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Kalimantan is wilder and cheaper but asks a lot more of the traveller in transit time and flexibility, so I only route people there when they've already done a first Borneo trip and want to go further off the map.","The wildlife draw is real but it isn't a safari - sightings on the Kinabatangan River or in the Danum Valley come from slow boat drifts at dawn and dusk and patient guides who know which fig tree is fruiting, not from vehicles chasing animals across open plains. Orangutans are the headline species, but the semi-wild rehabilitation centres (Sepilok, Semenggoh) guarantee a sighting far more reliably than the truly wild river stretches do, and I usually book both so a client isn't relying on luck alone.","Climate is equatorial and doesn't really have a dry season the way mainland Southeast Asia does - it's warm and humid year-round with rain most afternoons. What changes seasonally is river level and diving visibility: rivers can flood the lodge boardwalks after heavy rain in the wetter months, and Sipadan's visibility off Sabah's east coast is best from April to December, worse in the January–March monsoon swell.",[11,55],{"name":12,"months":13},"Sabah - Kota Kinabalu, Kinabatangan River, Danum Valley",[14,20,24,28,32,35,38,41,44,47,49,52],{"month":15,"tempHighC":16,"tempLowC":17,"rainfallMm":18,"busyness":19},"Jan",30,23,260,3,{"month":21,"tempHighC":22,"tempLowC":17,"rainfallMm":23,"busyness":19},"Feb",31,150,{"month":25,"tempHighC":26,"tempLowC":17,"rainfallMm":27,"busyness":19},"Mar",32,140,{"month":29,"tempHighC":26,"tempLowC":30,"rainfallMm":31,"busyness":19},"Apr",24,170,{"month":33,"tempHighC":26,"tempLowC":30,"rainfallMm":34,"busyness":19},"May",200,{"month":36,"tempHighC":22,"tempLowC":17,"rainfallMm":37,"busyness":19},"Jun",190,{"month":39,"tempHighC":22,"tempLowC":17,"rainfallMm":34,"busyness":40},"Jul",4,{"month":42,"tempHighC":22,"tempLowC":17,"rainfallMm":43,"busyness":40},"Aug",210,{"month":45,"tempHighC":22,"tempLowC":17,"rainfallMm":46,"busyness":19},"Sep",220,{"month":48,"tempHighC":22,"tempLowC":17,"rainfallMm":18,"busyness":19},"Oct",{"month":50,"tempHighC":16,"tempLowC":17,"rainfallMm":51,"busyness":19},"Nov",320,{"month":53,"tempHighC":16,"tempLowC":17,"rainfallMm":54,"busyness":40},"Dec",330,{"name":56,"months":57},"Sarawak - 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dawn and dusk boat cruises regularly turn up proboscis monkeys, orangutans, pygmy elephants, and hornbills along the same short stretch of water.","kinabatangan river borneo wildlife boat","Book a lodge with its own jetty and stay at least two nights - the best sightings come from the early-morning and evening cruises, and a one-night stop only buys you one of each.",{"id":84,"src":85,"srcLarge":86,"alt":87,"photographer":88,"photographerUrl":89},32212987,"https://images.pexels.com/photos/32212987/pexels-photo-32212987.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=650&w=940","https://images.pexels.com/photos/32212987/pexels-photo-32212987.jpeg","Colorful scene of a traditional floating market with vendors selling goods from boats.","Pekerja Film Indonesia","https://www.pexels.com/@pekerja-film-indonesia-2152455861",{"slug":91,"name":92,"blurb":93,"photoQuery":94,"tip":95,"photo":96},"sepilok-orangutan","Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre","A rainforest reserve near Sandakan that rehabilitates orphaned and injured orangutans for release, with viewing platforms at feeding times that offer the most dependable close-up sightings in Borneo.","sepilok orangutan sanctuary borneo","Combine with the neighbouring Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre - 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book well ahead, and note divers stay on Mabul or Kapalai island since no accommodation is allowed on Sipadan itself.",{"id":123,"src":124,"srcLarge":125,"alt":126,"photographer":127,"photographerUrl":128},7714549,"https://images.pexels.com/photos/7714549/pexels-photo-7714549.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=650&w=940","https://images.pexels.com/photos/7714549/pexels-photo-7714549.jpeg","Two sea turtles glide gracefully through the underwater landscape in Lahaina, Hawaii.","Jake Houglum","https://www.pexels.com/@jake-houglum-52374682",{"slug":130,"name":131,"blurb":132,"photoQuery":133,"tip":134,"photo":135},"danum-valley","Danum Valley","One of the largest expanses of undisturbed lowland rainforest left in Southeast Asia, reached only through a small number of research-station-affiliated lodges rather than independent access.","danum valley rainforest canopy borneo","It's pricier and harder to reach than the Kinabatangan, but it's the pick for clients who want genuinely wild forest over a river-corridor experience - 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