Day 01: Sandakan/Turtle Island (Lunch/Dinner)
Pick up from hotel, transfer to Jetty for a boat ride to Selingan Turtle Island. This journey by motorised boat will take about 1 hour. After lunch, gxrab your mask, fins and snorkel and head to the beach where you can find lots of juvenile marine life. Or, you can choose to relax or sun bathing by the beach. Before dinner, treat yourself to a slide show featuring information of the turtle island park and turtles. After dinner, standby at the Cafeteria. Wait for Park Ranger’s signal before proceed in a small group to the egg-laying site to witness the mother turtle laying eggs, transferring of eggs to the hatchery and releasing of hatchlings to the sea. Stay overnight at Selingan Island Chalet. (Standard AC Room)
Note: Photographing of turtles only with camera of unaided flash.
Snorkelling gears are available to hire (Please refer to the Island).
Day 02: Turtle Island/Sepilok Orang Utan/Sun Bear/Kinabatangan River (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner)
0600hrs, wake up early in the morning and have your breakfast at 0630hrs. By 0700hrs, depart the Island and return to mainland. Proceed to Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre, watching one of the nature’s most endangered animal species, the ‘Orang Utan’ or ‘Man of the Jungle’, in local language swing from branches to branches towards to the feeding station in the forest. After Sepilok, proceed to Sun Bear Conservation Center to see the world’s smallest bear in its natural environment. Lunch en route at SJR.
After lunch, we drive overland to Bilit, Kinabatangan River. The land journey takes about 2½hrs drive. Arrive at Bilit around 1430hrs, check into your accommodation. By 1530hrs, have an afternoon tea with some local bites. After a short briefing by the nature guide, take an afternoon cruise along the Kinabatangan River, where you can observe wildlife on the boat itself. Dinner & overnight stay at Bilit Adventure Lodge (Standard AC Room).
Optional:
- Night walk can be arranged, pay locally @ RM10.00 nett p/pax/hrs.
- Tree planting also can be arranged, pay locally @ RM10.00 nett p/tree.
Day 03: Kinabatangan River/Morning Cruise/Sandakan City/Airport (Breakfast/Lunch)
Wake up early in the morning to start the day with an early river cruise at about 6.00am. After the 1hours boat cruise, proceed back to Bilit Lodge for breakfast. By 0830 hrs, depart Bilit, return to Sandakan for lunch.Afternoon, depart for Sandakan City Tour. Visit to Sandakan Memorial Park, Puu Jih Shih Buddhist Temple, St. Michael’s Church. Drive to the Central Market where you can see the local produce and fresh seafood being sold. Visit to the Agnes Keith Museum to learn about the life in the colonial days on Agnes & Harry Keith. Final stop at the nearby English Tea House where you may have another spectacular view of Sandakan Nature City. Here, you may have your own choices of refreshment (own account). After tours, transfer back to respective hotel or airport in Sandakan.
Selling Rates (SIC Min.2) :
Malaysian Mykad: RM1,795.00 p/pax
International: RM1,995.00 p/pax
Departures: 0830 hrs (Sepilok Jungle Resort)
0915 hrs ( City Hotels in Sandakan),
Package Inclusive of:
- Tours & land transfers (Ex-SDK)
- Return boat transfers SDK-SEL-SDK
- Boat cruises x 2 trips
- English speaking guide
- Meals (2B3L2D)
- 1Night stay SEL & 1N stay BAL based on twin sharing basis
- Parks entrance fees where applicable only
Package Excludes of:
- Airfares
- Camera fees
- Beverages
- Tipping
- hiring of snorkeling gears
What to bring (recommendations):
- Raincoat (wet season Nov-Feb) or Umbrella
- Wear a cap/hat
- Sun glasses
- Wear a pair of good walking shoes and/or sandals
- Comfortable cotton T-shirt with long or short pant
- Swim wear
- Insect repellent & Sun cream
- Torch light
- Binocular & Camera
- Personal toiletries & medications
