Kuching Tours and Trips

The tour incorporating both cultural as well as wild life aspects lived up to and even exceeded our expectations. Viewing of Orangatans, Gibbons, Rhinoceros Hornbills and many other beautiful monkeys and so forth in their natural habitats were highly delightful experiences.

We had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed the trip. We did see a lot of wildlife, though not as much as expected given the advertising for what we would see (we understand this is nature, but Borneo has definitely suffered from the palm oil plantations, the lack of birdlife was evident). The trip notes need updating - the Malaysian Rhino is extinct. Some improvement suggestions is that the tour group was too big (we had 15) for the types of activities and level of fitness needed. One less night in Kuching and instead have a night in Baku National Park would have been better. The park doesn't open til 8-9am so we missed seeing a lot of wildlife at dawn as by the time we got there it was already hot and sunny. It would have been good to know that we were changing guides half way through the tour. We found out it's because they can't work in the other state of Malaysia, (Sarawak and Sabah need different visas) but it would have been nice to know before the trip. If there was a way we could keep the same guide that would be ideal. At least if the first guide had even experienced the whole trip end to end so he could talk about what the second leg involved would have been beneficial. Other than that, we loved the holiday and the accommodation and meals were all of a high standard.

This is a very diverse tour from temples, gardens and markets in the Cities to Long Boat rides, safari vehicles, hikes and canopy walks in the Jungles, Rivers and Rainforests. Our Leaders, Mel in Sarawak and Hazli in Sabah shared their vast knowledge of Borneo and it's people with us. Hazli seems to know everything about flowers, trees, Animals, Birds, fruits, and veggies and history and culture of Borneo. He is very organized and caring about his group. We also had very experienced local guides in the National Parks to enhance our time there. Hiking through limestone caves in Mulu and viewing the exodus of thousands of bats in formation was spectacular. VERY early morning hikes, boat rides or game drives in the Rain Forest in Bilt and Tabin were well worth getting up for. We were lucky to see all of Borneo's Big Five in the wild, Pygmy Elephants, Proboscis Monkeys, Orangutans, Rhinoceros Hornbill and Crocodiles--AMAZING! I would also like to mention that I thoroughly enjoyed the overland part of this tour from Kota Kinabalu to Tabin with our friendly, helpful Driver Razali. While weather and wildlife sightings are unpredictable, I would have enjoyed this tour even if things had not worked out perfectly for us.

Our Explore Leader Hazli was excellent. He is one of the Best Guides i have had. we were so lucky to see so much wildlife thanks to him. It was an amazing trip and would reccomend it to anyone that loves wildlife

Borneo / Malaysia was fabulous. Saw so much wildlife and the people are so friendly, helpful and courteous. I will definitely be back some day to explore further and this tour was a great introduction to a new part of the world for me.

The holiday was the best. I actually was impressed that there really was no , out of pocket expenses. We only had to pay for the tree top walk and a few meals - I was impressed with this.