RIVER AND RAINFOREST

• On arrival at Sandakan Airport, transfer to Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre. Walk ten minutes through the rainforest on wooden boardwalks to witness the feeding of the orang utans at 1000hrs. Watch short video show of the rehabilitation process.
• After lunch, transfer to Sandakan jetty for 2½ hours boat journey to the multi awards winning Sukau Rainforest Lodge along Sabah's longest river, Kinabatangan with opportunity to view birds and wildlife in virgin mangrove, wetland and rainforest habitats.
• After check-in and afternoon refreshment, we take a river cruise using electric motor in search of some of the 10 primate species. Sukau is home to Borneo pygmy elephants, orang utans, proboscis monkeys and all eight species of hornbill in Borneo.
• Return for solar heated hot shower, candle light dinner overlooking the riverbank followed by slide show and interpretation by naturalist guide. Overnight at the newly renovated 20 rooms Sukau Rainforest Lodge, named by National Geographic Adventure magazine in 2009 as one of the top 50 jungle lodges in the world.

Meal : Lunch & Dinner

Overnight at Sukau Rainforest Lodge

TIPS : Try the lodge's rejuvenating Foot Spa Treatment (with a service fee)

• Wake up to the calls of gibbons and hornbills and hot Sabah tea.
• A 0600hrs morning river cruise up the Kinabatangan River to Kelenanap oxbow lake to view more birds and wildlife.
• After breakfast, proceed for an educational tour on the Hornbill Boardwalk located behind the lodge with our in-house naturalist.
• In the afternoon, we proceed for another river cruise for more wildlife.

Meal : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Overnight at Sukau Rainforest Lodge

• Proceed 27 km overland to Gomantong Caves.
• Trek 20 minutes through the rainforest to the cave entrance. Your guide will brief you on the cave faunas including bats, swiftlets and crabs among others and their contribution to maintaining a balanced ecology and significance to the local economy. When in season, witness the collecting of birds' nests by the local people using bamboo ladders and poles.
• Proceed 2 hours overland to Lahad Datu for lunch.
• Drive 83km through selectively logged forest, cocoa and soft-wood plantations before arriving at the Borneo Rainforest Lodge beside Danum River on the edge of 438 sq. km of undisturbed lowland rainforest.
• The Lodge is home to the full range of Sabah's lowland fauna, including the rare sumatran rhinoceros, elephants, clouded leopards, and orangtans. So far some 275 species of birds have been recorded in the area. Explore nature trail and nearby river.
• In the evening a slide show and if weather permits one can go spotlighting to view some of the nocturnal animals.

Meal : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Overnight at Borneo Rainforest Lodge

• Early morning birdwalk before breakfast.
• Spend the whole day exploring the forest for birds and mammals, leading up to an escarpment with ancient burial coffins.
• Trek to waterfall and dip in refreshing rock pools.
• Lunch at the lodge.
• In the afternoon, jungle walk through trails leading to canopy walkway.

Meal : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Overnight at Borneo Rainforest Lodge

• Morning trek in search of mammals and birds.
• Return to the Centre before departing for Lahad Datu.
• Take the late afternoon flight back to Kota Kinabalu.
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