Tours & Excursion - Sabah Tours
 
Tour 33 : Discovering Sabah (7D/6N) (seat-in-coach)
Tour Price RM7889 per person
Code PB-OBT-006
Duration 7 days / 6 nights
Location Around Sabah
Transport 4X4
Starting Point Kota Kinabalu
Minimum 3 persons Maximum 7 persons
This package cover 8/10 area of Top ten attractions in Sabah.
 
Discovering Sabah in 7 days
Borneo, the world's third largest island offer an astonishing diversity of landscapes and people, as well as richly varied plant and animal life, yet surprisingly little known about the treasures of this Borneo state. Borneo Island comprise of 3 Country namely Kalimantan ( Indonesia ), Brunei and Sabah & Sarawak ( Malaysia ).
 
Sabah, Malaysia at the northern tip of Borneo, offers astonishing variety within its relatively small size. Its landscapes range from long white sandy beaches to magnificent rain forests. Offering world class scuba diving sites including Sipadan Island and Layang Layang atoll to Mount Kinabalu towering at 4,095 meters highest mountain between the Himalayas and New Guinea a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. Sabah's forest are among the most richly varied rain forest in the world with new species of plants still being discover every year, Danum Valley & Maliau Basin devoted solely to conservation and research, although a certain amount of eco-tourism is expected to be permitted within the reserve. The rain forest also homes to the wildlife as such the Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary are a home for Orang Utan rehabitation center where they train the orphans Orang Utan to go back to forest. The floodplain of lower Kinabatangan is a biodiversity hotspot rich in mammal and birds life. Proboscis Monkey, Wild Orang Utan, Asian Elephants, Estuarine Crocodiles, Wild Cats and Hornbill are the most extraordinary species to inhabit the lower reaches of the wetland. Sabah's people come from so many different ethnic groups. Most of them still follow the traditional lifestyles living in a thatched longhouses or a split-bamboo hut clinging to a mountainside.

Trip Profile
Drive on a good seal road and some on gravel road with everyday on the road driving ranging from 3 hours – 6 hours with 4X4.

Number of people and staff
Min 3, Max 7 plus a leader.

Accommodations and Meals
Ranging from, Jungle Camp, Longhouse, Lodges & Hotels.
6 breakfasts, 7 lunches & 6 Dinners.
 
Tour Description
 
Day 1>>
 Depart Kota Kinabalu for Agathis Camp by 4X4. The journey will take you through a scene of Villages and their lifestyle. Lunch stop at keningau before proceeding to Maliau Basin Field Center passing Nabawan, Sook and Sepulut. The journey will take around 5 – 8 hours depending on the road conditions.
Kota Belud, Famous for its weekly tamu (open Market) the weekly tamu is a trading place for a local product ranging from fresh vegetables, seafood, buffaloes and traditional arts and crafts. The indigenous Bajau Tribe is well known for their horse riding skills (Cowboy of the east).

Kudat, Kudat Peninsula lies on the most northern tip of Sabah, It’s also the home of the Rungus people where they still maintain a strong traditional lifestyle such as living in a long house and observe age-old customs. The beaches and dive sites off Kudat offer attractive new destination for visitors.

Day 2>>
Depart Kudat for East Coast of Sabah. Sandakan. Along the way we will Visit at World Heritage site The Mount Kinabalu National Park, Poring Hot Spring and Nunuk Ragang. O/N at Sandakan Hotel.
Kinabalu Park has been proclaim as a World Heritage Site, which covering an area of 754 sq. km possesses the most diverse range of temperature and climate with all its exotic plants, birds and insects. Mount Kinabalu is the 2nd highest in South East Asia with 4,095m high. Poring Hot Spring lies on the southern boundary of the Park. There’s a canopy walkway through a lowland forest.
Day 3 >>
Sandakan – Sukau
Visit Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary, River Cruise at Kinabatangan River, Gomantung.
O/N at Kinabatangan River Lodge.

Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre. The centre is located in the Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve which is provides the easiest opportunity to see Orang Utan up close in their natural habitat. A boardwalk leads through a low land forest and to a feeding platfrom where the Orang Utans are fed twice daily.
 
 
The Kinabatangan River is the longest river in Sabah 560km long and is a biodiversity hotspot rich in mammal and birds life. Proboscis Monkeys, Wild Orang Utans, Asian Elephants, Estuarine Crocodiles, Wild Cats and Hornbill are amonst the most extraordinary species to inhabit the lower reaches of the floodplain.

Day 4>>
Sukau – Danum Valley
Taliwas Recreational Center, Danum Valley Field Center. Night Drive to find Nocturnal animal.
O/N at Borneo Jungle Lodge.

Danum Valley Conservation Area is a prime example of lowland rain forest habitat with and incredible diversity of plants and animal life. All Sabah mammals, including the elephant, orang utan, bears and extremely rare rhinoceros have been recorded here. Danum’s bird life includes all eight of the hornbills found in Sabah as well more then 230 others species ranging from the Argus Pheasant to tiny vivid sunbirds. Bird-Watching enthusiasts reports that Danum is one of the prime areas in Sabah to see birds.

Day 5>>
Danum Valley – Mabul / Sipadan, Semporna.
Madai Cave (Tinkayu 40,000 years)
O/N at Mabul Island.

Sipadan is the only oceanic island in Sabah and rises from the depth of 600m from the ocean floor. The marine life has been described as one of the best in the world.

Day 6>>
Mabul, Semporna – Maliau Basin
Luasong
O/N at Agathis Camp MBFC.

Maliau Basin is most interesting for its geological structure and plants life. Maliau Basin set in central southern Sabah and almost completely encircle by high limestone escarpment and was referred as to Sabah “Lost World”. This remote and almost inaccessible region has never been inhabited by man. Exploration of its botanical riches was begun only recently. Due to different soil composition, several types of vegetation and plants found are a new to Sabah.

Day 7>>
Maliau Basin – Kota Kinabalu
Keningau – Rafflesia Center
Finish Tours.

The largest flower in the world the Rafflesia can be found here and the concentration of Rafflesia buds can be found at the Rafflesia Conservation Area in the Crocker Range National Park. A nature trials in the pristine low land forest connect to all know site for the Rafflesia. There a an information centre displaying on a life circle of a Rafflesia plants. Borneo has seven species of the Rafflesia and one of the common local species average 30cm in diameter. Although the Rafflesia Keithii can grow up to one meter across. The Rafflesia is actually a parasite that grows on the roots and stems of the Tetrastigma vine. It take nine months for the bud to develop into a fleshy bloom and last for only three to four days before dying.
 
Meals
6 Breakfast, 7 Lunch & 6 Dinner.
 
Accomodation
Jungle Camp, Lodges, Longhouse & Hotels.
 
Transportation
All Transport.
 
Permits and Fees
Included.
 
Recommended items to bring
Camera, Raincoat , Hat/Cap, Swimming attire, Insect Repellent, Personal First Aid Kit, Sun Block.
 
Above Itinerary are as example we might have to change the Camp site without notice as we have to depends on your trekking abilities and the existing facilities in the area.
 
Terms & Conditions
• Rates are quoted in Ringgit Malaysia (RM), subject to 10% service charge and 5% government tax.
• Rates are subject to change without prior notice.