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Clouded Leopard Quest

Deramakot Forest Reserve · Danum Valley Conservation Area
Duration
8 Days · 7 Nights
The route
Deramakot Forest Reserve · Danum Valley Conservation Area
Style
Borneo's cats by night
Best season
March – October · best
The route

7 nights, 2 stops — borneo’s cats by night.

Deramakot Forest Reserve → Danum Valley Conservation Area.

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What you're tracking

What you'll see

Sunda clouded leopard
Most reliable here.
Marbled cat
On night drives.
Binturong
In the canopy at night.
Slow loris
Eyeshine in the forest.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Arrive Deramakot Forest Reserve

Arrive Deramakot Forest Reserve

The journey begins.

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.

02Deramakot Forest Reserve

Deramakot Forest Reserve

A full day in the field.

Day birding and rest, then another night drive for the cats. Long night drives for civets, binturong and the full nocturnal list.

03Deramakot Forest Reserve

Deramakot Forest Reserve

A full day in the field.

Long night drives for civets, binturong and the full nocturnal list. Night drives in search of clouded leopard and Borneo's smaller cats.

04Deramakot Forest Reserve

Deramakot Forest Reserve

A full day in the field.

Night drives in search of clouded leopard and Borneo's smaller cats.

05Deramakot Forest Reserve → Danum Valley Conservation Area

To Danum Valley Conservation Area

On to the next.

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.

06Danum Valley Conservation Area

Danum Valley Conservation Area

A full day in the field.

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.

07Danum Valley Conservation Area

Danum Valley Conservation Area

A full day in the field.

Trails for red leaf monkeys, gibbons and the forest's grandeur. Dawn birding and a deeper forest walk among the giant trees.

08Depart Danum Valley Conservation Area

Departure

The journey ends.

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.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

March – October

Peak season

Drier months — the road network is best and night drives most productive.

Year-round

Good season

Night drives run throughout; wet weather can limit access.

Wildlife you may see
Birds Leopard Primates

Make it yours.

Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.

Field notes, now and then.

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