Day 1 : Airport – Kinabalu Park

Early morning transfer for Bird watching in Kinabalu Park, home to over 300 species of birds. Overnight in twin bedded room.

Breakfast: NO Lunch : YES Dinner : YES

Day 2 & 3 : Kinabalu Park

Full day bird watching in Kinabalu Park.

Kinabalu Park is home to:
White Throated Fantail, Yellow Breasted Warbler, Kinabalu Friendly Warbler, Mountain Leaf-Warblers, Grey-throated Babbler, Borneo Whistling Thrush, Chestnut-capped Laughing Trush, Chestnut-crested Yuhina, Temminck’s Sunbird, Sunda Whistling Thrush, Black Laughing-thrush, Black-breasted Triller, Indigo Flycatcher, Golden Napped Barbet, Whitehead's Trogon, Whitehead's Spiderhunter, Mountain Blackeye, Bornean Stubtail (Endemic), Crimson-head patridge, Red-breasted Patridge, Mountain Imperial Pigeon, Ochraceous Bulbul, White-browed Shortwing, Mountain Blackbird, Ashy Drongo, Short-tailed Magpies, Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, Bar-winged Cuckoo-shrike, Whitehead's Broadbill, Blue-winged Leafbird, Bornean Barbets, various other woodpeckers, warblers, trogon, bul-buls, besra and flycathers.

Breakfast: YES Lunch: YES Dinner: YES

Day 4 : Kinabalu Park - Poring - Sepilok Nature Resort

Morning Bird watching at Poring before departing for Sepilok approximately 4-hour overland journey to the east coast. Night walk in the evening. Overnight in Sepilok Nature Resort.

Poring is home to:
Banded Broadbill, Diard's Trogon, Gold-Whiskered Barbet, Pygmy White-eye, Blue-banded Pitta, Bold-strip Tit-Babbler, White-bellied Woodpecker, Brown Barbet, Thick-Billed Spiderhunter, White-browed Shama, Dusky Munia, Siberian Blue Robin, Crested Jay, Wreathed Hornbill, Scally Breasted Bul-bul, Banded Kingfisher, White Fronted Falconet, various other Bul-buls, broadbills, babblers and flowerpeckers.

Breakfast: YES Lunch: YES Dinner: YES

Day 5 : Sepilok - Sukau Rainforest Lodge

Birdwatching in the morning before departing for Sukau by boat. The Lower Kinabatangan is home to 210 species of birds. Check into Sukau Rainforest Lodge. Join an afternoon cruise for bird watching.

Sukau is home to:
Bornean Ground-cuckoo, White Bellied Fish Eagle, Lesser Fish Eagle, Crested Serpent Eagle, Wallaces Hawk Eagle, White Chested Babbler, Brown Barbet, Blue Eared Kingfishers, Stork Billed Kingfisher, Black-eared Kingfisher, Rufous-collared Kingfisher, Ruddy kingfisher, Pied Fantail, Asian Paradise Flycathers, Oriental Darter, Rufous-bellied Eagle, Jerdon's Baza, Buffy Fish Owl, Brahminy Kite, White-fronted Falconet, Great Egret, Bornean Bristlehead., Black-and-Yellow Broadbills, Bat Hawk, Oriental Bay Owl, Brown Wood Owl, Great Billed Heron , Blue Headed Pitta, Blue Winged Pitta, Hooded Pitta, Black Headed Pittas, Crested Fireback, Storm Stork and Lesser adjuntant ,Scarlet Rumped Diards, Red-naped trogon, Rhinoceros Hornbills, Helmeted Hornbill, Wrinkled Hornbilled, Wreathed Hornbill, White Crowned Hornbill, Oriental Pied Hornbill, Bushy Crested Hornbill, Black Hornbill, Asian Fairy Bluebird , Great Slaty-woodpecker, White Bellied-woodpecker, and many others.

Breakfast: YES Lunch: YES Dinner: YES

Day 6 & 7 

Morning and afternoon cruise for bird watching. 

Breakfast: YES Lunch: YES Dinner: YES

Day 8 : Sukau – Gomantong Cave – Lahad Datu – Tabin Wildlife Reserve

From Sukau transfer to Gomantong Caves, and then onwards to Lahad Datu enroute to Tabin Wildlife Reserve, another haven for bird watching enthusiasts which boasts approximately 220 species of birds.

Gomantong is home to:
Peregrine falcon and various swiftlets.

Tabin is home to:
Blue Eared Kingfishers, Stockbilled Kingfisher, Pied Fantail, Asian Paradise Flycatchers, Storm Stork, Bornean Bristlehead., Blue-headed Pitta, Blue-banded Pitta, Dusky Munia, Black-throated Wren-babblers, Bornean Wren-babblers, Bulwer's Pheasant, Thick-billed Spiderhunter, Long-billed Spierhunter, Grey-breasted Spiderhunter, Yellow-rumped, Orange-bellied Flowerpecker, Grey-breasted Spiderhunter, Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker, Orange-bellied Flowerpacker, Grey-streaked Flycatcher, Purple-throated Sunbird, Plain Sunbird, Black-naped Monarch, Olive-backed Woodpecker, Red-naped Trogon, Scarlet-rumped Trogon, Changeable Hawk Eagle, Crested Goshawk, Storm's Stork, White-fronted Falconet, Ashy Tailorbird, Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, Stork-billed, Black-backed Kingfisher, Rhinoceros Hornbill , Helmeted hornbill, wrinkled hornbilled, wreathed hornbill, white crowned hornbill,Fronted Falcon , Crested Fireback, raptor and various others.

Breakfast: YES Lunch: YES Dinner: YES

Day 9

Full day bird watching in Tabin.

Breakfast: YES Lunch: YES Dinner: YES

Day 10 : Lahad Datu – Danum Valley

Transfer to Lahad Datu and Danum Valley. Check into Borneo Rainforest Lodge before continuing bird watching. More than 300 species of birds have been recorded in Danum Valley.

Danum Valley is home to:
Hornbills, Bornean babbler, Black-throated Babblers, Bul-buls, Giant Pitta, Blue-headed Pitta, Black-and-crimsom Pitta, Banded Pitta, Bornean Bristlehead, Great Argus Pheasant, Crested Fireback Pheasant, Chestnut-necklaced Partridge, Red-bearded Bee-eater Trogon; Red-napped Trogon, Diard's Trogon, Scarlet-rumped Trogon, Blue-rumped Parrot, Blue-crowned Hanging Parrots, Fiery Minivet, Large-billed Flycathers, Malaysian Blue Flycather, Buffy Fish Owl, Brown Wood-owl, White Fronted Falcon , Crested Wood Patridge, Bornean Ground-cuckoo, Crested Fireback Pheasant and many others.

Breakfast: YES Lunch: YES Dinner: YES

Day 11 - 13

Full day bird watching.

Breakfast: YES Lunch: YES Dinner: YES


Day 14

Bird watching in the morning. Depart from Lahad Datu to airport for flight to Kota Kinabalu.

Breakfast: YES Lunch: YES Dinner: YES