7 nights, 2 stops — borneo’s cats by night.
Deramakot Forest Reserve → Danum Valley Conservation Area.
Arrive in Deramakot Forest Reserve, met and transferred to your accommodation. No forest on earth offers better odds on a wild clouded leopard than Deramakot.
Day birding and rest, then another night drive for the cats. Long night drives for civets, binturong and the full nocturnal list.
Long night drives for civets, binturong and the full nocturnal list. Night drives in search of clouded leopard and Borneo's smaller cats.
Night drives in search of clouded leopard and Borneo's smaller cats.
Transfer to Danum Valley Conservation Area. Walk the primary forest and canopy walkway for orangutans and birds. A night drive in search of clouded leopard and nocturnal mammals.
A night drive in search of clouded leopard and nocturnal mammals. Trails for red leaf monkeys, gibbons and the forest's grandeur. Danum's never-logged forest shows what the island once was — and is among the last places to find it intact.
Trails for red leaf monkeys, gibbons and the forest's grandeur. Dawn birding and a deeper forest walk among the giant trees.
A final morning in Danum Valley Conservation Area — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
Drier months — the road network is best and night drives most productive.
Night drives run throughout; wet weather can limit access.
The only lodge inside Danum Valley — a benchmark rainforest lodge amid primary forest.
Basic forest-reserve lodging at Deramakot, built around the legendary night drives.
Research-station accommodation in Danum, simple but right in the primary forest.
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