5D4N The Ultimate Sandakan Experience

Meet on upon arrival at Sandakan Airport and transfer to Sepilok Jungle Resort (SJR). After a short rest, leisure walk to the nearby Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre, watching one of the nature’s most endangered animal species, the ‘Orang Utan’, in local language swing from branches to branches towards to the feeding station in the forest. Watch the scheduled video show programme (25mins), visit to the Exhibition Hall. After Sepilok, proceed to Sun Bear Conservation Center to see the world’s smallest bear in its natural environment. Lunch en route at SJR. Afternoon, second visit to the sanctuary for the afternoon feeding. After Sepilok, continue a visit to Rainforest Discovery Centre situated within the famous Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve. The Exhibition Centre & Plant Discovery Centre will bring you lots of information about the nature in the area. After that, a chance to walk on a suspension bridge and ending it with the only Canopy Walk in Sandakan. Overnight at Sepilok Jungle Resort, Superior Room

Breakfast and checkout. At 8.15 am transfer to CQ Jetty for Selingan Turtle Island. This journey by motorized boat will take about 1 hour. After lunch, grab 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 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.

Overnight at Selingan Island , Park Chalet.

Photographing of turtles only with camera of unaided flash
Snorkelling gears are available to hire (Please refer to the Island)

0600hrs, wake up early in the morning and have your breakfast at 0630hrs. By 0700hrs, depart the Island and return to mainland. Proceed for the Sandakan Nature City Tour. Visit to Sandakan Memorial Park, Puu Jih Shih Buddhist Temple, located on a steep hill top where you can have a magnificent view overlooking Sandakan Bay & the Town Centre. Then, continue to one of the oldest church in Sabah, 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. Stop at the nearby English Tea House. After lunch, we will continue overland to Bilit Adventure Lodge. Upon arrival, check in. By 1530hrs, have an afternoon tea with some local bites. After a short briefing by the nature guide, take an afternoon cruise (4.00pm) along the Kinabatangan River, where you can observe wildlife on the boat itself. Overnight (2 nights) at Bilit Adventure Lodge, Standard A/C Room.

Wake up early in the morning to start the day with an early river cruise at about 6.00am. After the boat cruise, proceed back to Bilit Lodge for breakfast. Late morning, depart for a guided nature jungle walk to experience the riverine forest. Trek back to Bilit Lodge. Freshen up, have lunch. Rest. Enjoy afternoon tea break at local house. Late afternoon, get ready for another afternoon river cruise to a different part of the river to see more wildlife gather along the Kinabatangan River.

After breakfast, at 0830 hrs we depart Bilit to Sandakan and transfers to airport for your flight back home.