Loksado

Loksado so famous. Loksado is the dwelling place of Dayak Meratus. It is in the Upper River Amandit, South Kalimantan. Entry into the territory of Hulu Sungai Selatan. Has a very beautiful nature, beautiful and unspoiled. Loksado keep all the goodness of nature, and has a lot of attractions that can be visited. There Kantawan Hill, Lake Bangkau, longhouse, the traditional house of Dayak tribe, and the Thermal Baths Tanuhi.

Among the many attractions that exist in the soil Loksado, there is one thing that is a major tourist destination for tourists. That is challenging adrenaline, down the river by using Bamboo Rafting. Local people call as Balanting Paring. Amandit river has a fairly heavy flow of water and rocks that are challenging to you takhlukkan.Transport to reach Loksado, you can travel by private car or rent a car. Distance from Banjarmasin to Kandangan (Capital Hulu Sungai Selatan) is approximately 133 Km. From Kandangan, continue journey to Loksado. One tip for you, you should look for a guide so that you are more comfortable travel.Culinary tours that you can try at Kandangan, Hulu Sungai Selatan is Ketupat Kandangan. You can see him easily there. It was so tasty and filling.Kandangan - Loksado is about 38 Km. Paths that you can take is through Batulicin area. Although tortuous, but the road conditions were pretty good, so you need not worry about being boring during the trip. The scenery on the right and the left is the forest with green trees and a cool breeze. Meratus is known keasriannya.Loksado is a district that includes several villages such as Tanuhi and Malino. Prior to Batulicin, you should direct way to the left. Batulicin is the biggest sea port in South Kalimantan.Preparation you have to do in order to do Bamboo Rafting or Balanting, among others, is wrap your phone and wallet into the plastic. Use waterproof kaamera yes, for maximum results. You can still use long pants or shorts.

You need to know is that the mileage of Bamboo Rafting activity is roughly as far as 12 Km. If you bring a personal vehicle, the vehicle must wait in the downstream. Place finish is the bamboo rafting in the village Tanuhi. You can take it in half an hour via landline. But because many obstacles that you will encounter in the river, then the travel time that you spend with Bamboo rafting is two and a half hours.For those of you who do not have a private vehicle to pick you up at the finish point, not to worry, because in the village there are many ojeg Tanuhi motorcycle that you can use to deliver their services back to its initial start at Pier Loksado.In the local language, bamboo rafting called paring balanting. Lanting paring means a bamboo raft. In contrast to rafting typically use rubber boats as a lift, in Loksado we'll use a bamboo raft. Some bamboo sticks tied together, and usually amount to about 16 cigarettes. The bamboo raft was made suddenly, and can not be used more than once, because if it arrives at the downstream, is no longer possible to bring it to upstream, to the pier Loksado.Prepare your physical as Amandit River was amazing and give the experience that certainly will not be forgotten. With the strong current and rocks everywhere, would like a bamboo raft down the river Amandit wild dancing. Maintain body balance while on a boat bamboo must be done if you do not want to freefall to the bottom of the river. In some places with strong current, bamboo boat will be rocked by the powerful, and nearly slammed those who are in it. Bamboo raft will be controlled by a jockey bamboo rafting that accompany your journey, using a bamboo pole piece.

Of the 12 Km distance to go, not all fast-flowing. Smart-pintah jockey must steer the boat bamboo from hitting the rocks at the edges. In some parts of the river, the flow of the water it is very small and very dangkat making bamboo raft difficult to move. Effort is needed in order to make the boat back to walk. At that moment, we can enjoy the scenery along the river Amandit. When jockey raised bamboo boat to be sailed back, use the opportunity to take pictures of the scenery around you.You can menjumpau view of the hills with rows of green trees. Still very natural and beautiful. The flow of the river and the surrounding landscape is also worthwhile to preserve. It kumplit experience. You can also find the fields of population which is used to grow crops such as rubber and cinnamon. Some horticultural crops are also occasionally seen. And certainly, a row of bamboo forest will dominate the landscape for Bamboo Rafting trip. Of course, since bamboo is a plant that is easy to grow without requiring special care.When the current calm and the water depth allows for benerang, you can deliberately throw themselves into the river, enjoy the fresh river water Amandit. Take a few minutes to enjoy the freedom of swimming in the river.From a jockey can be known if the existing trees along the way, among other named Tree Tarab, Binjai Trees, Tree Bengkirai. Is no longer apparently Ulin famous tree the wood (Iron Wood) is very strong.Actually, bamboo rafting activity originated from local people in the habit of selling bamboo to the city. The lack of transportation for carrying bamboo, bamboo farmers using binding to crops results in the amount of about 50 to 70 stalks into a bundle, and they ride to the city Kandangan. If the travel time on the ground is only about two hours to cross the river Amandit, farmers need a two-day trip.In addition to carrying bamboo for sale in the town, the farmers as well as bringing other crops that they can sell. Such as rubber or cinnamon which they are stacked on top of bamboo. The time is at the moment they choose Amandit tidal river water, so they do not encounter many impediments rocks along the river.That's because the habits of local residents, today many tourists who want to enjoy the fun of the adventure down the river Amandit. But bamboo rafting for tourists do when the river flow Amandit downs, because there is the challenge of the rocks along the way that can be enjoyed.

The area around Loksado now also grown into a good attraction. Already, there are a lot of facilities are built so that tourists feel at home in Loksado. Hotels, cottages and restaurants more and more scattered in the corner of the city. Bamboo farmers who initially just hang any income from selling bamboo, now earn additional income by becoming a jockey Bamboo rafting in Loksado.What is the price to pay to enjoy bamboo rafting? For Loksado Tanuhi service, you have to pay Rp. 200.000, - and these Loksado - Muara Hatip Rp. 300.000, - If you want to feel the sensation of traveling such as bamboo farmers, Loksado - Kandangan, and takes about two days, eating should be put on a contract system. These Kandangan Loksado applies only in December, when the river water discharge Amandit increased dramatically.