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Tour Guide

The tour guide is responsible for helping clients to understand the area that they are visiting. They must be thoroughly knowledgeable about the cities, regions, and locations where they work. Tour guides typically equip clients with the skills and knowledge to appreciate, respect, and understand interactions with nature, wildlife, culture, history, or building attractions.

Number of vacancy : 3

Location : Borneo Eco Tours, Sandakan View Location

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Assemble and check required supplies and equipment before departing for tour.
  • Describe points of interest along the tour and answer questions as required.
  • May be responsible to guide visitors while operating a vehicle, travelling in a vehicle or on-site while providing commentary or interpretations.
  • Monitor visitors' activities in order to ensure compliance with establishment or tour regulations and safety practices.
  • Look for an area that can generally be of great interest to a group or a particular group of people.
  • Communicate with the group/s or their representative/s about the details of the tour – assembly time and place, destination, accommodation, transportation, immigration concerns (if the tour is set abroad) and costs.
  • Offer specialist knowledge on subjects like plants, natural resources, mammals, insects, birds, history, arts, culture and sciences, designs and architecture.
  • Lead the tour group to points of interest and at the same time provide useful and interesting information in whatever medium – written, oral or through electronic presentations.

JOB REQUIREMENT

  • Tour Guide Certification/Licensed by MOTAC.
  • Safety training is required.
  • Sufficient knowledge of local plants, birds, entomology (insect), mammals, birds, culture, local history, buildings, and artifacts.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Creative methods of communication.
  • Ability to do thorough research.
  • Excellent time management skills.
  • Good conflict resolution.
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About Us

Borneo Eco Tours is a multi-award-winning tour operator and a pioneer of responsible ecotourism in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. With over 25 years of experience in delivering memorable holiday experiences, we’ve established ourselves as the Borneo Specialists. We’re a team of passionate and fun-loving individuals, who come together to create exciting and locally-enriching tailor-made adventures for travellers from all around the world!

Our sister property, Sukau Rainforest Lodge, is a world-famous ecolodge! It rests on the riverbank of the incredibly rich Kinabatangan River, offering a unique wildlife safari experience as well as luxury amidst the untamed jungles of Borneo.

Besides that, we also operate a non-profit division called BEST Society - through which we carry out sustainable development projects in order to give back to and empower local communities throughout Sabah.

Why Us?

    Award-winning Companies

    Training & Development Programs

    Family Oriented and Fun Working Environment

    Making a Difference in People, Planet and Profit

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Working Hours
Mon-Fri : 0800-1700 or 0900-1800
Sat : 0800-1200
Dress Code?
Casual and Uniform
Benefit?
Medical, travel, allowances, free parking, annual leave, free training
Our Affiliates:
Sukau Rainforest Lodge BEST Society Borneo Quad Biking Sukau Ecotourism Research Centre Tabin Rainforest Lodge
Member of:
Glocal Ecotourism Network Asian Ecotourism Network PURE Life Experiences