Borneo Rainforest Wildlife Adventure

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Overview
Highlights
- Visit to Kinabalu National Park
- Trek in Kinabalu National Park and visit the Canopy Walkway
- Evening cruise on the Menanggol River
- Two wildlife-spotting cruises on Kinabatangan River
- Visit to Gomantong Caves
- Visit to Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary
- Sepilok Orang-utan Centre
- Sun Bear Conservation Centre
- Rainforest Discovery Centre
- Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary
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- Expert Host
- Saga Host
- Included themed activities
- Expert Host Talks
- Hosted welcome drinks reception
- Meet and greet with expert host
- Leisure time
- 20kg checked-in luggage
- Free hotel Wi-Fi
- Hotel porterage
- Included travel insurance
- Return flights and transfers
- Sundowner drink at a memorable location
- 12 nights in hotels and 2 in flight
Itinerary
After taking Saga's included UK door-to-door travel service to Heathrow, depart for your overnight flight to Kota Kinabalu.
Stay for one night at the locally rated 4-star Marriott Kota Kinabalu Hotel, enjoying a welcome dinner this evening.
Depart Kota Kinabalu on a two-hour journey to Kinabalu Park, traveling along the Crocker Range of mountains, which rise up to 6000ft above sea level and lie within the Crocker National Park. Kinabalu Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, noted for its wide range of ha...
Travel within the Park to Poring, known for its lowland dipterocarp forest. From here take a short trek into the forest to the Canopy Walkway. Made up of rope and steel cable suspension bridges that pass through the canopy of the forest, get a bird’s eye view of the f...
Take the short drive to Mesilau and follow a nature trail, offering opportunities for bird-watching, wildlife spotting and photography of the surrounding landscape. B, L, D
Leave the hilly Ranau region of Kinabalu and travel for five hours along the infamous ‘Sandakan Track’ route where British and Australian prisoners worked as labourers during World War II. Continue to Sukau village, known for its wildlife, and listen out for the sound...
Explore the dense lowland rainforests on an upriver trip, the perfect place for sighting exotic birds and wildlife, such as macaques, red and Silver Leaf Monkeys. Keep your eyes peeled for elusive birds of prey that may be spotted from the boat, such as the Bornean Fo...
Travel to Sandakan today, pausing en route at the Gomantong Caves where local people collect edible birds’ nests. The caves are also rich in wildlife and are home to some one million bats, and with surroundings occupied by Asian fairy bluebirds and leaf birds. Next, c...
This morning, after breakfast, visit two wildlife conservation projects that rehabilitate animals with the goal of returning them to the wild – Sepilok Orang-utan Centre and Sun Bear Conservation Centre. Sepilok Orang-utan Sanctuary was established in 1964 and is dedi...
Today return to the Kabil-Sepilok Forest Reserve to visit the Rainforest Discovery Centre. The Centre was originally established as an environmental education centre and subsequently opened to the public from 2007. Look forward to a day exploring trails and paths in t...
In the morning, enjoy a city tour of Sandakan, including the Central Market – with its seafood and regional produce which is also a social hub for the locals, the beautifully decorated Chinese Temple with an exhilarating view from the top of the hill, and St Michael’s...
Manukan Island is the perfect place to observe monitor lizards and ground birds- such as megapodes, known also as moundbuilders- as it forms part of the Marine National Park. Perhaps travel over to Gaya Island, home to pangolin and flying squirrels, alongside other exotic species, or spend the day relaxing at the Island Resort. B, L, D
Transfer back to Kota Kinabalu for your return overnight flight back to the UK. B
Arrive this morning for your included UK door-to-door travel service home.
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