From Sepilok we took a bus to Lahad Datu and then traveled further with a mini bus (100 km) into the real rain forest in Danum Valley. This forest has the smallest influence from mankind. It is located in an exclusive area and the only chance to visit this is to book accommodations at Borneo Rainforest Lodge.It is in Danum Valley where the Swedish nature photographer Mattias Klum has spent 14 months taking photos. Borneo Rainforest Lodge Helena explores the rainforest […]

Sepilok’s rehabilitation center for orangutans is located outside Sandakan. This is one of the largest sights in Sabah. In this center they take care of injured orangutans and apes that have been captured as pets by the locals. The orangutans are trained to take care of themselves and are later released to jungle life. Two times a day the orangutans are fed at a platform. The more they learn to adapt themselves to the wild life the more food they […]

Kota Kinabalu The Capital town in Sabah is Kota Kinabalu (or simply K.K) and it has about 200,000 citizens.The citizens are mainly Malay, Chinese, and immigrants from the Philippines.K.K is of course the starting point for further jungle adventures in Sabah, and to get permission to access Mount Kinabalu. Mount Kinabalu The mountain Mount Kinabalu is the highest mountain in South East Asia standing at 4101m.The mountain is located in the middle of Kinabalu National Park. To climb up the […]

The first national park in Sarawak is named Bako and was founded in 1957.Bako is located on an island about 40 km. north of Kuching and consists of 27 km2 untouched tropical rainforest.There are 16 marked trails with a total length of more than 30 km.To get there you can take a boat from Kampong Bako which will take you about 30 min.We also hired a guide out to Bako.

Borneo – the name itself has an exotic sound. The world’s 3rd largest Island which the greatest part belongs to Indonesia, but also shares the island with Malaysia and Brunei. Malaysia and little Brunei are located at the north part of Borneo. In Borneo there are two states that belong to Malaysia, it is Sabah at the north east side and Sarawak at the north west side. Sarawak Kuching The name of the largest town in Sarawak is Kuching (Kuching means […]

Langkawi is an island in the north west corner of Malaysia. The island has some great beaches, the most famous ones are Pantai Cenang and Pantai Kok.At the beach Pantai Kok, there were remnants from a movie set staged at a temple. It was the American movie “Anna and the King” (which is a story about Thailand’s first king) which was shot here.Langkawi is a tax free zone and it is preferable to shop in the capital town Kuah. Other […]