Welcome to Borneo! Feel the excitement build as your flight lands at Sandakan Airport, where you will be met and transferred to your hotel for an afternoon at leisure.

Sabah Hotel, Sandakan

After breakfast, board a boat for the short cruise to Selingan Island. Once you have checked in, there is time to swim and snorkel or simply soak up the sun. In the evening you’ll be called to witness the fascinating spectacle of turtles coming ashore to lay their eggs. If they are ready, you may also be lucky enough to see some little ones released for their first journey into the sea.

Turtle Island Resthouse

Breakfast, lunch, dinner

It’s time to bid farewell to the island and its turtles and head back to Sandakan after breakfast. On arrival, take a city tour showing you the water village, central market and Buddhist temple. After lunch transfer to Sepilok Nature Resort where you will spend the evening.

Sepilok Nature Resort or similar

Breakfast, lunch, dinner

After breakfast travel to Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre where you will take a boardwalk tour through the forest to witness orphaned primates feeding. Continue through traditional, timeless countryside to your lodge for a late afternoon river cruise in search of wildlife.

Sakau Rainforest Lodge or similar

Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Wake up early to the calls of nature this morning! Enjoy a cruise on the Kinabatangan River to view birds and primates on their early morning adventures. Weather permitting, you can also take a jungle walk before breakfast. The afternoon is free until an evening wildlife cruise where you may be lucky and see the famous proboscis monkey swinging from the trees.

Sakau Rainforest Lodge or similar

Breakfast, lunch, dinner

After breakfast, head off towards the Mount Kinabalu area, where you’ll spend the night at the Sabah Tea Garden.  En-route stop at Kg Luanti for Fish Massaging and learn about the tagal fish conservation.

After lunch, check in to your room and spend the rest of the day at leisure. You may tray a traditional blowpipe or batik painting at Sapaon Recreational Area, or relax before dinner at Tea House.

Sabah Tea Cottage

Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Wake up early today for a walk to see the sun rise over Mount Kinabalu and the surrounding tea plantations. After a tea factory tour, continue to on to Poring Hot Springs which is named after a species of giant bamboo that grows in the area. You will have the opportunity to relax aching muscles with a dip in one of the baths with their sulphurous hot water, before a canopy walk 40 metres above the forest floor offering a unique perspective of the jungle’s birdlife, insects, and flora.

Afterwards, proceed to Kinabalu Park for a guided nature trek along one of the trails, offering a fascinating insight into the fauna and flora of Borneo, before heading to the city of Kota Kinabalu for an overnight stay.

Horizon Hotel, Kota Kinabalu

Breakfast, lunch, dinner

After breakfast and free time, take a city tour of Kota Kinabalu before heading to Gaya Island by boat for a three night stay at Gaya Island Resort – a luxurious 5 star resort set on one of the islands within Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park, a protected area off the coast of Borneo.

Surrounded on four sides by mangroves, coral reefs, sandy beaches and jungle, this stylish, tropical retreat that oozes luxury and exclusivity.

Embark on a fishing excursion, try your hand at snorkelling or indulge yourself with a well-deserved spa treatment (or two) before enjoying dinner at one of the resort’s five restaurants.

Gaya Island resort

This morning you’ll say goodbye to Gaya Island and after jetting back across to the mainland by speedboat, you’ll be driven to Kota Kinabalu Airport for your return flight.