DAY 1 – SANDAKAN / HORNBILL LODGE BILIT – KINABATANGAN RIVER CRUISE

Your day will start with pick up Sandakan hotels, Sandakan airport or Sepilok area between 12pm and 1pm. Make sure to have something to eat before pick up or bring some snacks for the journey as the estimated transfer time to the Kinabatangan River is 2 to 2.5 hours.

Upon arrival, check-into your room and enjoy tea, coffee and snacks at our restaurant overlooking the river before embarking on your first river cruise at 4pm. Over the next 2 hours, your guide will be on the lookout for proboscis monkeys, long-tail & pig-tail macaques, silver leaf monkeys, orang-utans, crocodiles, birds and more!

After your river cruise, return to the lodge for dinner before joining your guide on an included night Walk

Meals: Dinner
Accommodation: Hornbill Lodge – Chalet

DAY 2 – HORNBILL LODGE BILIT – KINABATANGAN RIVER CRUISE

As day dawns, join your second river cruise and watch as the river comes to life. Keep an eye out for bird life including Borneo’s endemic hornbills and have another chance to spot multiple species of primates. Return to the lodge for breakfast then join your guide for a jungle walk looking for signs of orang-utans such as nests in the trees or even orang-utans themselves if you are lucky! Enjoy lunch overlooking the river and a chance to rest before joining your afternoon river cruise in search of this area’s unique wildlife. After dinner, join your guide for a night walk or add-on a night cruise in search of nocturnal wildlife along the river bank.

Optional add-on: night cruise: RM100 per person

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation: Hornbill Lodge – Chalet

DAY 3 – HORNBILL LODGE BILIT – KINABATANGAN RIVER / SANDAKAN

Wake up early and join your guide for a final dawn river cruise, return to the lodge for breakfast then catch your transfer back to Sandakan airport for flights departing from 1pm onwards or hotels in Sepilok / Sandakan.

Meals: Breakfast