4 Days 3 Nights Sandakan
Wildlife Safari - Sepilok / Oxbow / Cave / Sukau Bilit / City Tour & Stay
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Your flight arrival time |
| Hotel Pick Up |
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08:30 hrs |
Promotional Tour Rates:
(No hidden or
extra costs unless otherwise stated)
Tour Validity:
01 Jan - 31 Mar 2011
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GROUP SIZE
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RATES PER ADULT
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Min. 2 PAX
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RM 1580
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Single Supplement
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RM 410
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Single Traveller
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Additional 50% Surcharge
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Infant |
0 - 2 Years Old |
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FOC |
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Child |
2 - 12 Years Old
(Without Bed) |
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50% Of Adult Rates When Sharing Room With 2 Paying Adult |
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Child |
2 - 12 Years Old
(With Bed) |
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75% Of Adult Rates When Sharing Room With 1 Paying
Adult |
Please email info@amazingborneo.com.my to enquire for group rates of 10 pax and above.
Tour Highlights
Sepilok Orang
Utan Rehabilitation Centre
Kinabatangan
River Cruise
Oxbow Lake
Gomantong
Cave
Sandakan City
Tour
Sukau Bilit
Rainforest Lodge
4* Sabah
Hotel
Sample Tour Itinerary:
DAY 01 SANDAKAN /
SEPILOK / KINABATANGAN RIVER CRUISE
Meet and pick up from Sandakan airport or
hotel; transfer to Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre (30 mins journey)
situated in the Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve for video show. Visit the Nature
Education Centre to learn about the
rehabilitation of orphaned orang utan before taking a boardwalk through the
lowland rainforest to view the feeding platform. Trek ten minutes through the
rainforest on wooden plank walks to witness the feeding of the orang utans at
10am.
Continue the journey
(approximately 2 hours drive by land) to one of the world's richest ecosystems
Kinabatangan River, Sukau. Journey to Sukau will pass by Oil Palm Plantations
and rustic countryside studded with villages (*Option to change journey by boat
transfer at a surcharge - 2.5hrs boat ride). Arrive at Kampung Bilit, Sukau jetty. Take a short boat transfer to Sukau Bilit Rainforest
Lodge. Time for orientation briefing, a welcome drink and check in. Lunch will be provided
in the lodge restaurant.
At 16:00hrs, take a river cruise in search of
endemic proboscis monkeys, different species of birds & other wildlife along the
river bank. One may also catch a glimpse of a wild Orang Utan, leaf
monkeys, gibbons, macaques or the newly discovered “Borneon Pgymy Elephants”.
Return for solar heated hot shower and buffet dinner.
After dinner,
you can go for an optional night safari cruise (at a surcharge) where you can
spot nocturnal animals, crocodiles and birds. Overnight at Sukau Bilit Rainforest Lodge.
(Buffet Lunch, Buffet
Dinner)
DAY 02 OXBOW LAKE
Wake up to the calls of gibbons
and hornbills at 6am. A morning river cruise up the Kinabatangan River Ox-Bow
Lake for bird watching and jungle walking along the trails. Experience the
wilderness of Borneo. Cruise back for late breakfast. Free at leisure. Afternoon
lunch will be served at Sukau Bilit Rainforest Lodge restaurant.
At 16:00hrs, take another river cruise in the late afternoon to see more wildlife along the
Sukau Kinabatangan River Bank. Overnight at Sukau Bilit Rainforest Lodge.
(Buffet Breakfast, Buffet
Lunch, Buffet Dinner)
DAY 03 GOMANTONG
CAVE / CITY TOUR / SABAH HOTEL
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 &
Puh Jih Syh Buddhist Temple for a panoramic view of Sandakan town and across
the huge bay. After the tour, check into 4* Sabah Hotel. Free at leisure.
(Buffet Breakfast, Lunch,
Dinner)
DAY 04 SANDAKAN
AIRPORT
After breakfast, transfer pick up
from Sabah Hotel to Sandakan airport.
(Breakfast)
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Meals |
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03 Breakfasts, 03 Lunches, 03 Dinners |
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Includes |
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Meals as Stated, Entrance Fee, Land Transportation (Seat-In-Coach), English
Speaking Guide, 03 Nights Accommodation, 03 River Cruises |
| Accommodation |
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02 Nights Sukau Bilit Rainforest Lodge or
Similar, 01 Night 4* Sabah Hotel |
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Excludes |
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Airfares, Camera and Video Fees, Alcoholic Drinks, Any Items Not Mentioned |
Things You Should Bring:
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Good walking shoes
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Light raincoat
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Insect repellent
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Sun block
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Sun hat
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Binoculars
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Camera
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Leech socks
Things You Should Know:
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Departure
time varies from different hotels, please reconfirm with our staffs.
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If you are
arriving at Sandakan Airport on the day of your tour, our friendly guide
will greet and pick you up from the airport with a placard bearing your good
name.
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Amazing
Borneo Tours does not guarantee wildlife sightings.
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Amazing
Borneo Tours reserves the right to alter routes, timetables, itineraries and
accommodation reserved should conditions beyond our control render it
necessary.
Things To Note:
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Please ensure you are holding
air ticket to Sandakan.
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Recommended flights from Kota
Kinabalu to Sandakan: Malaysia Airlines MH2042 (ETD 0700hrs / ETA 0740hrs)
or Air Asia AK6092 (ETD 0705hrs / ETA 0750hrs).
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 9 detached chalets.
> All rooms come with two queen size beds while 3 detached chalets come
with a king sized bed.
> All rooms equipped with air-conditioning and mosquito netting, 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