Location : Desa Datah Diaan, Kecamatan Putussibau Utara, Kabupaten Kapuas Hulu, Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia.

Every since our very first trip to Kapuas Hulu (Festival Danau Sentarum), we had been told of the Kayan community in the district of Mendalam. With an extra day in hand before the Gawai celebration we went in search of this elusive tribe.

event, Festival Danau Sentarum, adventure, Lanjak, Batang Lupar, Kalimantan Barat, Borneo, tribal, Ethnic, native, Tourism, tourist attraction, crossborder, travel guide, 西加里曼丹婆罗洲,
Meeting new Kayan friends from ulu Putussibau during Festival Danau Sentarum 2017.

We had no idea yet how to get there but according to info given to us as we drove to Putusibbau, we needed to get to the junction of Mupa. Unfortunately, we could not nail Mupa on Google map, so we had to engage the expert service of Madame Tina who is a friend as well as a very active tour operator in Kapuas Hulu. Driving her own car, she led us to the recently completed Mupa bridge and the rest of the way we ventured on our own.

Bridge, adventure, village, backpackers, destination, Borneo, Kalimantan Barat, Desa Datah Diaan, native, Suku Dayak Kayan, Tourism, tourist attraction, travel guide, Trans Border, 探索婆罗洲游踪, 印尼西加里曼丹富都,
Aerial view of Mupa bridge

Jembatan Mupa, adventure, authentic, village, destination, Borneo, Kapuas Hulu, Desa Datah Diaan, native, Suku Dayak Kayan Mendalam, Tourism, tourist attraction, Cross Border, 探索婆罗洲游踪, 西加里曼丹富都, 达雅克部落

Bridge, adventure, traditional, village, backpackers, Borneo, Indonesia, Kapuas Hulu, Desa Datah Dian, Suku Dayak Kayaan Mendalam, Obyek wisata, Tourism, Cross Border, 婆罗洲西加里曼丹, 印尼富都,
Thank you Tina and Kynan for showing us the way , at Mupa bridge

On a trial and error mission we made our way slowly sometimes hesitant if we took the right turn or not.

adventure, village, destination, Borneo, Indonesia, Kapuas Hulu, native, Suku Dayak Kayaan, tribe, Tourism, tourist attraction, travel guide, Cross Border, 婆罗洲原住民游踪, 西加里曼丹部落
Entrance to Desa Ariung Mendalam
adventure, traditional, village, backpackers, destination, Indonesia, Kapuas Hulu, native, tribe, Tourism, tourist attraction, travel guide, Trans borneo, 印尼西加里曼丹富都, 婆罗洲原住民村庄
Entrance to Desa Padua Mendalam.

At some point we made a stop to snap some photos and it was here that our angel came to the rescue. It came in the form of Mr Lihang who was on a motorcycle on his way back to his village. We stopped him to ask for directions and he kindly invited us to his village called Mendalam Pagung, Desa Datah Diaan. Prayer answered.

adventure, authentic, Mendalam Pagung, village, backpackers, Kalimantan Barat, Putussibau Utara, Desa Datah Diaan, native, Obyek wisata, Tourism, travel guide, Trans borneo, 探索婆罗洲原住民, 印尼西加里曼丹富都
Desa Datah Diaan
adventure, traditional, village, destination, Borneo, Kapuas Hulu, Desa Datah Diaan, native, Suku Dayak Kayan, tribal, tourist attraction, travel guide, Trans Border, 探索婆罗洲原住民, 印尼西加里曼丹富都,
Waiting for the mini ferry
adventure, authentic, village, backpackers, Borneo, Indonesia, West Kalimantan, Kapuas Hulu, Putussibau Utara, Mendalam Pagung, Desa Datah Diaan, native, Suku Dayak Kayan, Tourism, travel guide, Trans Border,
Mini ferry that crosses the Kapuas river for pedestrians and motorcycles

adventure, authentic, traditional, destination, Indonesia, West Kalimantan, Mendalam Pagung, Desa Datah Dian, native, Kayan, tribe, Obyek wisata, travel guide, 印尼西加里曼丹富都, 婆罗洲达雅克部落 adventure, traditional, village, destination, Borneo, Indonesia, Kalimantan Barat, Kapuas Hulu, Putussibau Utara, Desa Datah Dian, native, Suku Dayak Kayan Mendalam, Obyek wisata, Tourism, travel guide, Cross Border,

adventure, destination, backpackers, Kalimantan Barat, Kapuas Hulu, Mendalam Pagung, Desa Datah Dian, native, tribe, obyek wisata, Tourism, tourist attraction, Trans Border, 探索婆罗洲游踪, 印尼西加里曼丹富都,
Aerial view of Datah Diaan
adventure, traditional, village, Borneo, Indonesia, Kapuas Hulu, native, Suku Dayak Kayaan, Obyek wisata, Tourism, travel guide, Trans Border, 探索婆罗洲游踪, 印尼西加里曼丹, 富都达雅克部落
Foreground is the newly completed motorcycle bridge for Datah Diaan

