Borneo wildlife holidays
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£4295 excluding flights
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Description of Borneo wildlife holidays
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£4295 excluding flights
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Departure information
This trip can be tailor made throughout the year to suit your requirements
Travel guides
Tacked onto the northern tip of Borneo, Sabah lays claim to more than its fair share of the earth's riches. Altitude aficionados can get their fix on ...
‘Orang-hutan’ means ‘person of the forest’, and this term was originally used to refer to forest dwelling humans as well as their shaggy, branch swing...
Holiday information
Diet:
We cater for both vegetarians and vegans.
Indigenous communities:
This holiday in Borneo benefits the Dusun, Iban and Kadazan, indigenous communities by employing indigenous guides and staff, including key roles such as an accountant, who is Dusun from Tuaran town in Sabah. Additionally, the majority of the staff are indigenous peoples with the operation manager from the Iban tribe in Sarawak, the senior reservation executive, and the reservation executive from the Kadazan tribe in Telupid, Sabah. This local employment supports the community's economic development and cultural preservation.
Reviews
1 Reviews of Borneo wildlife holidays
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed on 28 Jun 2023 by Steve Isaacs
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
Seeing a large male Orangutan and watching him for an hour.
2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
Avoid the Bungraya resort at the end, all the others were great but this
resort is full of scam and con.
3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Yes we benefited locals (except at Bungraya which is Dutch) and we supported conversation. The guides were very involved with conversation and we supported them directly.
4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
Great. We loved the trip.
Read the operator's response here:
Many thanks for your review. We are delighted you had a fantastic holiday - it is an amazing country. Many thanks for your comments on Bungraya. I am going to private email you as we would like some further information . As you know Bungraya is the beach extension element and there are limited offerings with good snorkelling however we would not recommend them if there were problems.
Responsible Travel
As the pioneers of responsible tourism, we've screened this (and every) holiday so that you can travel knowing we've worked to maximise the benefits of your holiday to local people and places, and minimise any negative impacts.
Planet
WILDLIFEOn this tour we support a number of wildlife sanctuaries. You will have the opportunity to visit the Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre, where orphaned and rescued Orangutans receive medical care and are reintroduced to 'wild' living as much as possible.
The brand new Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre, takes care of the cutest bear in the world. Be part of this solution by adopting one of them as we did! Labuk Bay Proboscic monkeys Sanctuary 400 plus acres of mangrove forest initially bought for commercial development, but the plan was quickly dropped so that these monkeys could continue to survive there without fear of losing their natural habitat.
SUPPLIERS
The accommodation that is provided in this tour is green and eco-friendly. Some use solar power as main energy resource and Eco-treatment for wasted water.
People
VOLUNTEERING & CHARITYVolunteering and charity work is really important to us. We ensure to do both equally. We support a key volunteering project giving them visibility throughout our distribution channel and showing to people their ‘modus operandi’. Every year we support and visit an orphanage house where we ensure that we spend a lot of important time together playing with kids, donating. organizing and fundraising. This is something we make sure of doing each year - a promise to them.
A FAIR DEAL
We support the local community and notably the majority of our staff is made up of local people. Some examples: Barshall our operation manager comes from Iban tribe in Sarawak, as does Rosa our senior reservation. Venissa – reservation executive comes from Kadazan tribe in Telupid – Sabah Petronella- account is a Dusun and come from Tuaran town in Sabah, also Rex, Rijan, Charles, Zaedi are all Malaysian are all from different area of Malaysia and comes from different ethnic group. We see this as being very important as local knowledge is very important. We 100% support the community.
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