The Best Borneo Holiday Packages & Tours

BORNEO HOLIDAYS

Connecting with nature and knowing its grandeur has taken millions of years to achieve, one cannot help but feel humbled in its presence. It’s safe to say that it ignites this instinctual need in us to stay and never leave, if we were given a choice. Plus, it’s been scientifically proven that just being amongst nature helps to reduce stress, anxiety, and all that stuff we’d rather not have in our lives. Lets discover the top-rated places to go and things to see on your best Borneo tours.

Borneo is teeming with wildlife and you’d be hard-pressed to find them anywhere else. Whether they are superb climbers or brilliant navigators of the jungle, the animals on this list are one-of-a-kind. However, they are all under threat due to human activities such as poaching and illegal wildlife trade. In a few years’ time, these amazing creatures may not be here for future generations to witness.

Borneo Wildlife Safari - 6 days

Borneo Jungle Trek - 5 days

Camp Leakey - 3 days

Tabin Wildlife Resort - 2 days

Mulu Pinnacles - 4 days

Birding & Wildlife – 8 days

Other trips

Song Saa Resort

Mulu Pinnacles & Show Caves – 4 days From $598 AUD

Angkor Boutique Journey – 4 days From $1,066 AUD

Uniquely Ubud, 4 days

Bangkok to Chiang Mai by Sleeper Train, 6 days

Angkor Golf Holiday, 4 days

Deluxe Golf and Culture in the Kingdom, 5 days

Golf Highlights of Cambodia, 5 days

Glimpse of Vietnam (Overnight on board in Halong Bay), 6 days

The Beauty of Wildlife in Borneo

It is where you see

Wildlife like None Other

Borneo is home to some of the world’s richest and most diverse eco-systems. With vast expanses of untouched rainforest, beaches and mountain ranges, its wildlife is top draw. It is home to some of the world’s richest and most diverse eco-systems. Let us help you make the most of the adventure which Borneo offers you. One which you get to discover incredible but endangered species like the orangutan, pygmy elephant, Malayan sun bear, proboscis monkey, and Borneo rhino in their natural habitats.

Friendly, local guides proudly take you on expeditions through the Kinabatangan Rainforest and Danum valley (to mention a few places) to give you the best Borneo tours/opportunities for observing animals. With their help, you will come face to face with orangutans, macaques, proboscis monkeys, birdlife, and maybe even the odd sun bear.

You could even switch things up by visiting palm-fringed islands, like Lankaran, where you enjoy the sights of a wealth of aquatic life, such as sea turtles and whale sharks. Or simply experience the thrills of the mystical Maliau Basin – one of the world’s great reserves of biodiversity with almost unbelievable genetic richness.

The highlights

Orangutans up close at Camp Leakey and Sepilok

Borneo is divided between Indonesia and Malaysia.

Camp Leakey is in the Tanjung Puting Reserve. At Camp Leakey research station you can trek through the jungle to see orangutans being fed. This area is a little more off the beaten track and so travel arrangements are slightly more complex. If you want to see large numbers of orangutans then this is the place to go as it is estimated that the population of the national park stands at some 4,000 orangutans and is one of the largest and most diverse protected areas.

Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre is the largest and most renowned in the world and Sandakan’s biggest tourist attraction. There is an educational centre to learn about the work to rehabilitate orangutans into the wild and you can walk into the rainforest to see orangutans being fed in their natural habitat, as they are prepared in a semi-wiild environment for rehabilitation.

Mulu National Park where you will find the largest limestone cave

Gunung Mulu National Park is in the Malaysian State of Sarawak. It is outstanding both for its high biodiversity and for its karst features. The park is dominated by Gunung Mulu, a 2,376 m-high sandstone pinnacle and the property is the most studied tropical karst area in the world. The geological Melinau Formation contains a remarkable concentration of caves, revealing a geological history of over more than 1.5 million years.

Trek deep into the jungle

The Borneo rainforest is disappearing faster than any other rainforest on earth, so put it at the top of your “see it while you can” bucket list. Borneo is the center of evolution for many rare and endemic species, and one of the only remaining natural habitats for endangered orangutans, proboscis monkeys, pygmy elephants and Sumatran rhinoceros.

Traditional longhouses

A Dayak longhouse is the village. These huge structures, sometimes over 200 meters long, can contain dozens of separate family apartments, as well as public spaces for cooking, blacksmithing, ceremonies, and social life. You can mingle with the Longhouse dwellers & talk about their daily activities or the communal style of living at the Longhouse.

Amazing wildlife

For nature-lovers, there are few better spots in the world than Borneo. Most of the island’s tours and packages offer unique experiences that can’t be replicated anywhere else. Watch turtles lay their eggs and watch their babies rush to the see. See millions of bats emerge from some of the largest cave chambers in the world. One of the most endearing experiences to be had in Borneo is a trek into the jungle to see the critically endangered Orangutans. Not only are these animals’ fun to watch as they swing from tree to tree, but they also provide visitors with an insight into their unique intelligence.

Endangered Animals in Borneo You Need to See

Orangutan can live up to 1,500m high but are commonly found in the lowlands close to water sources such as rivers. Efforts are ongoing to conserve and protect the orangutans.

Sumatran Rhinoceros is one amazing animal. They are the smallest living rhinoceroses in the world and the only Asian rhino that has two horns. They are threatened mainly by poaching for their horns and illegal encroachment leading to isolation of rhino communities has led to low birth rates.

Proboscis Monkeys can be easily identified with their large, fleshy noses which they use to attract mates! Much of their habitat is threatened by deforestation and their numbers are dwindling due to hunting.

Asian elephants are threatened by habitat loss and illegal wildlife trade decreasing their numbers from more than 100,000 to 50,000 in the wild.

Sunda Clouded Leopards are forest-dwelling cats spending most of their time in the trees. They are on the list because their habitats are threatened by deforestation and human settlements.

Slow Loris are the only venomous primates but they are vulnerable due to habitat loss together with illegal wildlife trade due to their cute appearances.

Malayan Sunbears, the smallest bears in the world, named sun bears due to a golden-yellow bib-shaped mark on their chest. Sun bears are threatened with deforestation and illegal hunting, mainly for their bile.