Members of the Borneo tour left for home this morning. We spent an extra day in Kota Kinabalu, as our flight back to the UK was a day later. Wendy Wu Tours arranged another day’s B&B stay at the Horizon Hotel and booked transfers to the airport. We had a lazy morning, getting up late…
It was another hot and sunny morning. After a cooked breakfast at 7 am in The Abai Jungle Lodge on Kinabatangan River, we took the boat to Sandakan at 9 am. The boats with 9 passengers and two crew, all wearing life jackets, sped along the wide and calm Kinabatangan River with brown water, slowing…
On the final day of our stay at the Abai Jungle Lodge, we had a pre-breakfast Kinabatagan River Safari, visited an Oxbow Lake, had breakfast in the rain forest, lunch with a Malay family in a local village and a memorable Evening River Safari. Pre-breakfast River Safari The early morning cruise upriver was ideal for…
We visited the Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre and the Sun Bear Conservation Centre in Sepilok and sailed up the Kinabatagan River to the Abai Jungle Lodge for a two nights stay. We checked out of the My Nature Resort after a sumptuous cooked breakfast and drove the short distance to the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre. The…
We packed a small bag for a 3-nights stay in Sandakan and left our main luggage in storage at the Horizon Hotel. After an early light breakfast, we drove to Kota Kinabalu Airport, 15 mts. from the Horizon Hotel and took the one hour AirAsia flight to Sandakan to visit St. Michael’s and All Angels…
We drove from Kota Kinabalu along the ridges of the mist shrouded Crocker Range to Kinabalu National Park at the foot of Mount Kinabalu to explore Malaysia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site. The 90 km, 2-hour scenic and winding, uphill drive via the Kota Kinabalu-Ranau Highway, provided stunning views of Mount Kinabalu. The Crocker Range,…
On a guided tour of Kota Kinabalu, we visited the Atkinson Clock Tower, The Blue Mosque, Sabah State Museum & Heritage Village and the Kwan Yin Chinese temple. Kota Kinabalu or KK, the capital of Sabah, is a vibrant coastal city, famed as the gateway to Mount Kinabalu, stunning islands and rainforests. It is known for…
On Day 8 of the Tour, we traveled from Kuching to Kota Kinabalu in Borneo’s other Malay state, Sabah. The State of Sabah in the north of Borneo is also known as the “land below the wind”. Renowned for its rich biodiversity, it features Mount Kinabalu – the highest peak in Southeast Asia, tropical rainforests,…
On Day 6 of the “Best Of Borneo” tour, we travelled back from Sri Aman to Kuching. We checked out of the hotel in Sri Aman after breakfast and started the coach journey back to Kuching. We drove past the statue of doves in the town centre – the symbol of Sri Aman representing peace…
On Day 5 of the Wendy Wu Tours “Best Of Borneo” adventure, we visited an Iban Longhouse on the Lemanak River in Sarawak. The Iban are an idigenou Dayak group in Borneo, primarily residing in Sarawak and known historically as “Sea Dayaks” or former headhunters. Dayak are the indigenous, non-Muslim peoples of Borneo. They comprise over 50…
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