Kembang Island, Home of The proboscis monkey

Kembang  Island is a delta located in the middle of the Barito river included within the administrative district Alalak, Kuala Barito regency, South Kalimantan province. Kembang island located west of Banjarmasin. Kembang Island designated as forest tourism also providing habitat for long-tailed macaques (monkeys) and several species of birds. Kembang island region is also one of the attractions that are within the forest area in the district of Barito Kuala.
In the forest there is the altar of this tour is intended as a place to put offerings to the "keeper" Kembang island who symbolized by two white statues of monkeys (Hanuman), by the people from the ethnic Chinese-Indonesian who has a particular vow or vows. One male goat for a gold plated horns usually released into the jungle island of Kembang if a request was successful or fulfilled.

The island is overgrown with vegetation typical of Borneo, and is currently inhabited by a herd of monkeys including the type of long-tailed macaque monkeys alias. And in the middle of the island he said there is also a king with a larger body. On the island of administrative regions including the District Barito Kuala, South Kalimantan is there a place for worship for the Chinese, where there is a shrine with a replica of the white monkey / Hanuman.
 

And before leaning in Kembang island small items should be hidden inside the bag and held it tightly both glasses, hats, watches, cameras, because if not, would dicolong by the monkeys. And it should prepare small meals to be given to herd the monkeys. The monkeys here are very aggressive, it could be because they are starving. And if the monkey should not be afraid to lean or close to the pier, because it would be hysterical to see the monkeys are very aggressive-agresify that rises to the boats, seen enough of the way just how the monkeys behaved.

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