3 Days / 2 Night Turtle Island, Sepilok, Sukau & Gomantong Escapade

Day 1 : Sandakan / Selingan Turtle Island (Lunch / Dinner)

• Pick up from hotel, transfer to CQ Jetty for Selingan Turtle Island. This journey by motorised 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. Stay overnight at Selingan Island Chalet.
  
  Note : Photographing of turtles only with camera of unaided flash.
  Snorkelling gears are available to hire (Please refer to the Island).

Day 2 : Selingan 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              Selingan 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. Watch the scheduled video show programmes (25 mins) and 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 Sepilok Jungle Resort. After lunch, we drive overland to Bilit, Kinabatangan River. 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 (4.00pm)
  along the Kinabatangan River (Sabah’s longest river at 560km) where you can observe wildlife on the
  boat itself. Dinner & overnight stay at Bilit Adventure Lodge.
  
  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 3 : Kinabatangan River/Morning Cruise/Sandakan Nature City/Airport (Breakfast / Lunch Included)

• Wake up early in the morning to start the day with an early river cruise at about 6.00am. After the 1 hours boat cruise, proceed back to Bilit Lodge for breakfast. By 0830 hrs, depart Bilit to Sandakan for lunch. Afternoon, depart for Sandakan Nature City Tour. The City Tour includes a 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 & 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 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 tour, transfer to Sandakan airport / Sandakan hotel.
  

• 1N Selingan Island Chalet & 1N Bilit Adventure Lodge
• Meals as indicated above (2B, 3L, 2D)
• English Speaking Guide
• Tours & Transfers

• Tippings
• Airfares, camera fees, beverages, tipping, Tourism Tax (TTx) @ RM 10.00 p/room/night
• Travel Insurance

• Min 2 Person
• All Rate Quoted in Ringgit Malaysia (MYR) per person
• Items to bring: Raincoat (wet season Nov-Feb), cap/hat, insect repellent, sun cream, good walking shoes, socks, (leech socks are available for sale), a pair of sandals (island), torch light, comfortable cotton T-shirt with long or short pant, binocular, camera, personal toiletries and  medications.
• Payment by credit card subject to 2.5% card charge.