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16 Days 15 Nights Birding in Borneo Trip Package Rates ~ valid until 31st March 2011
(Rates based on per person basis)
Minimum No of Persons |
Rates per Person (RM) |
minimum 2 persons |
RM 13, 980 nett per person |
Package Includes:
* Tours, boat and land transfers (Based on joining basis) * accommodation * meals as specified * entrance fee * private birding guide
Package Excludes:
* Domestic airfare * camera fee and items not mentioned.
Pick up Points:
* Scheduled pick up point is at Hotel Sabah or Sandakan * RM 25.00 per person will imposed if required to pick up from other hotels in Sandakan * RM 35.00 per person will imposed if required to pick up from Sepilok area
**Please Note that there will be a non-refundable handling charge on payment made. Conditions apply.
Day 1 |
Drive 88 km to Kinabalu Park, Malaysia's first World Heritage Site. Bird watching in Kinabalu Park, home to over 300 species of birds. Overnight in Kundasang. (LD) Kinabalu>Park is home to: White Throated Fantail, Yellow Breasted Warbler, Kinabalu Friendly Warbler, Mountain Leaf-Warblers, Grey-throated Babbler, Borneo Whistling Thrush, Chestnut-capped Laughing Trush, Chestnut-crested Yuhina, TemminckÂs Sunbird, Sunda Whistling Thrush, Black Laughing-thrush, Black-breasted Triller, Indigo Flycatcher, Golden Napped Barbet, Whitehead's Trogon, Whitehead's Spiderhunter, Mountain Blackeye, Bornean Stubtail (Endemic), Crimson-head patridge, Red-breasted Patridge, Mountain Imperial Pigeon, Ochraceous Bulbul, White-browed Shortwing, Mountain Blackbird, Ashy Drongo, Short-tailed Magpies, Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, Bar-winged Cuckoo-shrike, Whitehead's Broadbill, Blue-winged Leafbird, Bornean Barbets, various other woodpeckers, warblers, trogon, bul-buls, besra and flycathers. |
Day 2 - 4 |
Full day bird watching in Kinabalu Park. Birdwatching in Poring on one of these days. (BLD) Poring is home to: |
Day 5 |
Morning Bird watching before departing to Sepilok in approximately 4-hour overland journey to the east coast. Night walk in the evening. Overnight at Sepilok. (BLD) |
Day6 |
Full day birdwatching in Rainforest Discovery Centre. Overnight at Sepilok. (BLD) Sepilok (Rainforest Discovery Centre) is home to: Bornean Bristlehead, Diard's Trogon, Banded Kingfisher, Rufous-collared Kingfisher, Hooded Pitta, Black-and-Crimson Pitta, Scarlet Minivet, Red-bearded Bee-Eater, Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, White-bellied Munia, Indian Cuckoo, White Fronted Falconet , Oriental dwarf Kingfishers, Scarlet Rumped Diards, Red-naped Trogon, Asian Fairy Bluebird, Great Slaty-woodpecker, White bellied-woodpecker, Velvet Fronted-Nuthatch, various bee-eaters, Bul-buls, flowerpeckers, sunbird, drongos, hornbills, and lessers. |
Day7 |
Birdwatching in the morning. At noon, depart to Sukau by boat on Sabah's longest river, the Kinabatangan. Lower Kinabatangan is home to 210 species of birds. Check into Sukau Rainforest Lodge. Join an afternoon cruise for bird watching. Sukau is home to: Bornean Ground-cuckoo, White Bellied Fish Eagle, Lesser Fish Eagle, Crested Serpent Eagle, Wallaces Hawk Eagle, White Chested Babbler, Brown Barbet, Blue Eared Kingfishers, Stork Billed Kingfisher, Black-eared Kingfisher, Rufous-collared Kingfisher, Ruddy kingfisher, Pied Fantail, Asian