Weston Town, which was named after Mr. A.J. West, a British North Borneo railway engineer, it was also the end station of the North Borneo Railway. The town has a row of shops, British made jetty point and Chinese Primary school which had remarkable 100-years of history that made with wooden wood. Weston is located southwestof Kota Kinabalu, capital of Sabah and could be reached within 2 hours car ride!
Weston is treasured with a wide variety of wildlife, such as Borneo Proboscis Monkeys, Silver Leaf Monkeys, Long-Tail Macaque, birds, snakes, and many more. It also has a variety of aquamarines, such as the mudskipper fish, otters, crocodiles and Weston Big River Shrimp.
Borneo Proboscis Monkey in Weston is densely populated yet is protected animal; tourists can watch closely the monkeys sitting on top of the Mangrove Trees while on the river cruise boat. Along the riverside, tourists could view the local fishermen "River Man" lifestyle, and could buy the Weston Big River Prawn that caught freshly in Weston Jaafar River Lodge. The meats of river prawns are very fresh and delicious! Before dinner, tourists will enjoy watching the spectacular view of the “Reddish Fire Sunset”. For “Adrenaline Tourists”, they can walk in the middle of the river and taking remarkable sunset photo, which is astonishing (subjective to weather). After the sunset, hundreds of the Egrets will fly all the way to a Mangrove Tree, which is an astonishing view! After dinner, tourists whom are photogenic could take the fireflies photo at the only special spot in the restaurant! After that, tourists could enjoy the night river cruise with thousands of fireflies flashing along Mangrove Trees of Weston. There is a unique show that the river guides will perform “Whispering with Fireflies” which will give all the tourists the unforgettable memories which was like in the scene of the movie “Avatar”.
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- 13:30 Meet at hotel lobby, along the 2 hours journey there are beautiful scenery with lush green paddy field and the only
railway in Borneo Island.
- 15:00 Arrive at Weston Town
- 16:00 Proceed to jetty, get on a boat to their Weston Jaafar River Lodge and have a cup of tea or coffee and traditional
desserts made by local.
- 16:30 Cruise along the river on a boat searching for the endangered proboscis monkey with orange coat and big nose,
silver leaf monkey with David Beckham haircut, long-tailed macaque.
- 17:30 Return to Weston Jaafar River Lodge for native Malaysian cuisine dinner.
- 19:30 Night Falls, on way back to jetty, fireflies on apple mangrove trees shine like fallen stars forming Christmas tree.
Depart to hotel.
- 22:30 Arrive at hotel.
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