After (reluctantly) leaving Borneo Rainforest Lodge, we drove for about 2.5 hours to Bilit Lodge, on the banks of the Kinabatangan River. Despite being in secondary rainforest, this stretch has one of the highest concentrations of wildlife in the world, and is Malaysia's second longest river. As had become customary with this trip, our …
Continue reading Fast Boats on the Kinabatangan River, Borneo
Where do I start? I am so reeling from the memories of this place that I am almost overwhelmed. The Danum Valley is a conservation area of 438 square kilometres of primary rainforest in the state of Sabah in Borneo. We took a (very early) 45 minute flight from Kota Kinabalu into Lahad Datu, where …
Continue reading Into The Jungle – Danum Valley Primary Rainforest, Borneo
This is the first in a series of posts about Borneo. I've been looking forward to this trip for a long time, and you can read all about my love affair with the country here. Borneo's capital, Kota Kinabalu, was the first stop on our two week adventure. Pretty much just passing through, I hadn't expected …
Continue reading Big Prawns and Panoramas: Kota Kinabalu, Borneo
As I've been planning, researching, obsessing and daydreaming for months over my trip to Borneo, and have amassed a certain amount of knowledge about what to take to the rainforest, I thought I would share my jungle packing tips. Trekking It's going to be humid, rainy, hot, hot hot, and alive with bugs! So you'll …
I'm not quite sure what it is, but ever since I was a child I have wanted to go into the rainforest. I think I was encouraged to think about such things by my adventurous mum, and the days spent playing our self-named game, Intrepid Adventurers. Or maybe it was that, at primary school, we …
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