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 known, being estimated at being about 140 million years old. It should be no surprise then 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 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 largest flowering plant on earth and a large number of orchids.

The main tour begins with an early morning arrival to Kota Kinabalu airport and 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 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 our 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