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6 Days 5 Nights - Wildlife Safari & Resort Retreat
Tour Validity: From Now to 31st March 2013
Tour Highlights
Shangri-La Tanjung Aru Resort & Spa
Sepilok Nature Resort
Sukau Bilit Rainforest Lodge
Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre
Kinabatangan River Cruise
Oxbow Lake
Gomantong Cave
Sandakan City Tour
DAY 01 SEPILOK NATURE RESORT
Arrive at Sandakan in the afternoon where you will be greeted and transferred to Sepilok Nature Resort. Remainder of the day at leisure.
Overnight: Sepilok Nature Resort
Meal: Dinner
DAY 02 SEPILOK ORANG UTAN CENTRE / SUKAU / KINABATANGAN RIVER CRUISE
After breakfast, transfer to Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre situated in the Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve for video show. Trek ten minutes through the rainforest on wooden plank walks to witness the feeding of wild Orang Utan. Continue journey to Kinabatangan River, Sukau, passing by Oil Palm Plantations and rustic countryside studded with villages. Check into Bilit Rainforest Lodge, Sukau. Take a river cruise in the late afternoon in search of birds and wildlife.
Overnight: Bilit Rainforest Lodge, Sukau
Meal: Full Board
DAY 03 KINABATANGAN RIVER CRUISE / OXBOW LAKE
Wake up to the calls of gibbons and hornbills, take a morning river cruise up the Kinabatangan River to view more birds and wildlife. Proceed to the Oxbow Lake for a short jungle walk for bird watching. Experience the wilderness of Borneo. After lunch, free at leisure. Take another river cruise in the late afternoon to search more wildlife along the Sukau Kinabatangan River Bank.
Overnight: Bilit Rainforest Lodge, Sukau
Meal: Full Board
DAY 04 GOMANTONG CAVE / CITY TOUR
Early morning, depart for Gomantong cave located within the Gomantong forest reserve. Upon arrival, 15 minutes walk on the plank walk to the cave. Explore the largest bird's nest cave in Sabah, home to millions of bats and swiflets. The nest of the swiflets are collected for the famous Chinese edible bird nest soup. After lunch, proceed for Sandakan city tour. Visit various landmarks and historical points in Sandakan, once known as the "Little Hong Kong." Visit Buli Sim Sim water village, Central Market & Puu Jih Shih Buddhist Temple for a panoramic view of Sandakan town and across the huge bay. After the tour, drop off at Sandakan Airport. Pick up at Kota Kinabalu Airport and transfer to Shangri-La Tanjung Aru Resort & Spa.
Overnight: Shangri-La Tanjung Aru Resort & Spa
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
DAY 05 REST & RELAX
Overnight: Shangri-La Tanjung Aru Resort & Spa
Meal: Breakfast
DAY 06 AIRPORT
After breakfast, pick up from resort lobby and transfer to airport.
Meal: Breakfast
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| Meals |
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05 Breakfasts, 03 Lunches, 03 Dinners |
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Meals as Stated, Entrance Fee, Land Transportation (Seat-In-Coach), Return Boat Transfer, English Speaking Guide, 05 Nights Accommodation. |
| Accommodation |
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02 Nights Sukau Bilit Rainforest Lodge or Similar, 01 Night Sepilok Nature Resort, 02 Nights Shangri-La Tanjung Aru Resort & Spa (Mountain View). |
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Airfares, Camera and Video Fees, Alcoholic Drinks, Any Items Not Mentioned |
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Note:
* High Season Dates (both dates inclusive) for Shangri-la Tanjung Aru Resort & Spa
Surcharge of RM 165.00 nett per room per night on:
05 Apr 2012 - 11 Apr 2012 (Easter Holidays)
15 Jul 2012 - 31 Aug 2012 (Summer Holidays)
21 Dec 2012- 04 Jan 2012 (Christmas / New Year)
07 Feb 2012 - 13 Feb 2012 (Chinese New Year)
28 Mar 2013 - 03 Apr 2013 (Easter Holidays)
*Upgrade to Kinabalu Seaview Rooms for Shangri-La Tanjung Aru Resort & Spa
Additional RM 100.00 nett per room per night
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Things You Should Bring:
- Good walking shoes
- Light raincoat
- Personal Toiletries
- Insect repellent
- Sun block
- Sun hat
- Binoculars
- Torchlight
- Camera
- Leech socks
Things You Should Know:
- Departure time varies from different hotels, please reconfirm with our staffs.
- Amazing Borneo Tours does not guarantee wildlife sightings.
- Amazing Borneo Tours reserves the right to alter routes, timetables, itineraries and accommodation reserved should conditions beyond our control render it necessary.
- Please take note that only cameras of unaided flash are allowed to photograph the turtles. (By Sabah Parks)
Things To Note:
- Please ensure you are holding air ticket to Sandakan.
About Sukau Bilit Rainforest Lodge:
Situated on the river bank of Lower Kinabatangan River, approximately 2 hours drive from Sandakan Town, the lodge is built on stilts from local hardwood materials and are beautifully designed to blend into nature giving a unique local native ambience in the midst of the tropical rainforest. A boardwalk connects the jetty, restaurant and all the chalets. It offers comfort and peaceful relaxation as well as a base for exploration of the incredible diversity of plant, mammal and bird life at the Kinabatangan region.
Birdlife is especially rich here including eight species of hornbills, kingfishers, egrets, darters, owls, kites, eagles, broadbills, doves, storm storks, herons, hawks, ospreys, falcon, pheasants, parakeets, bee eaters, woodpeckers, pittas, bulbuls, forktails, babblers, warblers, flycatchers, orioles, flowerpeckers, spiderhunters, among others.
A chance to get close with the wildlife of Borneo here including the endemic Borneon pygmy elephant, endemic proboscis monkeys, gibbons, macaques, orang utans, Sumatran rhinos, estuarine crocodiles, wild boars, sun bears and many others.
Lodge Facilities
> 12 semi-detached and 12 detached chalets.
> All rooms come with two queen size beds while 6 detached chalets come with a king sized bed.
> All rooms equipped with air-conditioning, private attached bathroom with hot and cold shower facilities, towels and toiletries.
> The restaurant comes with a bar by the riverside provides an ideal setting for dining and relaxation.
> Internet facilities and WIFI facilities are available at the restaurant.
> The lodge provides a family lounge, gift shop, an enclosed garden and river jetty.
> Hair Dryer
> Laundry Services
> Amenities
Daily Activities
> Guided jungle trekking
> Jetty fishing
> River cruises along the Kinabatangan River. River tours are conducted by boats powered by electric motors and four stoke outboard engines.
> Lodge programs
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