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Mangrove Center Graha Indah

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It was later in the day when we arrived at the Mangrove Center Graha Indah in Balikpapan and we were able to catch the last drive of the day. The best time to come there is at the afternoon,  around at 4 - 5 PM when t he proboscis monkeys (bekantan) are hunting for food. The place is located inside the area of housing residents, even our driver has never been there and had to ask several people for directions there.  We finally found the place and arrived at around 5 PM. The plan was to get on the boat trip with random people so we could split the cost, because it doesn't matter how many people in the trip, you are only charged for the boat rent , a boat is actually enough for 10 people . Sadly, we were late, there were a family who just came back from the trip. We asked one of them if they could see the monkey and said they did but they didn't bring long lens so they couldn't take picture. After a few minutes of counting how much the money we had left, we decid