See

• Kebun Binatang Pontianak (Pontianak Zoo), Jl. Adi Sucipto, a reconditioned zoo with a reasonable variety of animals from the jungles of Borneo and from some parts of Indonesia. Some of the collection, including some orangutans, were said to had been freed from illegal ownership by an Italian lumber mill owner.

• Tugu Khatulistiwa (Equatorial Obelisk), built directly under the 0 degrees equator line. It is only 11km from the city center and is comparably easy and fast reachable by public buses (IDR2,000). There you can learn lots of interesting facts about the equator and to see how unique is Pontianak, one of the few cities in the world situated exactly on the equator line. There are friendly English speaking staff and sоuvenir shop, actually maybe the only one in Pontianak.