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MY01 · Malaysia · Borneo River Safari

Kinabatangan Wildlife Safari

Kinabatangan River
Duration
5 Days · 4 Nights
The route
Kinabatangan River
Style
Borneo's wildlife river
Best season
March – October · best
The route

4 nights, 1 stop — borneo’s wildlife river.

Kinabatangan River.

Kinabatangan River
What you're tracking

What you'll see

Proboscis monkey
In the riverside trees.
Bornean pygmy elephant
Along the banks.
Bornean orangutan
In the canopy.
Rhinoceros hornbill
Over the river.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Arrive Kinabatangan River

Arrive Kinabatangan River

The journey begins.

Arrive in Kinabatangan River, met and transferred to your accommodation. Nowhere else delivers Borneo's headline mammals as reliably, or as comfortably, as the Kinabatangan.

02Kinabatangan River

Kinabatangan River

A full day in the field.

Boat the oxbow lakes and tributaries for birds and crocodiles. A night walk for civets, frogs and roosting birds, plus more river time.

03Kinabatangan River

Kinabatangan River

A full day in the field.

A night walk for civets, frogs and roosting birds, plus more river time. Dawn and dusk river cruises for proboscis monkeys, orangutans and elephants.

04Kinabatangan River

Kinabatangan River

A full day in the field.

Dawn and dusk river cruises for proboscis monkeys, orangutans and elephants.

05Depart Kinabatangan River

Departure

The journey ends.

A final morning in Kinabatangan River — 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 — easier boating and good wildlife along the river.

November – February

Good season

Wetter, with higher water; wildlife still concentrates on the corridor.

Destinations

Where this journey goes

Wildlife you may see
Birds Elephants Primates Rhinos

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.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season

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