5 independent reviews for Borneo holiday, Highlights of Borneo
Reviews for Borneo holiday, Highlights of Borneo
Paul Doe review 2 May 2026
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
Many memorable moments, lunch on top of Marina Gardens Bay hotel Singapore, walking the Bako and Danum forests, the orangutan’s, proboscis monkeys, hornbills and super river cruises up the Kinabatangan plus the amazing caves of Mulu2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
Be prepared to sweat. Take more light tops and clothes than you think you need. Book aircon everywhere. Do every offered trip. Eat everything you have never seen before. Bring binoculars and a long lens3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Yes, we visited a local family in Abai and enjoyed staying in conservation led lodges. But we did have 8 flights and the private transfers could have been shared at times to cut down unnecessary travel costs4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
Excellent. Enjoyed every day.Arne Antonsson review 5 May 2025
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
The tours of Kinabatangan river where we saw various wildlife.2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
Not much wildlife around Tabin Wildlife resort and the road leading to the resort is very bad. Make sure that you have air conditioning in the rooms you stay in.3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Probably but it is difficult to tell unless you specifically ask your guides. We just assume that you are using small local partners.4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
Very good but we probably had too high expectations of Borneo.Read the operator's response here:
Thank you so much for your feedback and we are delighted that you enjoyed your trip! I'm so sorry that your time in Tabin was disappointing. As with all wildlife experiences, sightings are never guaranteed, but I think this was very unlucky as Tabin is known for its concentrated animal populations. With regards to our commitment to responsible travel, we work only with guides and accommodation that meet strict standards of environmentally responsible practices and support for conservation and the local people. We will review our documentation to ensure that this information is more clearly communicated.
Dave Wedlake review 1 Oct 2017
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
We had some excellent wildlife sightings particularly of orangutans and pygmy elephants. We consider we were very lucky in what we saw. Being in Danum Valley was special even though many of our best wildlife sightings were away from there. It's a great environment with excellent staff at the Borneo Rainforest Lodge.2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
Book early to be able to get the accommodation they want at the Borneo Rainforest Lodge as we were not the only people there at the time who were staying for two nights when they really wanted three. Good as Danum Valley is, multiple sites are needed to see as full a range of wildlife as possible.3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Tourism brings much needed money into the country and gives employment. We were told that fish for our meals were sourced from local fishermen and we took part in tree planting by the Abai village with the trees bought from the villagers. Everyone on the tours was focused on minimal environmental impact.4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
It was an excellent holiday well organised by our tour operator.Rachel Davern review 28 Sep 2017
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
Seeing a wild orangutan with a baby swinging through the trees.2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
Spend at least a couple of days at Sepilok if you're keen on seeing as much of the orangutans as possible. We stayed 2 nights and were able to to go to 3 feeding sessions and was brilliant to see the orangutans at different times of the day.3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Yes, we went to a local village for lunch and there were lots of opportunities at Sepilok to donate to local charities.4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
Excellent, the tour arrangements made in advance ran exactly to plan. All our transfers were waiting for us at every stage without any hiccups, Our travel advisor was amazing beforehand and listened to everything we asked for. Highly recommend booking through our tour operator.Read the operator's response here:
Woo-hoo! Always makes us smile thinking of the first time you actually see a wild orang-utan on the move! It was our pleasure to assist you with this adventure and thrilled it delivered everything you were looking for. Now, where's next to explore.....?! Very best wishes
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