3 Days 2 Nights Borneo Sandakan Nature Tour.

3 Days 2 Nights Borneo Sandakan Nature Tour- BFF034

➡ ITINERARY

Day 1~Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre

Meet on upon arrival at Sandakan airport or pick up at respective hotels. Transfer to Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre, watching one of the nature’s most endangered animal species, the ‘Orang Utan’ or ‘Man of the Jungle’, in local language swing from branches to branches towards to the feeding station in the forest. Watch the scheduled video show programmes (25 mins) and visit to the Exhibition Hall.

We continue overland to Bilit, Kinabatangan River, home to the 10 species of primates namely Proboscis monkeys, langurs, macaques, orang utan, slow loris, western tarsier, 8 species of hornbills such as Rhinoceros Hornbill, Pied Hornbill, Black Hornbill, Helmeted Hornbill (50kg, 120cm), kingfishers, bubuls, trogons, flycatchers, sunbirds, broadbills, herons, mangrove snakes, vipers, estuarine crocodile, asian elephants and many many more wildlife. Upon arrival, a warm welcome by the staff followed by lunch.

After a short briefing by the nature guide, take an afternoon cruise (4.00pm) along the Kinabatangan River (Sabah’s longest river at 560km) where you can observe wildlife on the boat itself. Dinner and overnight stay at Kinabatangan Lodge.

An Optional Night walk can be arranged and pay locally at the lodge.

Meals: Lunch & Dinner.

(Inclusive of: Land Transfer, Boat Transfer, Entrance of Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre, Accommodation at Kinabatangan Lodge, Meals as Stated, Excursion of Tour & Tour Guide).

Day 2~Sukau Oxbow lake

Wake up to the calls of gibbons and birds and start the day with an early river cruise at about 6.00am. After the cruise (1 hour), proceed back to the lodge for breakfast followed by a guided jungle walk in the late morning through the riverine forest to Danau Bilit (Ox-Bow Lakes) for wildlife sighting – an opportunity to meet the ‘bloodsuckers’ in the jungle – leeches! Stay calm and relax and treat your ears to the many fascinating sights and sounds of the jungle wildlife.

Trek back to the lodge for lunch and free & easy till another afternoon river cruise to a different part of the river. Dinner and overnight at Kinabatangan River.

Sukau Accommodation

Sukau River Cruise at Kinabatangan to see wildlife

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

(Inclusive of: Boat Transfer, Accommodation at Kinabatangan, Excursion of Tour, Meals as Stated & Tour Guide).

Day 3~ Gomantong Cave and Sandakan City tour.

After breakfast we check out from the lodge and you be transfer to Goamantong Cave, the largest limestone and bird nests cave in Sabah where millions of swiftlets make the cave their home.

The City Tour includes a visit to Sandakan Memorial Park, which is adjacent to the site of the original Sandakan Prisoner of War (POW) Camp. The Puu Jih Shih Buddhist Temple, located on a steep hill top where you can have a magnificent view overlooking Sandakan Bay and the Town Centre.

Visit St. Michael’s Church where you can see a century old building where Christianity is preached. Drive to the Central Market where you can see the local produce and fresh seafood being sold.

Visit to the Agnes Keith Museum to learn about the life in the colonial days on Agnes & Harry Keith. Harry was the first conservator of the Forestry Department in Sabah and Agnes was the author of the three famous books called Land Below The Wind, Three Came Home and White Man Returns. Finishing, you be transfer back to the airport/hotel.

End of Tour.