Tag: monkey

BEST OF BORNEO – DAY 9


SAVING THE SUN BEARS & PROBOSCIS MONKEYS As well as the Sepilok Orangutang Rehabilitation Centre, there are 2 other wildlife sanctuaries around Sandakan:  the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre and the Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary. We visited both of these today to see some more of Borneo’s […]

BEST OF BORNEO – DAY 6


JUNGLE TREKS & NIGHT SAFARI ADVENTURES IN KINABATANGAN The Kinabatangan River collects water from the highlands of Northern Borneo then snakes through Sabah’s lowlands for 560kms before reaching the Sulu Sea. Along its length the river supports a wide variety of mammal and birdlife, and remains one of […]

BEST OF BORNEO – DAY 5


WILDLIFE OF KINABATANGAN Borneo boasts one of the most biodiverse equatorial habitats in the world; its also home to one of the oldest and most impenetrable rainforests in the world. Which is why for most people Borneo evokes images of dense jungles, hidden animals, and head-hunting natives living […]

BEST OF BORNEO – DAY 2


WETLAND WANDERINGS Borneo is the third largest non-continental island in the world, and a haven for a whole host of jungle animals – including orangutans, proboscis monkeys, macaques, langurs, Pygmy elephants, turtles, crocodiles, water buffalo, and thousands of different species of birds. It’s a veritable tropical Eden with […]