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Sabah's
Wild Borneo
WILD BORNEO
6 Days/5 Nights 2025
Departs Sandakan 30th May
Sandakan- Sepilok-Kinabangan River-Dermakot-Sandakan
staying at Sepilok Forest Edge, Sukau Greenroom, Kinabatangan River and Dermakot
AUD $2,750 p.p twin share
(single supplement $530)
Sandakan - Sepilok Orang Utan & Bornean Sun Bear Sanctuary – Dermakot Forest- Kinabatangan River–Sandakan
Day 1: Arrive Sandakan – transfer Airport to Sepilok Forest Edge -enjoy guided night walk
Day 2: Visit Sepilok Wildlife Centres and Rainforest Discovery Centre-visit Sepilok Orang Utan – Bornean Sun Bear –– stay Sepilok Forest Edge. (B/L/D)
Day 3: Transfer to Kinabatangan River - go in search of Borneo wildlife with private in-house guided afternoon and night river safaris.
Day 4: We head out again on 2 x river safaris (dawn and dusk ) with our personal local guides– night walk– overnight. (B/L/D)
Day 5: Transfer to Dermakot Forest Lodge – private guides - 4 x 4 safari, 2hr night safari --dinner – overnight. (B/D)
Day 6: Private guide -7hrs use of open top 4 x 4 wildlife safari– overnight. (B/L/D)
Day 7: Check out and transfer to Sandakan Airport for afternoon departures (B)
Tours inclusions: Fully escorted tour with Borneo Ethical Adventures owner, Alison, and private local guides, accommodation (4 nights mid-range, 2 nights high end), meals as above (B/L/Dinner), national park entry fees, tours and transfers.
Excludes: Airfares to Sandakan, tipping, personal travel insurance, alcoholic drinks & items not mentioned.
Day 1
Fly to Sandakan-relax into our accommodation at Sepilok Forest Edge- Night Walk
Day 2
Morning visit to Sepilok Orang Utan and Bornean Sun Bear - as well as the wildlife centers you will visit the Rainforest Discovery Center with its impressive canopy walkway. The center offers a guided nightwalk where Slow Loris, Western Tarsier, frogs and snakes can hopefully be seen.
Evening at your leisure.
Day 3
Kinabatangan River
After breakfast, free morning until check out and transfer to Kinabatangan River and checkin to Sukau Greenview. Lunch will be at a local restaurant en-route.
At 560 km long the Kinabatangan is Malaysia’s 2nd longest river system and despite intensive land clearance of the original forests and planting of oil palm, the river and its tributaries still hold remarkable levels of biodiversity across its varied ecosystems of caves, hills, swamp and mangrove forests.
Free time until 4p.m when you embark on the first river safari.
Search for the primates and birds that call the river home. With luck you may see the endemic Proboscis monkey, Silver Langur, Marble Cat, Orangutan and the Pygmy Elephant. After dinner an we'll head out on another night cruise in search of the illusive nocturnal wildlife.
Day 4:
Kinabatangan River
Time for morning birding before breakfast and check out by 9am and return to the main highway and onwards to the river village of Sukau. Sukau was the first village on the mighty Kinabatangan River to develop nature tourism and is now a busy hub of lodges and homestays.
Upon arrival at Borneo Nature Lodge (or similar) check in and lunch will be served. 2 hours to relax or do some birding before the first 4.00 pm river cruise. Numerous bird species will hopefully be spotted as well as the enigmatic and endemic Proboscis Monkey as they prepare for the night in the tree-tops. The river has a significant Orangutan population as well as the Pygmy Elephant who migrate up and down the river.
After the cruise, return for dinner, an optional night walk is available after.
Meal Included (B,L,D)
Day 5: Kinabatangan River
Rise early with the dawn chorus for a 06.00 river cruise to the nearby ox-bow lake. This is usually the best time to see the animals at their liveliest part of the day. Weather permitting there will be a short jungle walk to experience the forest on foot, expect to get muddy. Return for a late breakfast and relax.
After lunch included is a 2nd p.m river safari offering further opportunities to spot targets previously missed. It is also possible to visit the nearby Gomantong Caves as an additional activity or in place of 2nd p.m river cruise for a small additional charge.
After dinner a river night safari where sometimes crocodiles, snakes and sleeping birds can be seen. Very rarely the elusive Flat Headed Cat has been spotted here, if this is of interest please let us know and we can inform the lodge accordingly for a special cruise, with surcharge.
Meal Included (B,L,D)
Day 6: Depart
Following breakfast, your transfer to Sandakan is included or to other destinations such as Danum or Tabin.
Meals Included: B,-,-