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Lowland reserve · Sabah, Borneo

Tabin Wildlife Reserve

A lowland Sabah reserve of mud volcanoes, elephants and night-drive mammals.

Getting there

~1.5 hr from Lahad Datu (LDU), eastern Sabah

Best for

Pygmy elephant, civets and cats on night drives, mud volcanoes, accessible rainforest

The land

Lowland rainforest reserve with mineral mud volcanoes in eastern Sabah

Good to know

The mud volcanoes draw wildlife to their mineral licks; night drives are productive

What it is

Tabin is comfortable, productive lowland Borneo — elephants, night-drive mammals and mud volcanoes, with easy access.

A large lowland reserve near Lahad Datu, Tabin is known for its mineral mud volcanoes that draw wildlife, its pygmy elephants, and night drives that turn up civets, leopard cat and the occasional larger prize. With its own resort and good trails, it is one of the easier Sabah forests to enjoy.

PhotoTabin Wildlife Reserve — lowland reserve.

The reason to come

Mud volcanoes and night mammals

Tabin blends accessible rainforest with strong night-drive wildlife.

Mud volcanoes

Mineral licks that pull in elephant, deer and birds.

Night drives

Civets, leopard cat, slow loris and flying squirrels.

Pygmy elephants

Herds moving through the lowland forest.

Worth knowing

Comfortable Borneo wildlife

Tabin gives lowland mammals and night-drive action with the ease of a dedicated resort.

PhotoLowland rainforest at Tabin, with its mud-volcano licks.

When to come — honestly

An accessible lowland reserve.

March – October

Best

Drier months — best for trails and night drives.

Year-round

Good

Lowland wildlife is present throughout.

Tabin is easier than Danum but still genuine rainforest — wildlife is wild and not guaranteed.

Context

Accessible lowland forest

Tabin offers a softer, well-organised way into Sabah's lowland wildlife, strong on night drives.

It rounds out a Borneo circuit alongside the Kinabatangan and Danum.

We use Tabin for its night drives and mud-volcano wildlife on a fuller Sabah loop.

Beyond the obvious

More to Tabin Wildlife Reserve.

PhotoMud volcano

Mud volcano

The wildlife-drawing mineral lick.

PhotoNight drive

Night drive

For cats, civets and loris.

PhotoForest trails

Forest trails

Elephants, primates and birds.

Why Wild Voyager

We get you to the right forest at the right time.

From river lodges to night-drive reserves, we match the parks and guides to your targets — orangutans, clouded leopards or ten species of hornbill.

Handpicked lodges

We choose the lodge and guiding that fit your dates and targets, not whatever is left.

We time it right

We build your visit around the season and the displays that deliver.

Journeys

Trips through Tabin Wildlife Reserve

14 Days · 13 Nights

Borneo Complete

Where to stay

Where you’ll stay in Tabin Wildlife Reserve

Classic Collection

PhotoTabin Wildlife Resort

Classic

Tabin Wildlife Resort

Forest chalets inside Tabin, the base for its mud volcanoes and night drives.

Wildlife you may see

Elephants Leopard Primates

Plan your Tabin Wildlife Reserve journey.

Explore the mud volcanoes and night-drive for mammals. Tell us your dates and we will build the route around it.

Plan a Tabin Wildlife Reserve trip

Field notes, now and then.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season