Sandakan 3 Day Sukau Rainforest Wildlife Journey and Cruises

Day 1: Into the Jungle’s Embrace – Proboscis Monkeys & River Secrets

1. Sandakan
   3h
   Journey to the Wild - Your journey begins with a midday pickup from Sandakan or Sepilok, where you will wind through rustic villages and emerald oil palm plantations, leaving behind the urban spraw during 2.5-hour drive journey.
2. Kinabatangan River
   2h · Admission ticket included
   First Wildlife Encounter - A stilted oasis resort situated above the river is the site of the first wildlife encounter. Following a safety briefing, you will be able to claim your dormitories or deluxe room. The golden hour of the jungle beckons at 4:00 PM. To avoid startling wildlife, get on a covered boat with a softly humming electric motor. As you glide into oxbow lagoons, watch for acrobatic proboscis monkeys tumbling through riverside trees, their comical noses silhouetted against the sunset. Crocodiles bask like ancient sculptures on mudbanks, while iridescent kingfishers streak like sapphire arrows overhead.
3. Kinabatangan Jungle Camp
   12h · Admission ticket included
   Night’s Mysterious Whisper - Return back at the resort and enjoy the dinner, drift asleep to the rhythmic chorus of frogs and cicadas, your AC murmuring against the humid night together with the sound of the wild forest.

Day 2: Dawn Pygmy Elephants & Jungle Treks – The Pulse of the Rainforest

1. Kinabatangan River
   2h · Admission ticket included
   Sunrise Symphony - A wake-up call, with mist rising like ghosts from the river as your boat slips into the current (hilltop stay no morning cruise) . Dawn is prime time for Borneo's "Big Five" and the best time of the day to see wildlife hunting in its natural habitat, particularly gibbons and hornbills.
2. Kinabatangan Jungle Camp
   3h · Admission ticket included
   Jungle Trek - Return for breakfast then embark on a 1-hour jungle trek. Your guide decodes the forest’s secrets: medicinal plants, symbiotic fungi, and claw marks on trees hinting at sun bears. this is no manicured trail but a living, breathing ecosystem where emerald pit vipers drape over branches and gibbon calls echo like laughter
3. Kinabatangan River
   14h · Admission ticket included
   Twilight Magic & Nocturnal Wonders -After lunch and downtime with your own activities or nap in a hammock or scan treetops from your balcony, the late-afternoon cruise offers new drama. your guide will be searching for crocodiles, birds, orang-utans, silver leaf monkeys, long-tail and pig-tail macaques, proboscis monkeys, and further! then return back to resort for overnight and dinner.

Day 3: Gibbon Choirs & Farewells – The River’s Last Gift

1. Kinabatangan River
   2h · Admission ticket included
   Your final morning begins pre-dawn. On the farewell cruise, troops of macaques forage at river’s edge, while giant otters might surface, cracking shellfish on their chests. This is your moment for elusive sightings (hilltop stay no morning cruise)
2. Sandakan
   3h
   Back at the lodge, a hearty breakfast fuels you for the return to Sandakan. As the jungle recedes, you’ll clutch memories: the sulfur scent of dew-laden foliage, the electric thrill of locking eyes with an orangutan, and the river’s timeless flow provides a lifetime experience.

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Can Children participate and do they need to be accompanied? Yes
• Can travelers of all constitutions join? Yes
• Is there an age restriction that applies to your experience? No
• Are there any physical restrictions to participate, as in age or weight? No
• The itinerary may be modified at the discretion of the weather, tour agency and river condition.
• Please remember to bring insect repellent because this is a wildlife area where insects are common.
• Please be aware that weather, river, and government regulations may cause delays in the tour's start and end times.
• As a wildlife areas, all wildlife sightings are NOT guaranteed however we will try our best with our experience guide to enhance the wildlife sighting.
• Basic, resort, and hilltop accommodations have independent areas of stay and cannot be mixed in the same tour, pls book wisely.
• Hilltop stay includes 2 river cruise and 1 jungle walk only (need walk 100 meter to the hill)
• Homestay and resort includes 4 river cruise and 1 jungle walk
• The tour has no refund policy and cannot be refunded for any reason.
• This tour run in rain and shine.