Day 1: Sandakan / Bilit /Kinabatangan River (Dinner)

Afternoon, you will be picked up at your respective hotel or meet at Sandakan Airport and adjourn to Bilit by the Kinabatangan River and head to the Resort. Upon arrival at the resort, you will be greeted by our team and refreshment will be served followed by briefing featuring the overview of the resort routes & safety. Check in to your room. At 1600 hours, river cruise in search of wildlife that is so prevalent in the area – a good chance to see proboscis monkey, orang utan, macaques, pygmy elephants, birds and other wildlife. Return to the resort. Dinner will be served. After dinner and subject to weather conditions, follow our in-house naturalist for a night walk in search of nocturnal mammals. Return to and overnight at Resort.

 

Day 2: Bilit / Jungle Trekking-within Resort area / Kinabatangan River (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner)

Wake up to the calls of gibbons and hornbills. Proceed for an early morning cruise to observe more wildlife and birdlife. Return to resort for breakfast. After breakfast, depart resort for a visit to Gomantong Caves to explore the largest limestone and bird nest caves in Sabah and home to millions of bats and swiftlets. When in season, you will be able to witness the bird nest collection by the local people. The journey will take approximately 2 hours drive and passing through rustic countryside and oil palm plantations. 

 

After that we will head to the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre. You can now get close to the world’s smallest bear in its natural forest environment. These adorable Sun Bear is losing their habitat through deforestation. The mission of the centre is to promote sun bear conservation in Borneo through animal welfare, conservation, rehabilitation, education and research – giving captured sun bears a better home and restoring their right to live in the wild. Visitors will be able to peek in on their activity from the walkway as they lumbered and played in open-air forest enclosures. Check in and have lunch in Sepilok Forest Edge Resort.

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At 1500, we will proceed to the world-renowned Sepilok Orang Utan Centre to witness the feeding of the iconic Orang Utan and a good opportunity to photograph these natural primates in their natural habitat. The centre was established in 1964 to help rehabilitate the Orang Utans which had been orphaned, or displaced by logging and clearing of secondary forests for plantation. The magnificent mixed dipterocarp forest offers a natural home to the Orang Utans, which slowly become less dependent on their twice-daily feeding of milk and bananas at the centre and eventually return voluntarily to the wild.

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Day 3: Sepilok/ Sandakan (Breakfast)

Wake up the sound o Check out and depart for your return journey to Sandakan. Drop off at your respective hotel in Sandakan or at the Sandakan Airport for your onwards flight. 

 

Included: 

Tour and land transfer, English Speaking Guide, Relevant entrance fees only, accommodation on twin share basis

 

Excluded:

Tourism Tax, Expenses of personal nature, other accommodation & meals not stated, Camera Fee, Beverages, other incidental charge, all airfare, Tipping / gratuities, porterage, items no stated

 

What to bring: 

Sun screen lotion / Insect repellent / Sandal/Torch Light / Leach Sock / Sturdy shoes (use for walking/trekking) / Camera / Cap Raincoat/poncho / Binocular (optional) / Items of personal use / Use comfortable light cotton casual attire with long or short pants is recommended as humidity is high throughout