Itinerary Features
* Comprehensive experience of various Borneo wild bird ecology in different areas such as alpine forests (Kinabalu Park 900m-2500m above sea level), semi-alpine forests (Poring Hot Springs 300m-900m above sea level), low-altitude tropical rain forest and Swamp Rain Forest (Kinabadangan River).
* Centrally search for Borneo-specific bird species and other rare bird species.
* Professional bird guides and eco-photography guides lead the best wild bird outbreaks and shooting spots.
It is the spirit of the group to focus on searching for wild birds from morning to night (only for night exploration activities on Kinabatangan River) from time to time.
First to third day – Sepilok Rainforest
Walk on the rainforest trails of the Lowforest Rainforest Discovery Centre, walk along the steel cable bridge and the observation deck, and search for the colorful tropical bird species such as “Red-Top Cuckoo”, “Bright Red-Rounded Cuckoo”, “Dai German Cuckoo “,” Three-toed Emerald “,” Spotted Kingfisher “,” Chest Collar Kingfisher “,” Black-headed Eight-colored Blackbird “,” Green-breasted Eight-colored Blackbird “,” Red-red Mountain Pepper Bird “,” Redbeard “Night bee-eater”, “black-red broad-billed bird” and “spotted broad-billed bird” … etc.Photographers are fascinated by the sunbirds, spider-catchers, and “blue-throated bee-eaters” who make photographers tirelessly for their flying and predation and pecking.Here you can even see huge hornbills preying and flying such as “crested hornbill”, “crowned hornbill”, “black-bellied hornbill” and “Malay hornbill”. Easy to observe bird species.In addition, the characteristic birds belonging to the lowland rainforest of Borneo are such as various woodpeckers, quasi woodpeckers, rain swallows, sea-leaf warblers, ground cuckoos, cormorants, and so on. If you are lucky, you may also see Borneo’s extremely rare endemic species-“thorn hairy shrike”.
Fourth to fifth days –Kinabatangan River
The pier along the road to Kinabatangan River will pass the periphery of Gomandong Cave for a while.Here millions of bats flew out of the cave like a black cloud, and at this time, raptors such as “bat-eating kite” will flutter towards the bat group, and the performance of a volleying chew is amazing.In addition to this interesting scenery, there are also plenty of opportunities to see other birds such as snake carvings, ribbon birds, broad-billed birds, and so on. After that, we will continue to the pier of the Kinabatangan River. If you take a boat up the river, you will see countless “proboscis monkeys” (endemic to Borneo), “silver leaf monkeys”, “Macaque monkeys” and other animals and birds inhabit the branches.
From the second day onwards, after breakfast every day, we will go round by round in an electric boat to search and watch these peat bogs and mangroves, such as the rare “Storm Stork”, “Common” black-bellied snake owl “, ” purple heron “, night heron and various herons.From time to time, various hornbills are foraging on both sides of the strait, such as “crowned hornbill”, “black-bellied hornbill”, “wrinkled helmet hornbill”, “Malay hornbill” and etc. And from time to time, various raptors are flying in the air, such as “white-bellied fishing sculptures”, “small fishing sculptures”, “gray-headed fishing sculptures and etc. Until the night, there is a round of night exploration activities. At that time, there is a great chance to watch and shoot “blue-eared jade”, “stork-mouth jade”, and “three-toed jade” that are not easy to approach. .Sometimes the night exploration activities can also see the “Malay fishing bream” is looking for food and other strange sleeping positions of various birds.
Sixth to ninth days- Kinabalu National Park
From the pier at Kinabatangan River, we reached the highest peak in Southeast Asia by car, which is also listed by the United Nations as a World Natural Heritage.It has the world’s largest Rafflesia flower and oak trees, orchids, rhododendrons, pitcher plants, and other exotic lush vegetation. It attracts countless wild animals, insects and birds inhabiting and breeding here. It is the first choice for viewing Borneo native birds.There are 52 endemic bird species in Borneo, and there are as many as 24 in Kinabalu National Park! Three species of birds, “Whitehead’s Trogon”, “Whitehead’s Broadbill” and “Whitehead’s Spiderhunter”and etc. Are known as “3W The main target bird species that attract birdwatchers from all over the world to come to God Mountain National Park for birdwatching.
n addition, there are other rare bird species such as “Borneo Short-tailed Warbler”, “Borneo Black Noise”, “Borneo Pseudo woodpecker”, “Borneo Blue Winged Leaf Owl”, “Green-Black White-eye Bird”, “Black Breasted cuckoo “. All species are endemic to Borneo, more than 1,300 meters high. In addition, there are pictures of the most eco-photographers when “Chestnut Crown” feeds the young birds on the branches, and “Taiming Sunbird” and “Black-Crowned White-Eyed Bird” in various ways are also salon photographers Favorite. All in all bird watching and bird shooting in Kinabalu National Park is a very challenging and fun activity.
tenth day-Poring hot spring
The last stop will experience the mild sunshine and climate of the semi-alpine rainforest.The most approachable endemic species there are “white-crowned black cormorants” and “green-backed forest cormorants” with gorgeous feathers like a set of shawls are also regulars here.And other kinds of pecking birds, spiders often attract the lush flowers here. If you are lucky, you can also see Rafflesia (the world’s largest flower) bloom!
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