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Comfort in central Borneo
Rimba56 on 14/09/2017 04:00
Palangkaraya, the capital of central Kalimantan province, is back in the spotlight in recent months. The issue of new capital government centre to replace the ever crowded Jakarta has been brought forward, and since Palangkaraya was once mentioned by the first President Soekarno as a suitable capital of the country, the city is mentioned as a suitable candidate. But the purpose of my trip was nothing to do with this issue. i come to Palangkaraya to experience the beautiful nature of central Kalimantan. Certainly there is plenty to do and see. Hotel Aquarius where I was staying was a good place to start the adventure. It's centrally located, spacious room, comfortable lobby, and good choice of breakfast menu.
One place worth visiting is the Sebangun National Park. Luckily, the Hotel Aquarius is supporting the conservation work of the Sebangun NP, so hotel guests may watch a short video about the NP. The NP has several access points, one of them is just within minutes from the Hotel through the river of Sebangun. It takes about an hour by boat to get to the perimeter of the N, and visitors can experience the lowland rain forests and if lucky also their primate inhabitants, namely orangutan, bekantan and others.
When in Palangkaraya, spare some time to visit the orangutan conservation facility of Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation at Nyaru Menteng, some 30 minutes drive. Here, visitors can learnt about the life of orangutan and the threats they are facing to survive in the degraded rainforest of Borneo.
Fabulous hotel
on 09/09/2017 07:36
We spent 2 nights in this hotel. It was a fun experience stay in Aquarius Boutique hotel. The breakfast was good. Strategic location as it close to the shopping mall. The price was okay and worth for money.
Nice hotel with decent food
Gemma G on 23/08/2017 01:33
The hotel is correct, western style with staff trying to speak English. One of best options to stay for one day in Palangkaraya.
Restaurant with Indonesian and western food quite acceptable. Nice pool to relax after day walking. We could not have a massage as it was difficult to understand with the staff.
Return stay at Aquarius Hotel Palangkaraya
Lian Tiong G on 14/03/2017 01:33
We stayed here on 13th March 2017. Aquarius used to be the hotel we stayed before the existence of the other star hotel. Not bad as a boutique hotel with clean room and other facilities such as swimming pool, health and fitness center, cafe, lobby lounge and a Music Club. We returned to Aquarius as the normal hotel we stayed was fully booked. This time the hotel accommodated our request to put us at the 9th floor at the corner of the floor. For light sleepers, try avoid the center portion else you will be counting the beats of the music traveling up to even the sixth floor soon after 10 pm. This was the reason light sleeper like me could not fit in. Otherwise, Aquqrius is located in town and the checking staffs are friendly. Breakfast has choices of local and continental food and fried eggs corner.....cheers.
good hotel with good breakfast
AndiZubaida on 08/03/2017 09:12
this hotel is a good choice if you want to have nice place that completed with good breakfast to start a day. they also have other restaurant with some tasty meals. you can go around by taxi meter and need no worries.
hotel staff is absolutely helpful, you can ask everything to make you more convenient during your stay