For centuries after it became known to Western explorers, Borneo has struck the imagination of travel adventurers. The world’s third-largest island [Asia’s largest] is the location of one of the world’s oldest rainforests, estimated to be about 140 million years old. It should be no surprise that Borneo has a remarkable diversity of fauna and flora, of which many species are rare or endemic to the island.

Borneo is a nature lover’s paradise, boasting 288 species of terrestrial and 91 species of marine mammals; 685 bird species, of which 48 are endemic, and sadly, 46 species are considered threatened or endangered. For the botanists, the island is almost indescribable for its variety of flora, especially the carnivorous pitcher plants Nepenthes, Rafflesia, which is the world’s largest flowering plant, and many species of orchids.

The main tour begins with an early morning arrival at Kota Kinabalu airport, transfer to Lahad Datu, and a drive to the Borneo Rainforest Lodge. Birding and mammal watching the rest of the day and the whole following day. 

The next day, you’d be leaving at noon for Kinabatangan River via the Gomantong Caves for bats and edible nest swifts, staying at a river lodge. Most of the day on the Kinabatangan River. Look for Proboscis and other monkeys, and 8 species of hornbills

The following afternoon, you shall continue by road to Rain Forest Discovery Centre. Getting the last sunset in one of the towers, trying for Bornean Bristlehead,  an endemic bird family in Borneo. At night, we take an exciting night excursion with one of the rangers.

The next day, you have another morning at Rain Forest Discovery Center before taking an early afternoon flight to Kota Kinabalu for your flight to your next destination