One of the most interesting tourist destinations in Amuntai Borneo is the Rawa Buffalo, which attracts the Swamp Water buffalo because of the limited land in Kalimantan and the rapidity of the land with the increasingly rampant palm oil plantations. So to raise the buffalo people do not have more land, when the limited land use the swamp or lake used to buffalo breeding. From here the term buffalo buffalo, swamp buffalo population in Kalimantan is now increasingly rare. And that is still a lot only in Amuntai area.
Amuntai Rawa Buffalo is a livestock that is maintained by many people in Panggang Lake village as a livelihood. This area is mostly swamp and difficult for the community to maintain buffalo, so the surrounding swamp is the Amuntai community is utilized and instead of this swamp buffalo becomes an attractive tourist attraction for tourists.
Because of the uniqueness of this Swamp Buffalo Team Terios 7 Wonders Wild Borneo dating and covering this destination, we come at night and early morning morning we are ready to board the boat klotok to see buffalo marsh near.
If from Banjarmasin or Syamsudin Noor Airport, a trip to Amuntai city takes about 4-5 hours, the road passes quite comfortable and smooth if on a normal day. Continue from Amuntai to Panggang Lake about 2 hours, the road to Panggang lake is quite narrow and most of the roadside is swamp. The closer the Amuntai Rawa buffalo is, the wider the area is wider so that for the next journey must use the boat to get to the location and see directly buffalo swamp. Boats that can be hired to the buffalo buffalo location are located in the Panggang Lake market, there is a small dock where boats and speedboats operate.
During the trip by boat to the location of the Amuntai Rawa Buffalo cage, you will be treated to a swampy landscape overgrown with water hyacinth and stilt houses belonging to the villagers lined up on the swamp. Each house is connected by a small bridge made of neatly laid wood, this makes it easy to access the road. There is a dry plain between swamps, by surrounding communities usually used for buffalo cages.
Amuntai Swamp buffalo has little difference with the buffalo, ie on the horns and skin color. Swamp buffaloes have longer horns and are slightly gray in color, this is the result of frequent soaking in muddy swamp water. Every morning, the buffalo will be released and the afternoon will be put back into the cage. Buffalo farmers only need to shepherd from the boat or jukung (typical Banjar name).
If you are from outside the city like Jakarta, you should use the services of a local tour guide. In addition to facilitate the location, is also very helpful when looking for the location of this swamp buffalo cage. Come in the morning because in the morning buffalo buffalo is out of the cage and evening when possible, because the afternoon is the time when the buffalo into the cage so we can see it more freely and the afternoon scenery when laughed very beautiful. Do not forget to bring the camera to take pictures of the scenery and water buffalo and moment when you travel.