your onward flights to your next destinations.

Please Note: Every effort will be made to carry out our cruise itinerary as planned; however, our itineraries are subject to change at the captains discretion. When touring at sea, weather, currents, and even harbour masters dont always co-operate with our planned itinerary, which sometimes make our planned schedules challenging or even impossible to carry out. For that reason, our written itineraries must be approached with reasonable flexibility. We reserve the right to make alterations due to

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Katharina is a mix of traditional and modern design. Her hull and rigging are traditional, while the deck house and interior were custom designed to adapt to Western tastes of space, privacy and comfort. While Indonesian traditional sailing vessels are customarily referred to as Bugi Schooners, strictly speaking bathroom with shower and toilet. Unlike typical ship Katharina is rigged as a Ketch, the foremast being higher than accommodation, your cabin provides ample space to store your the aft mast. stuff and still move about with ease. The deck area of Katharina is dominated by the 25m tall main We know from experience that during a cruise in the tropics and top masts and a large central table around which we enjoy some of our guests discover the pleasure of sleeping under the our meals alfresco. Just aft is the main lounge and bar, stars and there is plenty of room to sleep on the upper deck. accessible on the port side. On top of this main cabin there is a Mattresses as well as light blankets are available for that sun deck, where you find several additional deck chairs and purpose. comfortable day beds. Below decks there are 4 double cabins Spacious twin shared cabins with twin bunk beds or double bed (with one extra single upper berth) and 2 twin cabins Each cabin has a private bathroom with toilet and hot shower (upper/lower berth). All cabins are air-conditioned (individually Washbasin and soap toiletries in your cabin controlled) and have private bathrooms with warm and cold Cabins have individually controlled air conditioning water. Obviously, we provide all hotel amenities you may Towels and beach towels that are regularly changed require. each cabin has an individual minisafe for valuables and travel Each cabin has a wardrobe, a built-in mini safe, individually documents controlled cooling systems and soft lightning. All cabins have Free tea, coffee and mineral water their own private

01432 507 280 (within UK) [email protected] | small-cruise-ships.com Excellent food and snacks (vegetarian food on request) Excellent wine selection, cold beer and other alcoholic drinks for sale Chilled towels and a welcome drink upon arrival Outdoor sleeping facilities Unlimited use of our snorkeling equipment and 2 sea canoes Television, DVD and music centre in lounge

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