KAYAN MENTARANG NATIONAL PARK, EAST KALIMANTAN
The Whispering Leaves

The Kayan Mentarang National Park consists of primary forest which happens to be the second oldest and biggest in Southeast Asia. travelers can stay overnight in the forest, tracking its lush and thick greenery, fish in the clear water or just gaze at the low-flying hawks.

November 19, 2013

Perhaps this is what the environment looked like in the time of Adam and Eve.

The hills and valleys are so green. Half of it is covered in grass, 20 centimeters tall. Here, deer and wild oxen happily feed together. The other half is a tangle of huge trees. From deep within the thicket comes the echoing calls of wild monkeys.

Peacocks cry out with shrill voices. Also heard is the helmeted hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil), a bird whose beauty is revered by

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