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Photographing the huge blossoms of Rafflesia

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Hearing Rhinoceros Hornbills during our canopy walk

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Spotting Proboscis Monkeys during our boat rides

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Walking the forest trails of Kinabalu N.P.

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Witnessing the Flying Lemur in action!

Borneo: Spectacular Biodiversity & Orangutans

Oct 19 - Nov 01, 2026

14 days | Borneo | Quest Nature Tours

Borneo is one of the most exciting destinations on earth for the nature lover. On this tour focusing on Borneo’s northern province of Sabah, we’ll be confronted with the combined spectacle of biodiversity and evolution perhaps unparalleled in the world! Our journey takes us into a spectrum of fantastic habitats from lowland rainforest near sea level to oak forests below the imposing summit of Mount Kinabalu. Along with fantastic giant pitcher plans of the genus Nepenthes, rhododendrons and abundance of butterflies is a stunning array of often rather striking birds, including hornbills, broadbills, barbets, woodpeckers, kingfishers and more. The huge and bizarre Rafflesia – the world’s largest flowers – may also be found here. Borneo’s fauna notably includes several species that “fly” (glide, really) across forest canopy gaps including the Flying Lizard, Colugo (Flying Lemur) and the flying frogs…that we’ll look to see in action!

There are numerous primates including macaques and langurs, the endemic Proboscis Monkey, the Bornean Gibbon and the ‘forest people’: the Bornean Orangutan. Our outstanding experience will include stays in secluded rainforest lodges and travel by boat through virgin mangrove stands.

Join us in 2026 as we return to discover Borneo’s primeval habitats once more! After our wonderful adventures in Borneo’s wild habitats, we invite our travellers to experience the heights of relaxation by enjoying our optional 3-night extension to Gaya Island. Extension details coming soon...

Tour Cost (per person):

US$8795 including taxes and gratuities

Group Size:

10 - 12 participants

What’s included: Airport transfers on tour start and end dates; accommodations based on double occupancy in hotels listed or similar;  ground transportation; all activities as described in the detailed itinerary;  entrance fees; internal flight (Lahad Datu – Kota Kinabalu); meals as specified in the detailed itinerary; gratuities for guides, driver, and included meals; all taxes; services of your Tour Leader; fully escorted by our English-speaking Bornean Naturalist Guide 

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By: Mike Kent

"This was our third tour with Quest and we enjoyed all three!" - Past Traveller

"Mike was great! His birding and other fauna knowledge was excellent". - Judi P.

"The Borneo Rainforest Lodge was incredible. All of the other places were great". - Marcie J.

"Mike was very knowledgeable and hard working. He was always very polite and considerate of the tour participants". - Donna H.

Itinerary at a Glance

Day	Activity
1	Arrive in Borneo
2	Kota Kinabalu / Kinabalu National Park
3	Kinabalu Park
4	Poring Hot Spring area, To Sepilok
5	Rainforest Discovery Centre and Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre
6	Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary / Oxbow Lake
7	To Tabin
8-9	Tabin Wildlife Reserve
10	To Danum Valley
11-12	Danum Valley Conservation Area
13	Danum Valley, return to Kota Kinabalu
14	Depart Kota Kinabalu
Optional Extension: Three nights at Gaya Island Resort

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Your Tour Leader

Mike Kent is an excellent all-round naturalist and educator based in southwestern Ontario. He has worked as a Park Naturalist at Ontario’s Killbear Provincial Park and the famous Algonquin Provincial Park, and as a Tour Manager at the Monteverde Butterfly Gardens in Costa Rica’s highland cloud forests. He has a keen and abiding interest in all life forms with a particular fondness for insects, fungi and other under-appreciated groups.

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