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Lok Baintan Floating Market, Lok Baintan, South Kalimantan
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Lok Baintan Floating Market

Lok Baintan, South KalimantanKalimantanFood

At dawn, traders in small wooden boats gather on the Martapura River to sell fruit, vegetables and cakes.

Floating markets are part of river life around Banjarmasin, a city built on waterways. At Lok Baintan the sellers, mostly women in wide palm-leaf hats, paddle jukung boats loaded with produce from their gardens.

Trading starts around sunrise and is over within a couple of hours. Some goods are still exchanged by barter between boats.

Why it matters

It is a working remnant of the river trade that shaped South Kalimantan.

What makes it unique

The market drifts with the current as it trades.

Good to know

  • Starts at sunrise
  • Reached by boat
  • Barter still practised

Planning a visit

Time needed
About 2 h 30 min
Best time of day
morning
Relative cost
Low cost

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