Blogs from Kinabatangan, Sabah, Malaysia, Asia - page 3

Day 10 was another day of chilling in the heat. We were up and awake by 6 (half due to the 'other residents' doing their usual banging, shouting and eating everything in sight; partly due to the cockrel that crows around half 4 and lastly due to our alarms) and getting ready to leave Sukau. After toast, pinapple jam and tea, we set off in Mr Aji's jungle jeep for a road walk near the Gomantong Caves. By this time it was approaching 9am and the temperature was rising. Although it was an easy 3k walk on the road, it was a sweaty affair. We saw LOTS of flying, buzzy things, AKA butterflies. Well I say we, I hid under my umber-olly, which I was using to shade my skin from the scorching sun. We saw ... read more

Arriving at Uncle Tans ops base i was plesently surprised by how nice it was. Great food, free internet, nice comfy rooms and the staff were great! There isnt anything to do there so after catching up on the internet and eating it left plenty of time to read before i caught the bus and boat to Uncle Tans in the Kinabatangan Park at 2.30 the next day. Taking the bus we arrived in a small village where we had to walk down a steep mud slope to the long boat for out 45min trip down the river. During the 3d 2n trip we did a night safari by boat, a morning safari by boat, a trek into the forest to learn about the plants, trees and insects, an afternoon boat safari and an evening ... read more

This morning we woke up early for the morning cruise which turned into more of a bird tour. It was still really good as we saw tones of neat birds as well as more of the 3 types of monkeys. Unfortunately we didn't get to see any orangutans in the wild but at least we saw them in the sanctuary. Some of the birds we saw included the hornbills, kingfisher and some falconets as well as various colored jungle birds (parakeets etc.).  In the afternoon we jumped on a bus to head to the south coast for some diving and island fun. We arrived in Semporna and booked ourselves a 5 day packed on the island of Mabul. When we arrived our resort turned out to be on stilts just off the island so we don't ... read more

(english see below) Wir hatten uns entschlossen, Weihnachten im Dschungel zu feiern. So fuhren wir mit dem Bus von KK nach Sandakan. Dabei fährt man durch den recht hübschen Mount Kinabalu National Parc. Aber der Berg war zickig und versteckte sich in Wolken. Die Fahrt war aber angenehm und nach 6 Stunden waren wir in Sandakan, wo wir eine Nacht günstig verbrachten und sensationellen Fisch assen. Am nächsten Morgen standen uns noch 2 Stunden Minibusfahrt bevor und dann sprangen wir in ein kleines Boot, das uns in unsere einfache Lodge brachte. Wir gingen ins Zimmer und dann weiter zu unserem weihnachtlichen Highlight: eine 2 stündige Bootsfahrt auf dem Kinabatangan. Wir sahen long tailed macaques (Affen), Nasenaffen, hornbills, viele andere Vögel, ein Krokodil - es war wirklich sehr schön. Heiligabend verbrachten wir mit Ryan (einem Canadier, der ... read more

The mention of Borneo conjures images of jungle, wildlife and rivers. However, having already spent a month in the Malaysian section of the country we found it to be as much a mix of swaying bars, lively karaoke's and streams of tourists as it is trees, orangutans and gushing rivers. In search of the true Borneo experience we had encountered all of these things but now we were joined by Jungle Julie and DJ Durcan and so headed to East Sabah in search of its diverse wildlife. The wide, muddy Sungai Kinabatangan is Sabah's longest river. Cutting through the jungle interior of Borneo it's murky waters sit deep below the swaying green canopy that teems with wildlife. Despite some up river logging and jungle clearance for plantations the lower reaches of the river provide the ideal ... read more