DAY 1 – SANDAKAN / SELINGAN ISLAND

Depart from your hotel in Sandakan or meet at Sandakan Airport.

Transfer to the jetty to take a boat ride to Selingan Turtle Island. Arrive the island; check in to your chalet.

You day at your own disposal, ideal for swimming and snorkelling (weather permitting). After dinner, the park ranger will take you to witness the turtle laying eggs, transfer of the eggs to the hatchery and release of hatchlings to the sea. Overnight at the Chalet.

Selingan Turtle Island
After lunch, free at leisure until dinner time at 19:30 hrs. You can swim at the designated beach area and snorkelling gears are available for rent with charges on the island.

Before going for dinner, make sure all your important/valuable things are with you and do not leave it in your room. Please do not go back to your room after dinner because at any time, the rangers will call to observe turtle laying eggs. Transfer the eggs to the hatchery and if there is any young turtle hatching, an opportunity to observe the release of the baby turtles to the sea.

Remarks: The Selingan Island chalet is about 500m away from the beach. There is NO PORTER Service on the island. Therefore, you have to carry your own luggage from the boat to your chalet. We highly advise you to re-pack your clothing for your duration stay in order to have a more comfortable stay at Selingan Island. We do have a luggage room available at our jetty.

Meals: Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Selingan Turtle Island (Standard Twin)

DAY 2 – SELINGAN ISLAND/SEPILOK ORANG UTAN – BORNEON SUN BEAR/KINABATANGAN RIVER – BILIT

0700hrs after breakfast, depart from Selingan Island and return to the Sandakan. Arrive at mainland, continue to the world-renowned Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre to witness the feeding of the iconic Orang Utan and a good opportunity to photograph them in their natural habitat. The centre was established in 1964 to help rehabilitate the Orang Utans which had been orphaned, or displaced by logging and clearing of secondary forests for plantation. The magnificent mixed dipterocarp forest offers a natural home to the Orang Utans, which slowly become less dependent on their twice-daily feeding of milk and bananas at the centre and eventually return voluntarily to the wild.

Continue to the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre. You can now get close to the world’s smallest bear in its natural forest environment. These adorable Sun Bear is losing their habitat through deforestation. The mission of the centre is to promote sun bear conservation in Borneo through animal welfare, conservation, rehabilitation, education and research – giving captured sun bears a better home and restoring their right to live in the wild. Visitors will be able to peek in on their activity from the walkway as they lumbered and played in open-air forest enclosures.

Lunch at Borneo Sepilok Rainforest Restaurant.

1245hrs, Depart to Kinabatangan river (2 ½ drive). Upon arrival at the resort, meet & greet by our representative, refreshment will be served. There will be a briefing featuring the overview of the resort routes & safety. At 1600 hours, river cruise in search of wildlife that is so prevalent in the area – a good chance to see proboscis monkey, orang utan, macaques, pygmy elephants, birds and other wildlife. Return to the resort. Dinner will be served. After dinner, overnight at the Borneo Natural Sukau Bilit Resort

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Borneo Natural Sukau Bilit – Deluxe Room

DAY 3 – KINABATANGAN RIVER LODGE – BILIT

Wake up to the calls of gibbons and hornbills. Proceed for an early morning cruise to observe more wildlife and birdlife. Return to resort for breakfast. After breakfast, en-route to jungle within resort area for more trekking. Return to the resort for lunch. Late afternoon, set off for another river adventure and try to spot more wildlife and birds before returning to the resort for dinner. After dinner, overnight at the Borneo Natural Sukau Bilit Resort

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Accommodation: Borneo Natural Sukau Bilit – Deluxe Room

DAY 4 – KINABATANGAN RIVER / SANDAKAN

Rise early for another early morning cruise along the Kinabatangan to observe more wildlife and birdlife. Return to resort for breakfast. After breakfast, drop off at Sandakan Airport or at your respective hotel.

Meals: Breakfast