Outstanding experience
Fantastic eco tour 3 day/2 night Kinabatangan wildlife safari from 29/3 to 31/3. Seamless trip and found the Sukau Rain Forest Lodge great. Tour was enhances by Yad our guide for the whole tour - his knowledge, explanations and animal spotting was amazing. We were also fortunate to see the BORNEO BIG 5.
If you need a tour company I couldn’t recommend this highly enough.
Although we booked everything through an agent in the Uk we learnt that Borneo Eco Tours were the organisers of everything once we touched inland. We had private transfers and our plans given to us throughout our stay. The staff were incredibly reliable, helpful, and so so knowledgeable. We absolutely loved Vincent. He was our guide from Sepilok to Sukau rainforest lodge. His English was perfect and his wildlife knowledge was second to none. Vincent took us out on the river safaris and his ability to spot wildlife from a huge distance meant we were incredibly lucky to see such a variety. We kept punching ourselves. Idwin drove us about a few times, very polite and efficient. Also thanks to Jad and Ashraf for looking after us after Vincent had to move on. These locals made our holiday it is far to say.
Fabulous!
I put together our trip to Malaysia and Borneo myself but was unsure about how to organise the jungle part of the trip...until I came across BET. They really do make it extremely simple. After my first enquiry I was allocated a tour consultant Clareassah (Clare), who basically organised everything, kept un touch right up to our tour start date and then followed up afterwards to check we'd had fun. We booked on to a 3 night tour, and the only requirement on our part was to get to Sandakan. We stayed in a local hotel the night before our tour and the following morning were picked up (with a few other travellers) by Jaffra, who was to be our tour guide for the duration. He took us straight to the orangutang rehab centre, then for lunch at a hotel in central Sandakan before we went to the jetty to jump onto a 12-16 passenger speedboat (covered) to take us on the 2.5 hour journey out into the sea and then down the Kinabatangan River to the Sukau Rainforest Lodge. (After our stay there the reverse process happened - river trip, lunch then a visit to the Rainforest Discovery Centre, because we had a late flight, but essentially the programme will be fitted to your flight timings). The tour itself was organised extremely well - a morning and afternoon activity each day (mainly river cruises, but on one occasion a visit to the Bat Cave) and then a few other optional activities could be fitted in - a nature walk in the ground of the lodge, an evening nature slide talk and an afternoon orangutang talk (which was excellent - and in an air-conditioned room!). There was also time to relax at the pools in the lodge. The lodge itself was very good (I was worried that it might be a bit too 'eco', but actually the villa was rather luxurious!). Our villa was one of the furthest down the boardwalk and we did have to beware of macaques that sometimes blocked our way (they didn't seem to like me). The central facilities were good and I particularly liked the dining area right on the river. The food was very good given the circumstances - some delicious cooked to order breakfasts, including omelettes, eggs, chapatis, and always a 'cooked there and then' option at the evening buffet - often massive and delicious prawns! Overall extremely happy with the tour company, the lodge and the fabulous staff members of BET. We've already recommended them to various friends. Thank you Clare and Jaffra in particular! (oh and yes, we did see the big 5!)
Great Wildlife Trip
We would definitely recommend a trip with Borneo Eco Tours, very easy to book and really prompt and helpful replies to any queries I had. Well organized, with as much time as possible, out with knowledgeable guides looking for wildlife. We were thrilled to see the Big 5 and lots of beautiful birds. A real highlight was seeing a mum and baby Orang Utan on our last morning at Danum Valley! We especially enjoyed our stay at Sukau Rainforest Lodge where we were made to feel very welcome and were impressed by the Eco-Lodge ethos. It was very special to stay right on the Kinabatangan river and enjoy wildlife spotting by boat. The accommodation at both lodges was more luxurious than we had expected with a great choice of delicious food. Would highly recommend the Borneo Big 5 trip.
Excellent experience
We had an excellent time on this tour! Would particularly like to highlight our guide Jad, he ensured that we had a great experience and we even got to see the Borneo Big 5! Plus the rooms and facilities at Sukau lodge were really good - would recommend.
Phenomenal wildlife viewing under exceptional guides
Such a profound experience getting to witness these incredible animals in the wild. We did the 3 day/2night tour and it was exceptional. I know that we were extremely lucky to be able to see the Borneo Big 5, especially getting to witness these incredible Bornean pgymy elephants cross a river. Obviously with nature you’re not guaranteed to see everything, but you are guaranteed to see some of the unique wildlife of Borneo and the guides are exceptional at spotting the local fauna. Our guide Paul was phenomenal, with an insane eye for detail (still don’t know how he managed to spot that rhinoceros hornbill, from the boat he was operating in the rain!), very insightful, knowledgeable, and easy to get along with. 100% will be coming back to do another tour in the future.
A great trip
We booked a 4D/3N trip with Borneo Ecotours and it was a great trip from start to finish. The lodge itself is very comfortable and the food great. Our guides for the wildlife trips were knowledgeable and great at spotting everything from crocodiles to gibbons to millipedes and all the hornbills we could wish for. All the staff were great. Would thoroughly recommend.
Fabulous Borneo Tour
We had an amazing time in Borneo! Borneo Eco Tours did an excellent job taking care of us in all regards. The guides, accommodations, transportation, animals and food far exceeded our expectations! I would recommend working with them to book your vacation in Borneo!
IN THE JUNGLE WITH BORNEO ECO TOURS
We had a fantastic time not only on the Sandakan City Tour but at Sukau Eco Lodge. The resort was brilliant, the staff amazing and our Guide Jay was the best. He was professional, had a good sense of humour, extremely knowledgeable about the flora and fauna of the region and in the first day he got us the Borneo Big 5. He took us on three x 2 hour boat rides up the Kinabatangan River and tributaries and in three separate occasions followed a family of elephants. He was amazing and sighted Proboscis and Macaque monkey families before us, spotted Rhinoceros Hornbill’s seemingly from miles away and pointed out the Alpha Male orang-utans that we hadn’t seen. It was a great trip and we wouldn’t hesitate to do it again and recommend it to others,
Kinabatangan Wildlife Safari
Had a short but memorable trip on Kinabatangan river spotting wildlife with our knowledgeable guide Kazree. It was well organized from the airport pick up to drop off.
