Taste of Sabah in Style

Itinerary

Day 1 Kota Kinabalu

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah's capital city, offers excellent Malaysian cuisine to sample as well as interesting sites like the Sabah Museum. The city markets are great fun with all sorts of goodies ranging from vegetables and seafood to handicrafts and local fashion.

Day 2 Poring Hot Springs and Kinabalu National Park

Depart for Kinabalu National Park, traversing the Crocker Range with panoramic views of the surrounding countryside. Dominating the skyline is Mt Kinabalu, which at 4,101 m, is one of the highest mountains in South East Asia. Your first stop is Poring Hot Springs, developed by the Japanese during World War II and now piped into several open-air Japanese style baths.

Day 3 Kinabalu National Park

Kinabalu National Park is home to an incredibly diverse range of flora and fauna, including the Rafflesia, the largest flower in the world, the Nepenthes (pitcher plant) and more than 1000 species of orchid.

Day 4 Turtle Island

On Turtle Island there is time to relax and enjoy the beach activities. After dinner observe the complex life cycle of the green turtle as the huge female adults come on shore to lay their eggs. See the baby hatchlings make their first desperate bolt to the sea.

Day 5 Orangutans and Jungle River Cruise

At the Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre, see orphaned and rescued orangutans being rehabilitated to return to the wild in the surrounding rainforest. In the evening take a cruise on the Kinabatangan River in search of the elusive proboscis monkey and pygmy elephant.

Day 6 Gomantong caves and Sandakan sightseeing

Wake to the chirping and singing of birds and insects. On the way back to Sandakan, visit the famed bird's nest caves at Gomantong.

Day 7 Depart Kota Kinabalu

Enjoy a relaxing day before transferring to the airport.