Borneo Eco Tours’ Christmas Visit to Care Haven Children and Women’s Care Home

In getting into the spirit of Christmas this year, some of our team members from Borneo Eco Tours, our sister affiliated company Beauty Borneo Connects and our non-profit division BEST Society visited Care Haven Kota Kinabalu, a home for the less fortunate children and women. “Care Haven” was first established on August 2003 in Johor Bahru...

Community, News, Sustainability

September 18, 2019

Deramakot Forest Reserve & What You Should Know

The Deramakot Forest Reserve is a lush tropical rainforest area that stretches at 55,507 hectares and is located in the heart of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. It is the first natural tropical rainforest in the world to be certified as a “Well-Managed Forest”. The forest reserve has been certified since 1997 by the Forest Stewardship Council®...

Adventure, Conservation, Destinations, Sustainability, Sustainable Tourism, Travels, Wildlifes

April 20, 2019

Borneo Eco Tours Moves Towards a Single-Use Plastic Free Environment

Reducing and eliminating dependency on single-use plastic can be quite a challenge, but Borneo Eco Tours is up for it! As part of our movement to fight plastic pollution, we have distributed our stainless steel bottles to our team in hopes that they will make it a part of their lifestyle to refill their own...

Sustainability

refillmybottle

January 28, 2019

The Newbie (and Seasoned) Traveller’s Guide to Travelling Responsibly

The world of travel is shifting and a lot has changed since the advent times of travelling. Large-group tours are becoming less popular especially amongst today’s millennials, and face-to-face dealings with a tour agent is slowly fading into the background. The internet has taken over if not all, most part of our lives! The same...

Sustainability, Sustainable Tourism, Travel Tips, Travels

Borneo, community based, responsible travel, Sabah

November 11, 2018

An Interview with Professor Ross Dowling OAM, Foundation Professor of Edith Cowan University

1. Being highly involved in ecotourism throughout your professional career, how would you say the industry has evolved through the years? Is there currently a trend in ecotourism that’s picking up? Ecotourism has grown hugely over the past 20 – 30 years. Whereas once it was a small, minor, niche form of tourism, today it...

Interview, Sustainability, Wild Borneo

October 25, 2018

Interview with Ronda Green, Chair of Wildlife Tourism Australia

1. What was it that first sparked your interest in conservation and ecotourism before it became the ‘in-thing’? From early childhood I spent a lot of time with our pet dogs and other animals, loved walking along beaches finding shells and sponges and trying to imagine their lives in the water, visiting forests and zoos,...

Featured, Interview, Sustainability, Sustainable Tourism

August 20, 2018

The Pledge Wall: One Small Step Towards #sustainability

Pollution, climate change, exploitation of raw resources, loss of habitat, extinction of species... all of these seem so huge that it sometimes feels like there's nothing we can do against the slow but inevitable destruction of Planet Earth's natural beauty. :( But our actions, no matter how small, matter. Borneo Eco Tours gathered in solidarity one Friday afternoon to put up our pledges - all in the name of sustainability.

Activities, Conservation, LifeatBET, Sustainability

Borneo Eco Tours’ Christmas Visit to Care Haven Children and Women’s Care Home

Deramakot Forest Reserve & What You Should Know

Borneo Eco Tours Moves Towards a Single-Use Plastic Free Environment

The Newbie (and Seasoned) Traveller’s Guide to Travelling Responsibly

An Interview with Professor Ross Dowling OAM, Foundation Professor of Edith Cowan University

Interview with Ronda Green, Chair of Wildlife Tourism Australia

The Pledge Wall: One Small Step Towards #sustainability

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