Borneo 2025

Our tour group of 24 was split into two, with each going to different rainforest lodges at Sakau on the Kinabatangan River. On the way we had a toilet stop at a service station, where sustaining chocolates and nuts were purchased by everyone. As our first introduction to the rainforest river, the crossing to the lodge lasted less than 10 minutes, our group being transported to the opposite bank of the river by two separate boats with the luggage arriving in a third.

Leaving our house to drive to Adelaide airport, we were faced with a journey of about 24 hours that included three separate flights to start the first of two tours in Borneo. The first of these was a 10 day Trip a Deal tour in Sabah taking us from Sandakan on the east coast to Kota Kinabalu via the rainforest. However, two of these days were travelling, so the tour was really 8 days. The second was a 3 day Borneo Eco Tours visit back to the rainforest. We finished the trip with three further nights in Kota Kinabalu.