23 Jun 2025 - 02 Jul 2025 (10 days)
MYR18,995 - 3 Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Local Leader
Tour price (Per person): MYR18,995 * USD4,255 * GBP3,389 * EUR4,073 * AUD6,540
Single Supplement: MYR4,800 * USD1,075 * GBP856 * EUR1,029 * AUD1,653
Flight costs: MYR440 * USD99 * GBP79 * EUR94 * AUD151
Can be linked with: Malaysia & Borneo - Budget Birding Extension 2025
02 Jul 2025 - 06 Jul 2025 (5 days)
MYR6,395 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Local Leader
27 Jun 2026 - 06 Jul 2026 (10 days)
MYR21,495 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Local Leader
Tour price (Per person): MYR21,495 * USD4,815 * GBP3,835 * EUR4,610 * AUD7,401
Single Supplement: MYR5,300 * USD1,187 * GBP946 * EUR1,137 * AUD1,825
Flight costs: MYR550 * USD123 * GBP98 * EUR118 * AUD189
Can be linked with: Malaysia & Borneo - Budget Birding Extension 2026
07 Jul 2026 - 11 Jul 2026 (5 days)
MYR7,395 - Spaces Available
Tour Leader: Local Leader
Tour price (Per person): MYR7,395 * USD1,656 * GBP1,319 * EUR1,586 * AUD2,546
Single Supplement: MYR1,700 * USD381 * GBP303 * EUR365 * AUD585
Can be linked with: Malaysia & Borneo - Budget Birding 2026
Flight costs (Linked Tour): MYR990 * USD222 * GBP177 * EUR212 * AUD341
Borneo is the world’s third largest island, and typically conjures up images of a wild forest paradise where Orangutans, gibbons, broadbills and pittas roam the Bornean jungles. On this budget birding and wildlife tour, we will visit some of Borneo’s most famous birding sites, the fabled Mt. Kinabalu, Tabin Wildlife Sanctuary, Sepilok and the Kinabatangan River. Habitats range from rich lowland and montane rainforest to productive coastal wetlands. A wide mix of highly sought-after, rare and endemic south-east Asian birds can be expected on this fabulous birding adventure. As if this wasn’t enough, it is also one of the best countries in Asia to enjoy rainforest mammals, and we can expect some incredible creatures such as Orangutan, Proboscis Monkey, Bornean Gibbon, Mouse-Deers, Leopard Cat and, if we are very lucky, perhaps even Bornean Clouded Leopard! This brief yet thorough exploration of this fantastic Asian destination is bound to be a brilliant, exotic blend of mouth-watering birds, mammals and scenery.
Great-billed Heron, Jambu Fruit Dove, Blue-banded, Blue-headed, Giant & Black-crowned Pitta, Great Argus, Black Magpie, Storm's Stork, Whitehead's, Diard's, Red-headed & Scarlet-rumped Trogon, Bornean Bristlehead, Dusky Broadbill, Black-throated Wren-Babbler, Rhinoceros, Helmeted and White-crowned Hornbill
Orangutan, Leopard Cat, Bornean Gibbon, Bearded Pig, Greater & Lesser Mouse Deer, chance of Clouded Leopard
mountains, lowland rainforest
hot and humid in the lowlands, cool in the highlands
8 with 1 local birding leader
Moderate. This tour has a fair amount of trail walking and early starts. Not suitable for anyone with mobility or health challenges.
Comfortable
Bird density can be low. Several difficult target species, many skulking understorey species that require sitting/standing for periods of time to observe.
Rafflesia (world's largest flower)
Average, but tough due to skulking nature of many species. Some dedicated blinds / hides.
We felt that the trip was very well organised and efficient so we could spend as much time in the field as possible. Glen was a terrific guide - excellent birder as well as his concern that everyone was seeing the birds. Glen was very even in his manner at all times and with everyone.
Glen did a fantastic job on this tour. Birding in the lowland rainforest looking for Pittas was certainly a challenge! Glen was informative, patient and persistent, and did his best in making sure that the entire group saw these fascinating birds. The itinerary was comprehensive, the accommodations were great and the food was excellent. Overall, a wonderful trip.
The Rockjumper guide (Adam Walleyn) is fantastic. His vast knowledge, enthusiam and helpfulness are exceptional. He always made sure that all saw the animal, and explained the plans for the day in detail. I am less enthusiastic on some of the Malaysian guides. Lieuw (guide in Sabah) is an exceptional birder and helped us to find many specific birds, but his key interest is to present specific (endemic) birds to the customers. I can understand that most tourists that travel with him are listers that want to see as may endomic bird species as possible, but for somebody that wants to enjoy nature as a whole this is at times too much. Having said that,, Liew is a great guy that shared many pictures with us, is extremely enthusiastic and can explain very well how certain (closely related) species differ from each other.
Our local leader and Adam Walleyn made a great team; we appreciated Adam’s great skill at spotting and identifying the mammals and herptofauna, which is an important part of any birding trip for us.
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Malaysia & Borneo - Sarawak & Sabah Endemics 2023 - June 2023
Malaysia & Borneo - Rainforest Birds & Mammals II 2023 - May 2023
Malaysia & Borneo - Rainforest Birds & Mammals I 2023 - February 2023
Malaysia & Borneo - Rainforest Birds & Mammals (Small Group) 2020 - February 2020
Malaysia & Borneo - Rainforest Birds & Mammals 2019 - May 2019
Malaysia & Borneo - Rainforest Birds & Mammals II 2018 - July 2018
Malaysia & Borneo - Rainforest Birds & Mammals I 2018 - May 2018
Malaysia & Borneo - Budget Birding Extension I 2017 - June 2017
Malaysia & Borneo - Rainforest Birds & Mammals 2016 - June 2016
Malaysia & Borneo - Sarawak & Kalimantan Endemics II 2015 - June 2015
Malaysia & Borneo - Budget Birding Extension II 2015 - June 2015
Malaysia, Borneo & Singapore - Zarate 2015 - February 2015
Malaysia & Borneo - Rainforest Birds & Mammals II 2014 - June 2014
Malaysia & Borneo - Castleman Rainforest Birds & Mammals 2014 - March 2014
Malaysia & Borneo - Rainforest Birds & Mammals 2013 - June 2013
Malaysia & Borneo - Rainforest Birds & Mammals 2012 - February 2012
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