Upon arrival in Kuala Lumpur, you will be met at the airport and escorted to your hotel. Check-in, then rest of day free at leisure.
Remarks:
- Hotel standard check-in time is 1500hrs
- Early check-in is subject to availability and additional charge
Overnight at Melia Kuala Lumpur
Breakfast is served at hotel.
After breakfast, proceed for KL Countryside Discovery (approx. 3.5 hours).
Highlights:
Time to make friends with folks out of the city at the Batik Factory and understand the intricacy of producing this Malaysian traditional cloth. Be enthralled with the works of nature at the Batu Caves limestone temple and the animals that inhabit it. The tour also includes a drive pass to Ambassadors Row and The Royal Selangor Pewter Factory & Visitors Centre.
Back to hotel after tour. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.
Overnight at Melia Kuala Lumpur
Breakfast is served at hotel.
Your day is at leisure on your own arrangement.
Overnight at Melia Kuala Lumpur
Breakfast is served at hotel.
Check-out hotel and transfer to KLIA 2 for departure flight to Sandakan
Upon arrival at Sandakan, meet and greet by our airport representative and transfer to hotel, check-in hotel and freshen up.
A boardwalk is built with approx. 1,500 ft. long, going up and down structure for you to explore before dark. Please bring along your swimming suit if you wish to at the swimming pool that is specially designed facing the rainforest.
Overnight at MY Nature Resort
Breakfast is served at hotel.
Pick-up from hotel and transfer to jetty for boat ride to Selingan Island. It takes approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour to the Island.
Upon arrival, check into chalet and lunch at cafeteria, then free at own leisure (e.g. swimming or snorkeling).
After dinner, wait for ranger’s signal to see turtle laying eggs. Rebury and release the baby turtles.
Important Note:
Selingan Island is a haven for the endangered green and hawksbill turtles and gives you the rare opportunity to watch turtle landings. As such the accommodation on the island was designed and built to have minimal impact to the natural setting of the island. Chalets, rooms, furnishings and facilities are very basic and were not intended to be typical relaxing or luxurious beach resorts.
Due to Selingan Island Chalet’s policy, Discovery Overland Holidays acts as booking agent and will not be liable for claims to any compensation due to dissatisfaction on the facilities, state of the rooms and bathrooms, or any other complaints regarding the accommodation. Agents are advised to inform clients regarding this policy before confirming a booking for Selingan Island Chalet.
Overnight at Selingan Island Resort, Selingan Island
0630hrs – 0700hrs, depart island for Sandakan. Breakfast is served at jetty at Sandakan.
After breakfast, drive for approximately 30 minutes to Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Center. At this Centre, observe man’s closest relative “the Orang Utan” being rehabilitated to become wild in their natural habitat and experience a walk in the Tropical Lowland Dipterocarp Forest of Borneo. Witness the feeding of Orang Utan at 1000hrs at the feeding platform and proceed to the Orang Utan Nursery. Later, continue to the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre, the Centre that managed to improve the living condition of the rescued sun bear and released their natural behaviors in the 2.5ha enclosed forest.
1115hrs, depart Sepilok Centre transfer to jetty in Sandakan for schedule boat depart at 1200hrs, take an hour of boat cruise up to the Lower Kinabatangan River Sanctuary where you will take your lunch at Abai Jungle Restaurant. This is a wonderful journey of discovery which starts from the waters of Sulu Sea of Sandakan Town through a magnificent scenery of the Mangrove Forest.
Check in Abai Jungle Lodge, late in the afternoon, you will be expecting a cruise to search for wildlife until the sunsets while enjoying a cup of coffee and by night falls continue the night cruise to witness the fireflies as Christmas tree. Return to the lodge for dinner. After dinner, again experience the “Jungle at night” at our nature boardwalk to search for birds, snakes, insects and other wildlife with the nature guide
Overnight at Abai Jungle Lodge, Kinabatangan River
Breakfast is served at hotel.
Wake up by the calls of nature. Early morning, take a river trip to Pitas oxbow lake to observe wildlife and experience the uniqueness of Pitas Lake.
After breakfast, you are invited to join our tree planting project with the locals, enjoy a simple lunch arranged by the villagers at Abai village. This project is specially designed to help the locals.
After lunch, cruise up river to Sukau village in search of primates especially the Endemic Proboscis Monkeys, birds and other wildlife. Arrive Sukau, check in at the Kinabatangan Riverside Lodge.
Late afternoon, take another river cruise to Menanggul River, a small tributary of the Kinabatangan. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Overnight at Kinabatangan Riverside Lodge, Kinabatangan River
Wake up to the calls of gibbons or hornbills. After breakfast, depart back to Sandakan and transfer to the airport for flight departure to Singapore via Kuala Lumpur.
Arrive Singapore. Our representative will meet you and transfer to your hotel
Overnight at York Hotel
Breakfast is served at hotel
Half Day Singapore City Tour (approx. 4hrs)
Explore the city by driving around the Civic District, passing by the Padang, Cricket Club, historic Parliament House and National Gallery Singapore. The Gallery consists of two national monuments – the former Supreme Court Building and City Hall. Make a photo stop here and view these magnificent buildings up close (Weather permitting).
Stop at the Merlion Park and enjoy the impressive views of Marina Bay. Do not miss out this picture-taking opportunity with The Merlion, a mythological creature that is part lion & part fish.
Visit Thian Hock Keng Temple, one of Singapore’s oldest Buddhist-Taoist Temple, before driving pass Chinatown.
Proceed to Singapore’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site – the Singapore Botanic Gardens and walk through the National Orchid Garden which boasts a sprawling display of 60,000 orchid plants.
Let your senses come alive at Little India as you walk past shops along the five-footway offering a variety of exotic fruits , spices, jasmine and orchid garlands.
Overnight at York Hotel
Breakfast is served at hotel.
Check-out from hotel and transfer to the airport for your departure flight to onwards destination.
