MAHAKAM RIVER TOUR WITH BOATS

Inflatable Boats Tour

Samarinda has a big river with water so calm and strategic location in the center of town or divides the city into two areas are quite large. Mahakam River is a fairly crowded river waters by vessels carrying a variety of materials and agricultural products in Kalimantan, especially in the morning until midday. By late afternoon, a comfortable enough time for water skiing, speed boat and other water sports. 

But the Local Government of Samarinda until now still not able to maximize the tourism potential of this Mahakam River water. When viewed from the length and width of the existing Mahakam River, sufficient to build a container of water tourism such as utilizing a inflatable boats, speed boat tours and boat tours around the city along the Mahakam River. To exploit this potential, many providers inflatable boats such as BoatsToGo.com that it can provide adequate and safe facilities for use by local and international tourists.

TANAH MERAH WATERFALL SLIPSHOD

Hearing the name alone, already imagined beauty. Waterfall created by God, flowing from the woods, jump from the hills. It's amazing, but that's just fantasy. Yes, waterfall tours in Lempake Tanah Merah, North Samarinda, increasingly neglected.

For to the location it is not difficult. From the city just follow the direction of the axis road Samarinda-Bontang. Right on the right side of the road, stands a large customer says "You entered the Area Tourism Waterfalls Tanah Merah Samarinda. "

This is a comfortable tourist attractions in samarinda. However, lately the condition of this resort is really sad. Much damage to the road leading tourist sites. Plants and trees shield the roadside, appears to have been well taken care of. Small house or hut to rest and change clothes already look ugly and unkempt and would collapse.

Waterfall tourist sites Tanah Merah supposed to attention of relevant government institutions to fix the location of this tour.

MAHAKAM RIVER AT AFTERNOON

Mahakam River on one of the longest river in Indonesia, after the Barito river, 920 km in length, its estuary in the Makassar Straits, this river crossing Kabupeten region in the Upper West Kutai, Kutai Kartanegara to district and city of Samarinda in the downstream, tributaries include Belayan River, Lava River, River Telai, outstretched River Head, Tenggarong River and including including  Karang Mumus river.

The presence of the Mahakam River as important as the yellow river Huang He in China, the Indus River in India, the river Tigris in Mesopotamia, or the river Amazon in South America, which together with the flow of human civilization was born, become a human history. For it is a nature that the emergence of a civilization of life and the main requirement is water, where there is water flow and there he built settlements.

One of the Mahakam river flow is passed Gajah Mada street, at street stands one of the central government is the Governor's office of East Kalimantan, Mahakam river divides the two cities with Samarinda City and Samarinda Seberang, in front of the governor's office, or rather built alongside a river bank garden that extends into the upstream , up to Mahakam Bridge 1.

Residents Samarinda in particular, used to spend weekends with fish and shrimp fishing along the edge of the Mahakam River, Tepian.

THE OLDEST MOSQUE AND MOST MODERN MOSQUE IN SAMARINDA

Mosque of Sirathal Mustaqiem taken from the middle of Mahakam River. This historic mosque visible differences between the homes residents.

Samarinda listed as a historic mosque city that has a rich repertoire of the Islamic past. Edge City also has Islamic Centre, magnificent mosques in the city, which symbolizes the modernization of Islam.

In Samarinda Seberang, still sturdy stand Masjd Sirathal Mustaqiem. The mosque is a historical record of Islam in Samarinda. In 2003, the mosque with a single tower was a winner of the 2nd in the Festival of historic mosques in Indonesia. The story of a journey, manifested in the design of the building relics of the past. Material is still dominated by wooden mosque.

Historic mosque that was founded in 1881 by Prince Abdulrahman bin Treasurer aka Sayid Sayid Muhammad Assegaf together traditional leaders and residents at the time. The names listed participated in the historic mosque in between, Kapitan Jaya, Petta, Loloncong, and USU Lonna. They then donate building materials for the 4 main pillars (pillars) mosque. Ulin Wood Mount Dondang, Samboja, from Prince Treasurer. Ulin trees Loa Haur, Mount Centipede, from Kapitan Jaya. Tree Mount Salo Tireng Ulin, and Coral Tree Ulin Sungkai from Petta Loloncong.

Different impression will be felt if the other corner of Samarinda. On the main road, Slamet Riyadi, majestic stands Mosque of Islamic Centre. Anyone who come to the mosque that overlooks the Mahakam River, must told one word, magnificent, and implied an attitude; spellbound.

The mosque that has not had an official name, it is still familiarly known by the Islamic Centre. Was mentioned most magnificent and the second largest in Southeast Asia after Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta. The main building has a spacious 43,500 square meters. This mosque has seven towers, with 99-meter-high main tower, meaningful Asmaul Husna (the names of God).

Not only as a place of prostration, of course. Various religious activities held at the neighborhood mosque. The mosque has a kindergarten facilities, radio propaganda, clinics, dormitories, libraries, classrooms, and auditorium. Some facilities are already in enable, and others again still in the stage of completion tools and is still in test phase. The plan in April 2011, when all is finished the name Islamic Centre will be inaugurated.

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HANG OUT POINT AT SAMARINDA

If you want to enjoy the city of Samarinda, the main point of the region that deserve to be its object is: along the shores. Zones of the Mahakam River is a pretty convenient area to enjoy the atmosphere of a crowded city at once refreshing because it is located on the banks of the Mahakam river. Along this edge, there are green belt and also become a long city park.

Edge Mahakam Mahakam River scenery gives the atmosphere of quiet, the occasional river water by small waves because the wind and some motorized boats and other small boats that cross the Mahakam River. Along this edge we can find a path that has trees artificial garden lush and is quite comfortable and cool in summer.

If you want to enjoy the scenery of sunrise and sunset in the city of Samarinda, the atmosphere Edge at dawn and dusk is a good time while enjoying the roasted corn. Although the government of Samarinda has tried to create a park along the shores of the better, sometimes there are still citizens or others who make the park edge to sell a chaotic place. Until now, the more serious the city government set up Edge area into a comfortable area for residents tired of working all day off and become a playground for children.

At the upper edge of the Garden, we can find children's playground which provides various types of games are quite modern. But unfortunately, this lack of play areas managed by professionals, was impressed sober and simple. However, this playground is to provide 'play cheerful atmosphere' for the children, although with a facility that seems so simple.

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