Borneo itineraries
Day-by-day routes through Borneo, each 12 days — with what every trip actually costs.
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- Southeast Asia
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Planning a trip to Borneo
Pulled from the route below — so it says what it does, not what a brochure would.
When to go
Jun–Sep — the months this route recommends.
How long you need
Every route here runs 12 days.
What it costs
≈ AED 1,000 per person per day. Beds, food, getting around and things to do — costed line by line in each guide, not estimated from a daily rate.
Where these routes go: Kota Kinabalu · Sepilok · Danum Valley · Pangkalan Bun · Tanjung Puting.
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12 days
Best for: Orangutans from both sides of one island, and the difference between them
Borneo in 12 days: Sepilok, the Kinabatangan, Danum and Tanjung Puting
Kota Kinabalu → Sepilok → the Kinabatangan → Danum Valley → Pangkalan Bun → Tanjung Puting
The third largest island on earth, split between three countries, holding a rainforest 140 million years old. Malaysian Sabah for the river and the primary forest, Indonesian Kalimantan for the klotok boat up a blackwater river to the orangutans.
Going somewhere near Borneo?
Asia has plenty to choose from, or tell us the dates and we'll shape a plan around them.