Convening with Nature: From Singapore to Borneo

Itinerary

• Day 1: Arrival, Singapore

  Arrive in Singapore, both an island country and a city-state. Odynovo representative will meet and escort you to your hotel. Take time to relax in your hotel or explore the city at own leisure.

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• Day 2: Singapore

  Spend 3.5 hours touring the city with your guide. When driving around the Civic District, where modern Singapore started, you will get a glimpse of the Padang, Singapore Cricket Club, Parliament House and National Gallery Singapore. Stop at Merlion Park to get a perfect view of the famous Marina Bay Sands. Later, head to the Thian Hock Keng Temple built for the worship of a Chinese sea goddess. Your next stop is Singapore Botanic Gardens and the National Orchid Garden within it. At last, walk through the shops of Little India to take in an epitome of India. The rest of the day is at leisure.

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• Day 3: Singapore - Kota Kinabalu

  After breakfast, be escorted to the airport for your flight to Kota Kinabalu, the state capital of Sabah. Upon arrival, enjoy a private transfer to your hotel.

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  • Kota Kinabalu

• Day 4: Kota Kinabalu

  Take a half-day relaxing tour to the Mari Mari Cultural Village featured with 5 different tribes: the rice farmer Kadazan-Dusun, the longhouse resident Rungus, the hunters and fishermen Lundayeh, the cowboy and sea gypsey Bajau, and the headhunting tribe Murut. In this tour, you will visit their houses with distinctive styles, glimpse at their colorful traditional life, enjoy some cultural performances and a buffet lunch.

  After the tour, and return to your hotel in the downtown.

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  • Kota Kinabalu

• Day 5: Kota Kinabalu

  This morning, a 2-hour scenic drive to Kinabalu Park will show you mountain villages and paddy fields along the Crocker Range, and en route, you will have a stopover at Nabalu Market. After arrival, walk along one of the numerous trails to discover the mysterious park. You may encounter the world's largest flower called Rafflesia, as the park boasts an estimate of 4,500 species of plants varying from tropical plants to frigid plants.

  Have lunch at a local restaurant after the trek, and then set off to the Poring Hot Spring known for the waters with their sulphuric minerals being reputed to ease aching muscles. You can also try to experience the Poring Canopy Walkway for a view of the lush green treetops.

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  • Kota Kinabalu

• Day 6: Kota Kinabalu - Sandakan - Kinabatangan River

  Fly to Sandakan in the early morning. A shared transfer will bring you to Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre. Around 10:00 am, observe the carers feeding the orangutans and learn about their habits in the wild. After that, walk in a tropical lowland of dipterocarp forest and then visit Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre providing the care, rehabilitation and release for the orphaned and captive Sun Bears. Around 11:15 am, leave Sepilok Center for the jetty for the boat scheduled to Lower Kinabatangan River Sanctuary departing at noon. Arriving in an hour, check into the Abai lodge and have lunch there.

  Later in the afternoon, take a cruise to search for wildlife and withness the fireflies dancing in the night, and then get back to the lodge for dinner. After that, follow our guide and walk along the nature boardwalk to experience the "Jungle at night" again.

  Note: Day 6 - 10 are for join-in tours.

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  • Kinabatangan River

• Day 7: Abai - Sukau

  Take an early morning river trip to Pitas Oxbow Lake to observe wildlife and experience the unique of Pitas Oxbow Lake. Then return to your hotel for breakfast, after which you will be introduced about the Tree Planting Project, which was designed to help the locals. Later, be invited to join the program of "The Most Beautiful House Competition" and enjoy a simple lunch prepared by the villagers at Abai Village.

  After lunch, cruise up the river to Sukau village in search of primates especially the wild orangutan, birds, pygmy elephant and other wildlife. Arrive at Sukau and check into Kinabatangan Riverside Lodge. In the late afternoon, take another river cruise to Menanggul River, a small tributary of the Kinabatangan, renowned for its populations of probosci's monkeys, long-tailed macaques and wild orang-utans.

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• Day 8: Kinabatangan River - Danum Valley

  Depart early for Borneo Nature Tours Office in Lahad Datu town for registration and briefing. After that, a 2-hour drive will take you to Danum Valley. With virgin tropical forest and home of exceptional fauna, it is a naturalists' paradise. Upon arrival, check-in and have lunch at the lodge. After a slide presentation, you will start a jungle trek through nature trails and canopy walkways for a close-up observation of the rainforest. After dinner, take a night drive to search the nocturnal animals by open-top vehicle.

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• Day 9: Danum Valley

  Today, start a morning jungle trek to Kadazandusun burial site and get a bird's eye view of the cliff coffin from the viewpoint. In the afternoon, continue with another jungle trek or go for a relaxing session of tubing down the Danum River subject to weather and water condition. After dinner, have a night walk in search of nocturnal animals.

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• Day 10: Danum Valley - Lahad Datu - Kota Kinabalu - Gaya Island

  Go for an early morning walk before lunch and check-out if you are interested in. Afterward, drive to Lahad Datu airport for your flight to Kota Kinabalu, and then be taken to the jetty and board the ferry to Gaya Island, Borneo's biodiverse treasure-house of the jungle and marine life. The time on the island will be on your own arrangement. Have fun!

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• Day 11: Gaya Island

  After earlier days of jungle trekking and river exploration, you can relax on this beautiful island. Enjoy a spa, take a massage, sunbathe on the beach, snorkel to see Borneo's colorful reef, snap amazing underwater photos… There are many more for your choice.

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  • Gaya Island

• Day 12: Gaya Island

  Enjoy another leisurely day at your own pace.

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  • Gaya Island

• Day 13: Gaya Island - Kota Kinabalu, Departure

  After checking out, the hotel staff will escort you to the jetty for your ferry back to Kota Kinabalu. On arrival, our representative will take you to the airport for your return flight. Good journey!

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