The Top 8 Birds in Kinabatangan that Every Birder Should Have on Their Birding List

Besides spotting wildlife in Kinabatangan, nothing is as exciting as taking a river cruise down the river in search for some fascinating and exotic birds. With a reliable, informative and sharp guide as your company, it makes the birding experience all the more worthwhile. Here’s a list of birds in Kinabatangan that every birder needs...

Activities, Birding, Travels, Wild Borneo, Wildlifes

April 11, 2018

An Interview with Dato' Dr. Mikaail Kavanagh

We recently had the privilege of interviewing ardent environmentalist and former CEO of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Malaysia, Dato’ Dr. Mikaail Kavanagh whose amazing work is an inspiration to us. Surprisingly, Dato’ Mikaail’s career didn’t revolve around being an environmentalist at first, though he was passionate about it. Upon graduating, he started out at the JWT...

Interview, Wild Borneo

March 21, 2018

Borneo Eco Tours’ Hot Picks of Nature Escapes around Sabah, Borneo

Mother Nature is generous with her treasures if we only took the time to appreciate them more and also do our part to protect them. And Sabah Borneo no doubt, has so much to offer when it comes to Mother Nature’s abundant gifts. Sabah’s forest reserve areas is home to most of its rich biodiversity,...

Activities, Adventure, Destinations, Wildlifes

Adventure, Maliau Basin, nature, responsible, Sabah, travel, wildlife

March 17, 2018

Maliau Basin: Heart of Borneo and Lost World of Sabah

A ginormous bowl of virgin tropical rainforest rests mysteriously within the expanse of the Heart of Borneo. Remote, primal and vast, there’s almost something sacred about this place. Adorned with pretty cascading waterfalls and impressive gorges, they definitely didn’t call it the Lost World of Sabah for nothing. When exploring Maliau Basin, you’ll definitely feel...

Activities, Adventure, Destinations, Sustainable Tourism, Travels

Adventure, Exotic, Maliau Basin, nature, responsible, Sabah, travel

March 15, 2018

Sabah, Borneo: A Playground for Birding Enthusiasts

Being the third largest island in the world, it’s no surprise that Borneo is mind-blowingly rich in biodiversity. Its rainforests are ancient and one of the most complex on Earth. It has more tree species that occur in just a few hectares of Lowland Dipterocarp Forest than on the entire North America continent! The rainforest...

Activities, Birding, Destinations, Travels, Wildlifes

March 14, 2018

Trekking Adventure at the Foothills of Mount Kinabalu in the Jungles of Borneo

Conquering the mighty Mount Kinabalu heights is on the bucket list of many die-hard mountain climbers and trekkers. However, the mountain holds some secrets that are still waiting to being discovered, and its foothills silently huddle together to hide these mysterious wonders. Climbing Mount Kinabalu and conquering it is obviously a remarkable experience, and one...

Activities, Adventure, Community, Destinations, Sustainable Tourism, Travels

March 12, 2018

Borneo Eco Tours is Affiliate Member of The Long Run

As a tour company that’s working towards a more responsible and sustainable operation, Borneo Eco Tours has teamed up with The Long Run as an Affiliate Member, and we’re pumped about it! We are inspired by what The Long Run stands for and their work, which represents a global movement of committed people supporting...

News, Sustainable Tourism

February 28, 2018

An Interview with Iván Vallejo Ricaurte

We had the honour of interviewing international mountaineering enthusiast, Iván Vallejo Ricaurte recently. Iván who hails from Ecuador has conquered all the 14 Eight-Thousanders located in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges in Asia without supplemental oxygen back in 2008. Even having achieved such an outstanding event in his life, (which none of us could ever imagine of achieving ourselves)...

Featured, Interview, Wild Borneo

January 30, 2018

Updates on Our Adopted Orangutans Chikita & Gelison

We have just renewed our adoption for orangutans Chikita and Gelison for another three years, and this journey with them has proved to be one that is worthwhile. We have been adopting both orangutans since 2014 and though there are all the way at the Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre (SOURC), Orangutan Appeal UK sends...

News, Wildlifes

January 5, 2018

January MD Message

Greetings, Readers! Year 2017 has gone by in a blink of an eye and what an amazing year it has been for us! We’re definitely anticipating more incredible things to come our way in 2018, so do stay tuned with us. We’re welcoming the New Year with our 71st Wild Borneo issue with a...

Activities, Adventure, Destinations, Sustainable Tourism, Travels, Wildlifes

Adventure, Borneo, Exotic, Maliau Basin, Sabah, travel