Sightseeing Tours & Trips in Borneo

You'll cruise Tanjung Puting National Park on a traditional Klotok boat, stopping at Tanjung Harapan Orangutan Rehabilitation Center and Camp Leakey Primate Center. There's time to walk through Tanjung Harapan Village to see local Bornean life, then guided jungle walks at Pondok Tanggui let you spot proboscis monkeys, hornbills, and monitor lizards.

Bako National Park's forest trails are where you'll look for rare proboscis monkeys—only 275 live here—and at Semenggoh Wildlife Centre you can watch rescued orangutans swing through the trees. Sunrise and sunset cruises on the Kinabatangan River let you spot pygmy elephants, the world's smallest, along with silvered langurs and hornbills.

See wild orangutans at the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre and watch rescued sun bears at the Sun Bear Conservation Centre in Sandakan. Take multiple boat trips along the Kinabatangan River to spot proboscis monkeys, pygmy elephants, hornbills, and long-tailed macaques along the riverbanks. Snorkel around the coral reefs at Dinawan Island, then walk through the rainforests of Kiulu Valley to Kampung Ratau village for an overnight stay in traditional bamboo huts with a cultural immersion experience.

You'll see historic Fort Alice and Tze Yin Khor Chinese Temple along the Lupar River in Sri Aman, then take a longboat to an Iban longhouse for traditional performances and rice wine tasting. Later there's time at Semenggoh Nature Reserve during orangutan feeding times and treks through Bako National Park to find proboscis monkeys.

Kuala Lumpur's itinerary includes Jamek Mosque, Sin Sze Si Ya Temple, and the 272-step climb to Batu Caves' golden Hindu statue. You'll visit the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre and Sun Bear Conservation Centre in Borneo's rainforest. River cruises at dawn and dusk along the Kinabatangan River let you spot wildlife in Sabah's riverine forests and mangrove ecosystems.

The Kinabatangan River at dawn and dusk is where you'll spot proboscis monkeys, wild orangutans, and Bornean gibbons in their natural habitat, then at Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre you can watch baby orangutans learn to climb on jungle gyms. Later you'll snorkel with a marine biologist at Dinawan Island's house reef to study coral ecosystems.