Background - As a Santri City, Martapura accommodate 9,232 students of Islamic boarding schools. . Darusalam Islamic Boarding School has 2 (two) dormitories with a capacity of 70 rooms, each of which has 4 (four) students crowdedly live in dormitories or houses on the banks of the river. Purpose - This study aims to describe the lives of students on the banks of Sungai Martapura using qualitative methods that find the life of students that based on independence in building individual abilities simultaneously build social life to achieve goals together. Design/Methodology/Approach - using qualitative methods, the research explore the life of students on how they are required to fulfill individual lives so that their education in Islamic boarding school is successful and building social life among students and with the community while on the other hand they adapted themselves in order not to be eliminated from social issues that support the success of education in the school. Findings - In everyday life students are obvious to build independence and social life that is implemented in the practice of social values, namely: religious, honest, tolerance, discipline, hard work, independent, patriotism, friendliness, environmental care, social care, responsibility , simplicity , and help. Research Limitations - This research employed qualitative method that the result is still in the phase of initial exploratory . Further quantitative study should be conducted to confirm the finding. Originality/Value - The values of students' social life on how they conduct the daily life in the bank of Martapura River can be used as a learning resource for Social Sciences Studies, especially in building independence and self- resilience. Keywords: Social Life, Santri