10 reasons your must visit Borneo!

Turtle at Mabul Island

Are you contemplating travelling South East Asia? Wondering which countries to visit? In my opinion you can not miss Borneo. With an abundant amount and range of activities, it is an adventurists playground.

Gunung Mulu National Park

Gunung Mulu National Park

A short flight from Kota Kinabalu hidden amongst the rich jungle, lies the incredible world heritage listed Gunung Mulu National Park in Sarawak, Borneo. Listed as ‘one of the top sites to visit before you die’ i had to see it before i left Borneo. It honestly was an unbelievable site to see. 

Into the jungle in Kinabatangan National Park

Long tailed Macaque

If your up for a David Attenborough style adventure, you should visit Kinabatangan National Park in eastern Sabah. Borneo is the oldest rainforrest in the world and has been aged at 130 million years old being one of the only remaining habitats for the endangered orang-utan. 

Sipadan – a divers dream

 

Hundreds of turtles in the area

One of the top dive sites in the world in Sabah, Malaysia. We did 6 dives on Sipadan including Barracuda point, south tip, hanging garden and turtle cave. All were incredible. Unfortunately we didn’t spot hammerheads but the diversity and abundance of coral and marine life with plentiful grey and white tip reef sharks and turtles made it live up to its name.

The Breath Taking Mt Kinabalu

Magical Heights of Mt Kinabalu

Mount Kinabalu; one of the highest mountains in South East Asia and definitely the highest in Malaysia. The picturesque mountain is perched in the Kinabalu National Park around a 2 hour drive from KK. The summit of 4095m is a tiresome effort to climb but its well worth it.