Balikpapan
An excellent, classic old-world Asian hotel with very accommodating staff and a convenient location for dining options. The wooden floor and dark trim are…
Must-see hotels in Kalimantan
Kalimantan
These family-run seafront cottages, just south of the main jetty, are a bargain by Maratua's pricey standards. It's a simple place offering breakfast and…
Kalimantan
This traditional, boutique-style hotel with warm wooden accents enjoys a fine central riverside location. The gardens and pool area are delightful and the…
Kalimantan
Avilla is a decent midranger on the main road through the city. Rooms are simple but comfortable for the price and there's a pool out back, accessed via…
Balikpapan
A family-friendly hotel, with an uber-modern interior and all amenities, including a patisserie, cafe, gym and 2nd-floor outdoor pool. Online rates keep…
Kalimantan
Retro styling is a nice feature of this multistorey hotel, where each room is spotless and individually themed. The rooftop cafe and bar and close-to…
Kalimantan
The original of three Palmy hotels in town, this boutique offering is compact and contemporary with a gym and an inviting ground-level cafe. Free airport…
Kalimantan
These compact overwater bungalows are clean and well placed – the more expensive ones have air-con and hot water.
Kalimantan
Vacated in the 1970s and refurbished as a tourist hostel by the provincial government, this stately longhouse is guarded by an impressive array of carved…
Kalimantan
This rambling Escher-esque complex has a variety of musty rooms at the lower end of salubrious, but popular with budget travellers. Out front is a…
Kalimantan
With its brightly painted rooms and creative lighting, Pelangi is showing signs of age and rooms are a bit pokey, but it still retains a chill hang-out…
Kalimantan
Tenggarong's best hotel is perched on a hillside south of town with views over the Mahakam. The stately wood-trimmed rooms are fading, and staff seem…
Balikpapan
The main reason to stay in this former police residence (the top cop now lives next door) is the location backing onto Kemala Beach. The 12 motel-style…
Kalimantan
Bright-green Sri Muntai, above a ground-level shop on the main (concreted) village strip, wins the award for best front porch: a breezy hang-out above the…
Kalimantan
Spotless lavender-striped rooms at this small hotel include high ceilings, TVs, showers and homely touches. Head west on Jl Kartini along the south bank…
Kalimantan
Centrally located Sari has 22 compact rooms, strung along two parallel piers connected by a footbridge. All have air-con, cold-water showers and private…
Kalimantan
Falling somewhere between the cheap village guesthouses and the flashier Mountain Meratus Resort, this resort on the east side of the river (cross on the…
Kalimantan
At tiny Loklahong village, 2km downriver from Loksado, you can sleep with the locals in a breezy bamboo-walled hut next to the balai adat (village hall)…
Kalimantan
The four clean waterside rooms are good value and four more were being constructed over water at the time of writing, all with air-con and bathroom. Ask…
Kalimantan
Looking a bit like a Lego building, multihued POP! is a contemporary midranger with a lot to like, from its modern lobby with Pitstop cafe and free…
Kalimantan
Biuti has some of the more beautiful rooms in its class, with decorative wooden walls, comfortable artistic public spaces and clean bathrooms. Even the…
Balikpapan
Sneaking into the budget category thanks to its good-value fan rooms, Gajah Mada is a dated but popular and very central cheapie right in the thick of the…
Kalimantan
Aimed at modern business travellers, the spotless superior rooms don't have any windows, but do have modern art and safety deposit boxes. The fitness…
Kalimantan
The overly small mandi (bathroom) at this clean and bare dockside losmen will torment your inner claustrophobe; spring for the en-suite option to buy some…
Balikpapan
A clean midmarket option with tiny, soak-everything-when-you-shower bathrooms. The more expensive rooms will get you a window, some more space and a…
Kalimantan
Long, but not culturally significant, this lodge's common areas have wall-to-wall windows giving you a superior view of the lake – views that formerly…
Kalimantan
The odd design of this hotel, with its central, well-lit atrium and colourful stairwell leading down to subterranean rooms, separates it from the dull…
Kalimantan
Roughly halfway along the village strip, this waterfront place has 10 simple but good-value rooms and a couple of 'penthouse' rooms way out on the end of…
Kalimantan
Borderline budget, this standard hotel offers a range of ageing, basic, clean rooms in a good location for exploring the market, river and old town. Hot…
Kalimantan
The chill rear balcony above the river is a plus. Its proximity to the megaphonic mosque, not so much. The unsigned green wooden building is 150m…
Kalimantan
The only accommodation in town. Rooms have no fan and share mandi, but there is a nice porch with a cross breeze, overlooking the main street. It's right…
Kalimantan
If you need air-conditioning, Abadi is a decent choice, tucked down a small lane near the village gate. The nine clean rooms all have air-con and TV, but…
Kalimantan
The 26 rooms on three floors are all air-con at this slightly bland budget place on the main riverfront street. Rooms on the 2nd and 3rd floors come with…
Kalimantan
The fanciest of the central hotels, this guesthouse-style place offers a few extra comforts, including reliable hot showers. Just up the block from the…
Kalimantan
This low-key dive operator has a handful of tidy overwater bungalows along the jetty in front of its shop.
Kalimantan
Very modern, clean and efficiently run, Neotel feels a bit generic but it's great value for a night.
Kalimantan
Four rooms in a small signless home, 90m upstream of the Sungai Baroh bridge. No phone.
Kalimantan
The only real attraction to this place is that it's opposite the boat dock – a welcome sight when you stumble off the kapal biasa at 1am. Tiny rooms…
Kalimantan
If you enjoyed visiting your grandmother's house, you'll enjoy staying at this friendly upstairs guesthouse. Enjoy the foot-massaging floors in the clean…
Kalimantan
These basic rooms are clean and the place is well kept, though the budget rooms share a bathroom and little English is spoken. It's easy to find on the…
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