We had a good tour of the village and had lunch thanks to Lihang’s sister Angelika. Rumah Adat Lung Linge Hatung, adventure, authentic, village, Indonesia, Kalimantan Barat, Suku Dayak Kayaan, tribal, Tourism, tourist attraction, travel guide, Trans borneo, 探索婆罗洲, 印尼西加里曼丹, 富都加央族 traditional, Borneo, Kalimantan Barat, Putussibau Utara, Desa Datah Diaan, mendalam Pagung, native, Kayan, tribe, Obyek wisata, Tourism, Cross Border, 探索婆罗洲, 印尼西加里曼丹富都, 加央族部落 adventure, traditional, backpackers, destination, Borneo, Kapuas Hulu, Datah Diaan, Mendalam Pagung, tribal, Obyek wisata, Tourism, travel guide, Trans Border, 婆罗洲西加里曼丹, 富都达雅克部落 adventure, authentic, village, destination, Kalimantan Barat, Putussibau Utara, Mendalam Pagung, Desa Datah Dian, native, Kayan, tribe, tourist attraction, travel guide, 印尼西加里曼丹, 富都达雅克部落adventure, authentic, village, Borneo, Indonesia, Kalimantan Barat, Kapuas Hulu, Putussibau Utara, native, tribe, Tourism, tourist attraction, travel guide, 印尼西加里曼丹富都, 婆罗洲原住民部落

authentic, traditional, village, Borneo, Indonesia, Kapuas Hulu, Desa Datah Diaan, native, Kayan, tribal, Tourism, tourist attraction, travel guide, Trans Border, 婆罗洲西加里曼丹, 富都达雅克部落
At Lihaang’s house
authentic, traditional, backpackers, Indonesia, Kapuas Hulu, Mendalam Pagung, Desa Datah Diaan, Suku Dayak Kayaan Mendalam, Tourism, tourist attraction, travel guide, 婆罗洲西加里曼丹, 富都土著部落
Lihang with his piglet
authentic, traditional, backpackers, Borneo, Indonesia, West Kalimantan, Mendalam Pagung, Desa Datah Diaan, tribe, Obyek wisata, Tourism, travel guide, 印尼西加里曼丹, 富都土著部落
Power nap on a cool rattan mat, soooooo nice
authentic, village, backpackers, Indonesia, West Kalimantan, native, Suku Dayak Kayaan, tribe, Obyek wisata, Tourism, tourist attraction, travel guide, Trans borneo, 探索婆罗洲游踪, 印尼西加里曼丹
Angelika and her American friend

The biggest surprise here was to discover an American lady who had been staying in their house for the last two months working on the translation of Kayan stories as compiled by the Kayan pastor of the village. Next……..Gawai proper

Rumah Adat Lung Linge Hatung

authentic, traditional, village, destination, Indonesia, Kapuas Hulu, native, Suku Dayak Kayaan Mendalam, tribal, Tourism, tourist attraction, travel guide, Trans borneo, 探索婆罗洲土著, 印尼西加里曼丹富都,
At the rumah budaya, Rumah Adat Lung Linge Hatung

Rumah Adat Lung Linge Hatung, authentic, village, destination, Kalimantan Barat, Kapuas Hulu, Putussibau Utara, Desa Datah Diaan, native, tribe, Obyek wisata, Tourism, travel guide, Cross Border, 探索婆罗洲达雅克, 印尼西加里曼丹富都, authentic, backpackers, Borneo, Indonesia, Kapuas Hulu, Mendalam Pagung, Desa Datah Dian, native, tribal, Obyek wisata, Tourism, travel guide, Cross Border, 探索婆罗洲加央族, 印尼西加里曼丹富都, traditional, dayak motif, Borneo, Indonesia, Kalimantan Barat, Putussibau Utara, Mendalam Pagung, Desa Datah Diaan, native, Kayan, tribal, tribe, tourism, 探索婆罗洲游踪, 印尼西加里曼丹, 富都加央族部落

adventure, village, backpackers, destination, Borneo, Indonesia, Kapuas Hulu, native, Suku Dayak Kayaan Mendalam, tribe, Obyek wisata, Tourism, travel guide, 婆罗洲原住民, 印尼西加里曼丹富都,
Village convenience store
authentic, traditional, village, Indonesia, West Kalimantan, Kapuas Hulu, Putussibau Utara, Desa Datah Diaan, native, tribe, Tourism, tourist attraction, Cross Border, 印尼西加里曼丹富都, 婆罗洲原住民部落
At the sape player house

authentic, village, Indonesia, West Kalimantan, Kapuas Hulu, Putussibau Utara, Mendalam Pagung, Desa Datah Diaan, native, Suku Dayak Kayaan Mendalam, tribe, Tourism, tourist attraction, travel guide, Trans borneo,

backpackers, authentic, Indonesia, Kapuas Hulu, Putussibau Utara, Mendalam Pagung, Desa Datah Diaan, Suku Dayak Kayaan Mendalam, Tourism, tourist attraction, travel guide, 印尼西加里曼丹富都, 婆罗洲土著部落
Every house seems to have a vessel like this for washing feet or shoes

traditional, village, backpacker, Borneo, West Kalimantan, Kapuas Hulu, Suku Dayak Kayaan Mendalam, obyek wisata, Tourism, tourist attraction, travel guide, 婆罗洲游踪, 印尼西加里曼丹

authentic, traditional, village, Borneo, Kapuas Hulu, Desa Datah Diaan, native, tribal, Tourism, travel guide, 印尼西加里曼丹
Anyone interested to buy Kayan machette. The machette maker

To see more photos, please click our FACEBOOK PAGE

Also please check out our posts on

2 COMMENTS

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

*

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.