Eco luxury experience in Borneo

This exclusive itinerary – that we like to call eco luxury experience – has been carefully crafted by Conscious Journeys’ experts in each destination for a particularly local and one-of-a-kind experience. In designing this itinerary, we worked in close collaboration with local hotel owners, who are passionate about their localities, which they call home. In this way this tour become a life-time experience which allow you to discover secret spots, traditional art, culture, activities, and cuisines of each destination. This itinerary has been designed through personal experience, first-hand knowledge, and trusted recommendations from a local’s perspective, offering you unique holidays in Malaysian Borneo that go well beyond the typical touristic itinerary. We have curated signature experiences in all destinations while “staying” in unique eco-luxury and heritage properties that will allow you to experience a true sense of dwelling in a close contact with nature. The selected eco-resorts are respectfully nested in the environment with a warm attention to every detail, typical of Malaysian hospitality. Therefore, with our carefully curated selection of exclusive properties and activities throughout Malaysian Borneo, this tour will offer you a unique and exclusive holiday. Our resort and lodges are more than a place where to sleep…But very special locations where you can live unique experiences!

There is a long list of reasons why Malaysia Borneo is such an excellent destination for a honeymoon. Not only it has fantastic weather during our summer months, when instead heavy tropical rains are raging in the rest of other Asian Countries, but here you can find some of the best tropical islands with intact coral reefs and abundance of wildlife and rainforest. This 12-days journey will show you the best of Malaysian Borneo wildlife and beaches, including the incredibly beautiful scenery and wildlife of the Danum Valley.
You will have the chance to discover two of the best tropical islands, Lankayan and Mataking and the most extraordinary eco-resorts in the rainforest with its unique flora and fauna, from orchids and hornbills to the elusive pygmy elephant and wild orangutans. Go in search of the unique wild orangutans, proboscis monkeys, and other creatures of the rainforest, staying in three exclusive eco-resorts in the most suggestive biodiversity hotspots, and finally relax on the best island of Celebes Sea.
From Sandakan you will head to Lankayan island, a jewel-like tiny island in the Sulu Sea, just a 1.5 hour boat rides north from the coastline; the island has been declared part of an immense Marine Protected Area to adopt the eco-tourism concept. Situated within the Sea Turtle Corridor, Lankayan Island is also a nesting place and foraging ground for sea turtles; most commonly Green and Hawksbill Turtle. Therefore, you will have a chance to see turtles nesting as well as new hatchlings of baby turtles released to the sea especially from June till September. After 3 nights in this paradise island, you will visit to the Orang-Utan sanctuary to see the rescued and orphaned Orang-utans and then the newly opened bear sanctuary too. Borneo’s thickset rainforest is the only place where you can see orangutan in the wild other than the neighbouring island of Sumatra. But spotting them is tricky and they’re usually at a distance. Visiting an orangutan sanctuary, such as the one at Sepilok, you will have the chance to see them almost at arm’s length. It’s all in one place and a great stop off before heading to the Kinabatangan River.
By boat on Kinabatang river will head further into the jungle for 3 nights at the eco resort in the forest. Here you can experience the best wildlife in Borneo as you go exploring for wildlife by river boat or overland, surely an experience of a lifetime. The ecolodge nestles on the banks of one of Borneo’s most important waterways, the Kinabatangan River, home to many of Borneo’s magnificent wildlife. Immerse yourself in the tranquility of the rainforest and the cacophony of its inhabitants, its majestic birds, all 7 species of Borneo Primates including Borneo’s iconic Proboscis Monkey, Orangutans in their natural habitat as well as herds of Borneo Pygmy Elephants. This ecolodge offers the rare comfort and luxury in the midst of the Borneo Rainforest whilst retaining an Eco-Lodge ethos, the delicate balance of true sustainability.
Your next destination will be one of the world’s most bio-diverse rainforests, Danum Valley Conservation Area, with its 43,800 Hectares of pristine and undisturbed tropical flora and fauna in the eastern part of Sab. You will spend the next 2 days in onein one of the two forest areas. In Danum Valley you will have the chance to be host in one of the most luxurious eco-lodges found in Borneo, offering an off the beaten track wildlife experience in the heart of the Danum Valley. Nestled amidst some of Borneo’s primary rainforest alongside the banks of the Danum River, this eco-lodge is a fantastic setting for wildlife spotting and trekking. A canopy walkway runs through the tree-tops and there are opportunities to see some of Borneo’s rarer wildlife: wild orangutan and tarsier, a tiny saucer-eyed primate.
Your final destination will be another truly paradise island; Mataking island, located at around at 45 minutes by boat from Semporna. This island has rich tropical vegetation and is surrounded by white sand and the turquoise waters of the Celebes Sea. This little atoll, which takes about an hour to walk around, is often a shelter for both Green and Hawksbill marine turtles that during the night return to the beach to nest. This is the ideal location where to end your honeymoon journeys, whether you want to dive, snorkel or just relax on the white sandy beach and if you are lucky again you might witness the hatching of the eggs and release of baby turtles to the sea.