Paradise Flycathers, Oriental Darter, Rufous-bellied Eagle, Jerdon's Baza, Buffy Fish Owl, Brahminy Kite, White-fronted Falconet, Great Egret, Bornean Bristlehead., Black-and-Yellow Broadbills, Bat Hawk, Oriental Bay Owl, Brown Wood Owl, Great Billed Heron , Blue Headed Pitta, Blue Winged Pitta, Hooded Pitta, Black Headed Pittas, Crested Fireback, Storm Stork and Lesser adjuntant ,Scarlet Rumped Diards, Red-naped trogon, Rhinoceros Hornbills, Helmeted Hornbill, Wrinkled Hornbilled, Wreathed Hornbill, White Crowned Hornbill, Oriental Pied Hornbill, Bushy Crested Hornbill, Black Hornbill, Asian Fairy Bluebird , Great Slaty-woodpecker, White Bellied-woodpecker, and many others. |
Day 8 - 9 |
Morning and afternoon cruise for bird watching. Visit Gomantong Caves on one of these evenings to watch the exodus of bats and bathawks. (BLD) |
Day 10 |
Proceed to Lahad Datu and then onwards to Tabin Wildlife Reserve, another haven for bird watching enthusiasts which boasts approximately 220 species of birds. (BLD) Tabin is home to: Blue Eared Kingfishers, Stockbilled Kingfisher, Pied Fantail, Asian Paradise Flycatchers, Storm Stork, Blue-headed Pitta, Blue-banded Pitta, Dusky Munia, Black-throated Wren-babblers, Bornean Wren-babblers, Bulwer's Pheasant, Thick-billed Spiderhunter, Long-billed Spierhunter, Grey-breasted Spiderhunter, Yellow-rumped, Orange-bellied Flowerpecker, Grey-breasted Spiderhunter, Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker, Orange-bellied Flowerpacker, Grey-streaked Flycatcher, Purple-throated Sunbird, Plain Sunbird, Black-naped Monarch, Olive-backed Woodpecker, Red-naped Trogon, Scarlet-rumped Trogon, Changeable Hawk Eagle, Crested Goshawk, Storm's Stork, White-fronted Falconet, Ashy Tailorbird, Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, Stork-billed, Black-backed Kingfisher, Rhinoceros Hornbill , Helmeted hornbill, wrinkled hornbilled, wreathed hornbill, white crowned hornbill,Fronted Falcon, Crested Fireback, raptor and various others. |
Day 11 |
Full day bird watching in Tabin. (BLD) |
Day 12 |
Transfer to Lahad Datu and Danum Valley. Check into Borneo Rainforest Lodge before continuing bird watching. More than 300 species of birds have been recorded in Danum Valley. (BLD) Danum Valley is home to: Hornbills, Bornean babbler, Black-throated Babblers, Bul-buls, Giant Pitta, Blue-headed Pitta, Black-and-crimsom Pitta, Banded Pitta, Great Argus Pheasant, Crested Fireback Pheasant, Chestnut-necklaced Partridge, Red-bearded Bee-eater Trogon; Red-napped Trogon, Diard's Trogon, Scarlet-rumped Trogon, Blue-rumped Parrot, Blue-crowned Hanging Parrots, Fiery Minivet, Large-billed Flycathers, Malaysian Blue Flycather, Buffy Fish Owl, Brown Wood-owl, White Fronted Falcon , Crested Wood Patridge, Bornean Ground-cuckoo, Crested Fireback Pheasant and many others. |
Day 13 - 14 |
Full day bird watching. (BLD) |
Day 15 |
Bird watching in the morning. Depart from Lahad Datu to airport for flight to Kota Kinabalu. Overnight in hotel. Â (BL) |
Day 16 |
Departure transfer to airport. (B) |
Destination Sabah ~ Kota Kinabalu ~ Kinabalu Park ~ Poring Hotsprings ~ Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre ~ Sukau & Kinabatangan River ~ Gomantong Caves ~ Tabin Wildlife Reserve ~ Danum Valley
Minimum no. of Persons 2 persons
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