Travel toTimber Museum Tuah Himba Tenggarong


Himba Tuah Wood Museum is located not far from the Panji Sukarame Reservoir Area is located about 600 meters from the reservoir. Built with a wooden building stage measuring 20 x 20 M ². The background for the opening of this tourist attraction is due to a crocodile that has been preserved in the Museum of Wood.

In the museum there are various types of timber logs that exist on the island of Borneo.

Collection of the Museum of this wood, among which are:

  • Craft Kutai made from rattan, a cabinet chairs, lamps, beds etc.
  • Craft Dayak, including the anjat, saber, Dayak carvings made of ironwood
  • Thumbnail home typical of Dayak
  • The types of wood in the area huatan Kukar
  • Collection of 200 pieces of wood species
  • Collection of the types of wood that dried leaves of 200 pieces
  • Collection of seeds
  • Collection of pieces of logs or sticks of trees that grow in Borneo Forest
  • Crocodile Estuary preserved (male and female)
  • Collection of Crab-eating coconut juice
  • And others.

Besides displaying the results of the forest, the main attraction presented Tuah Himba Wood Museum which attracted travelers generally are collections of two-tailed 'monster' crocodile that has been preserved. Both tail estuarine crocodile (Crocodelus porosus) was once a stir in 1996 Kaltim community because it has preyed on two people in two separate places namely Sangatta (East Kutai regency) and Muara Badak (Kukar) in just one month difference.

Both these crocodile after being killed to remove pieces of the victim's body was left in his stomach, then preserved for display at the Museum of Wood Tuah Himba. Anyone who saw the crocodile that is placed in a glass display case this would shudder to imagine the body 2-3 times a crocodile human body is truly alive.

One of the estuarine crocodile that once ate human casualties

Photo: Agri

The first crocodile was arrested on March 8, 1996 in the river Kenyamukan, District Sangatta (then still go Kutai regency before division) after the prey on a woman named Mrs. Hairani (35). Crocodiles about 70 years old male with male sex has a length of 6.6 meters, weighs 350 kg and abdominal circumference of 1.8 meters.

While the second crocodile that preys on the female sex man named Baddu (40) in Tanjung Limau, Kecamatan Muara Badak (Kabupaten Kukar) was captured on April 10, 1996. This crocodile has a length of 5.5 meters, weighs 200 kg deng abdominal circumference of about 1 meter.

For complete information on the two crocodiles that have been preserved, the manager of the Museum is also displaying a newspaper clipping containing the horrible news about the crocodile that prey on humans, including news of this crocodile was captured by a very experienced crocodile handler in Kutai.

With the admission of only Rp 500 per person for both adults and children alike, the traveler can enter the Museum of Wood Tuah Himba to see the collection of forest products and two crocodiles which have been preserved these. Timber Museum is open almost every day, except Monday.

Time visits to the Museum of Wood Tuah Himba

Days Hours Visits
Monday
Closed

Tuesday through Thursday
9:00 to 12:00 pm (Open)
12:00 to 14:00 pm (Rest)
14:00 to 15:00 pm (Open)

Friday
09:00 to 11:00 pm (Open)

Saturday
9:00 to 12:00 pm (Open)
12:00 to 14:00 pm (Rest)
14:00 to 16:00 pm (Open)

Sunday
9:00 to 12:00 pm (Open)
12:00 to 14:00 pm (Rest)
2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. PST (Open)

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