Arrive into Kuala Lumpur, where you will be greeted and transferred to your chosen Kuala Lumpur hotel for a three night stay in this impressive city. Check into your room and freshen up before exploring the city, which is easy on foot or by public transport. For a more unique experience ask your Travel Consultant about our guided tour to help you get the most out of your time in Kuala Lumpur.

Your chosen Kuala Lumpur hotel

Breakfast

This morning, an air-conditioned car will be delivered to your hotel for an easy drive north to the Cameron Highlands. Malaysia’s roads are well signed and maintained and the scenery is stunning. Enjoy one of our beautiful Cameron Highland hotels for two nights as a base for exploring the region, famous for its forests and tea plantations.

Kuala Lumpur > Cameron Highlights | 204 kms

Your chosen Cameron Highlands hotel

Breakfast

Continue your drive to the holiday island of Penang – there is a bridge onto the island – for a three night stay at your chosen Penang hotel. With the independence of your own car, you can explore the island at your own pace, including a trip to historic Georgetown and a visit to Penang Hill for some spectacular views.

Cameron Highlights > Penang | 223 kms

Your chosen Penang hotel

Breakfast

Leave your car at Penang airport and fly to Sandakan on the Island of Borneo. On arrival, you will be met and transferred to the Sabah Hotel for one night. Check into your room and enjoy the rest of the day at leisure.

Sabah Hotel

Breakfast

From Sandakan travel by boat to Selingan Island, an important nesting site for green and hawksbill turtles. Enjoy the day swimming, snorkelling and just relaxing on the island’s fabulous beaches.

After dinner, the park ranger will call everyone to the beach where you will have the chance to observe turtles laying their eggs, followed by a visit to the hatchery to see the babies just before they are released into the sea. Later, retire to your national park chalet which offers simple but comfortable accommodation for your overnight stay.

Turtle Island Resthouse

Lunch, Dinner

The following morning return to the mainland and travel to Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre, established in 1964 as a refuge for orphaned animals rescued from logging sites or being illegally kept as pets. Take the boardwalk through the forest to the feeding platform where you will have the chance to see this most graceful primates feed.

From the orangutan sanctuary you’ll visit the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre, also home to rescued animals that cannot be returned to the wild, but instead enjoy life in their large forested enclosures. Observe and admire these shy creatures, with their almost comically long tongues, used for extracting honey from bees nests!

Next, it’s a scenic drive through rustic countryside to Sukau, located in the Kinabatangan river basin, where you’ll head into the rainforest to your riverside lodge. After check in, enjoy a late afternoon river cruise, in search of primates, bird life and other wildlife.

Borneo Nature Lodge (or similar)

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After a morning exploring the Kinabatangan area, you’ll make your way back to Sandakan. Say a fond farewell to Malaysia as you are transferred to the airport for your flight home.