The Borneo island (Kalimantan) is the world's third largest island after Greenland and New Guinea Island. Overall width of Borneo Island is 736,000 KM 2. There are also tracks of mountains in the northeast with the highest mountain is Mount Kinabalu with peaks as high as 4175 m. The island is tropical with an average temperature of 24-25 degrees and crossed by the equator.
Borneo island has the richest flora in the Sunda Islands. Diversity of trees in a small forest is the same as the diversity of trees throughout the island of Papua or South America. This island is the center of plant diversity, as there are 10,000 to 15,000 species of flowering plants. The number of flora is as rich as flora throughout Africa, although the width of Africa 40 times larger than Borneo. The diversity of flora on the Borneo island includes elements of Asia and Australia. The diversity of flora on the Borneo island is a valuable asset, especially for the Indonesian nation and the world at large.
In contrast to its market place, may be said to be rather rare and even unique. It is located on the water. Of course this will bring impression for foreign tourists and domestic tourists.
There are marine parks and diving tourism (diving) with a depth of about five meters in the waters of this Borneo Island. There are a wide variety of marine life here, including the squid lobster, ghostpipe fish, octopus, nudibranchs, seahorses, eel ribbon, scorpion fishes.
Beaches in the Mabul city of Borneo island is one of the nominated as the best beaches in 2011. In addition to clear water of this beach, there are also many resorts and villas for tourists who want to stay and you can also enjoy diving in the sea on this beach, so do not be confuse anymore for tourists to visit.