Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Safari 1

6 days 5 nights Photo Safari Borneo Package
Danum Valley (BRL) /Sukau Kinabatangan/Gomantong Cave/ Sepilok

Day 1 Lahad Datu / Danum Valley

Meet at Lahad Datu airport or hotel lobby and proceed for 2.5 hours drive to Danum Valley. Check-in at Borneo Rainforest Lodge. Afternoon Nature orientation walk and night walks. Dinner and Overnight lodge (L, D)

Day 2 Danum Valley / Borneo Rainforest Lodge

Spend this day in pursuit of the endemic and endangered wild Orang utans, Bornean Gibbons, Maroon langurs around BRL, we venture out morning and afternoon to photograph some of the oldest rainforest and wildlife in the area. After dinner, get prepared with headlamps, we trek or drive to the darkness of the forests search of nocturnal mammals and frogs Overnight lodge.( B.L.D )

Day 3 Danum Valley / Sukau

After lunch, proceed for 5 hours drive to Sukau. Check-in at River Lodge, after dinner, night river safari on boat in search of estuarine crocodile, owls, civets, leopard cats etc. Overnight River lodge (B.L.D)

Day 4 & 5 Sukau

Two full days are spent with river cruises in the morning and afternoon in the vast wetlands of Kinabatangan. Proboscis monkeys, hornbills, kingfishers, egrets, pig tailed or long tailed macaque and Borneo’s snakes can be photographed from the boat. Good chance of seeing Borneo’s elephant and wild Orang utan. After dinner, night river safari in search of crocodile, owl, leopard cat etc. Overnight River lodge. (B, L, D)

Day 6 Sukau / Gomantong Cave / Sepilok

After breakfast, explore one of the biggest limestone cave in Sabah, the Gomantong Cave, which is home to millions of bats and edible nest swiflets.

Proceed to Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre and stop for lunch along the way. Close range with the Orang utans gives good close-up shots.

Later transfer to your onward flight or check-in at hotel. (B, L)

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