Snorkeling Trip, Wildlife Trips, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
Enjoying Snorkeling
Snorkeling Trip, Wildlife Trips, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia – Customer Feedback, July 2008
The beginning of a lifetime adventure! Excited and thrilled, we departed Seychelles for Borneo, the third largest island in the world. We were totally unprepared for the super experience which awaited us.
Via Bangkok we went through Kuala Lumpur on to Kota Kinabalu where we were greeted by Billy and Jo, from Borneo Dream. Eventually, we reached Hotel Garden where we were to stay. It was very comfy indeed and the service was brilliant! We quickly settled in and later went out for dinner with Billy and Jo.
Snorkeling Trip
The next morning we were welcomed by Ron, who took us for breakfast and then we proceeded to meet Billy and Jo at the jetty where we were taken on their boat, Borneo Dream 3, to a beautiful snorkeling spot in TARP Marine Park where we were privileged to see a vast diversity of beautiful, colorful corals and interesting sea animal species. From there we went ashore a small island, Pulau Sulug, that was nearby and I ventured deep into its small forest and got the opportunity to see a wild boar. After about an hour of exploring and making some fascinating discoveries, we headed back to the jetty to return to our hotel.
On Saturday morning we flew to Sandakan and there we took a bus to the Rainforest Discovery Centre where we visited the Rainforest Exhibition. It contained loads of breath-taking pictures of the fauna of Borneo and we learnt many things about Sabah’s different forest types and the unique plants and animals. Afterwards we went onto the rainforest discovery trail, where we learnt about rainforest ecology and experienced its amazing biodiversity while walking along a network of self-guided trails in the forest. I loved the rickety bridge and it was hilarious trying to cross it.
Kinabatangan River
After this interesting visit, we made a long journey to a lodge on the Kinabatangan River. By then, it was quite late in the afternoon so we relaxed a bit before going for a river safari where we got to see many beautiful birds such as the Hornbills. We were lucky to see the Proboscis Monkey and some other types of monkey and the Long Tail Macaques. After dinner we all gathered up with our guides, picked up some flash lights and went off for a night walk in the jungle. The walk lasted about an hour. It was fascinating and quite amusing too. We saw snakes, lizards and even scorpions. One of my most thrilling experiences was having blood-sucking leeches stuck to my skin! Whilst some freaked out at the sight of the ugly bugs, I was mesmerized by them!
Orang Utan, Sepilok
We visited Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary where we got to see the orangutans being fed -it was a real attention-grabbing moment! We also got to see them in the wild and this was an amazing experience, seeing them swinging from branch to branch. A bit of lone venturing along one of the nature trails took Harry and I, close up to a wild orangutan! It was something very much worth seeing and personally quite an unforgettable and remarkable experience I’ll cherish forever!
On our last day we headed off for White Water Rafting. This was a wet but fantastic and exciting experience! We enjoyed ourselves tremendously in the rapids!
I have never done so much fabulous traveling and visiting in such a short period of time! The activities were all so well-organized. The trip was just cool and fun and I’ll do it again any time! We all gained loads of interesting and useful knowledge and in my opinion, out of all the trips I’ve been on this one was the ‘cherry on the cake’! We enjoyed ourselves to the MAXIMUM and gained so much educational information. Words alone cannot express how much I enjoyed every minute of this trip and I take this opportunity to thank Borneo Dream for organizing it – you made our trip a real enjoyable and memorable one! THANK YOU ALL!
Scott Morin
Seychelles
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