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Abstract
The exotic charm of the island of Borneo with its tribal cultures, mostly the Ibans, former headhunters, and the jungle animals including the lovely Orangutans. So much culture and nature! And then Sabah: even more nature and other animals including the cute and funny proboscis monkeys!,
Characteristics
- Group tour in English + Italian-speaking interpreter (see departure calendar). Private daily tour in English
- include meals (v. the fee includes)
- departures are guaranteed (min 2 participants). Subject to availability
Itinerary
Giorno 1 — Kuching
After immigration formalities, passport control, baggage retrieval, and customs, you will be greeted by a local guide and transferred to the hotel., The room is available starting from 14.00., Around 3 pm, I will meet with the guide and start exploring this exotic city, the capital of the state of Sarawak. The tour will begin with a visit to one of the most important Buddhist temples in the city center, followed by a visit to the Urang Museum, rich in Sarawak traditions. We will then proceed through the old Malay village to discover the true "kampung" (village) lifestyle. Returning to the city center, we will start an interesting walking tour, starting from the Kuching Mosque, and walking through old streets with their typical arcades and small local artisan shops. We will admire the British colonial area with the Court House and other buildings in the same style, and then walk along the Sarawak River and Main Bazar, where various ethnic shops and local wood processing shops can be found., I return to the hotel on foot with the guide., available evening, dinner free, accommodation Eldey Airport Hotel,
Giorno 2 — Kuching
Breakfast, 7.30 am: meet with the guide at the hotel and depart for the fishing village of Bako, passing through the mangrove forest with its typical nipah palms. We will set off by boat to descend to the mouth of this river and cross a stretch of sea for about 30 minutes to reach Bako National Park, created in 1957, which offers a perfect introduction to the forests and wildlife of Sarawak. Bako Park contains a wide range of vegetation over an area of 27 square kilometres: mangrove forest, dipterocarp forest, delicate marine vegetation and a rich variety of wildlife including proboscis monkeys, macaques, silvered leaf monkeys and monitor lizards. We will set off on an exciting journey that will take us to the western part of the park through rainforests to reach a beautiful unspoilt bay, on the edges of which stand rock formations of immense beauty. On the way back, it will be interesting to take a walk through the mangrove forest where, thanks to the low tide, you will have the opportunity to observe “fiddler crabs” and other small crustaceans emerging from the mud, which provide additional food for the wild animals of this forest. Return to the Park Management Centre where you will also have lunch with local specialities. We will return by boat to your hotel in the city, dinner at your leisure., accommodation,
Giorno 3 — Kuching → Kota Kinabalu
Breakfast, accommodation Nantucket Inn Anacortes,
Giorno 4 — Kota Kinabalu
Breakfast, accommodation,
Giorno 5 — Kota Kinabalu → Kundasang
Breakfast, accommodation Lucia Hotel,
Giorno 6 — Kundasang → Kota Kinabalu
Breakfast, accommodation Nantucket Inn Anacortes,
Giorno 7 — Kota Kinabalu
Breakfast, At the locally indicated time, transfer to the airport only with a driver, without assistance., end of the tour,
Notes
- ROOMS: Triple rooms are always double rooms with an additional bed, often smaller than the two existing beds; triple rooms are subject to availability at the time of booking. Requests for smoking rooms, connecting rooms, adjacent rooms, higher or lower floors, etc., are always on request and not guaranteed.
- TRAVEL DOCUMENTS: Participants must ensure before departure that they have the necessary and valid documentation for entry into the countries visited during the tour.
- HOTEL FINAL LIST: indicated in the travel documents
- HOTEL, CHECK-IN: as a rule, rooms are assigned starting from 2-3 pm; any early check-in is at the hotel's discretion. The request for a guaranteed early assignment requires booking an extra night prior to arrival.
- HOTEL, CHECK-OUT: The room must be vacated in the morning, by the time indicated by the hotel; the surcharge for late check-out is equal to 50% of the extra night for check-out by 6 pm; for check-out after that time, an additional night will be charged.
- HOTEL / ITINERARY, CHANGES: The organizing company reserves the right to modify the itinerary and/or hotels with others of similar or higher category, means of transportation, etc., if required by unforeseen circumstances and necessary for the safety and normal continuation of the trip. Furthermore, when it is not possible to accommodate all participants in the same hotel, the group will be divided among different hotels of equal category.
- TIMETABLES: departure times are indicative and depend on the number of hotels from which pick-ups are scheduled for each day; the pick-up start time indicates when customers should be ready in the lobby for departure; in hotels reached last, a wait of at least fifteen minutes or more compared to the indicated time is likely. The return times to the hotel are purely indicative and variable depending on a considerable number of factors including the time dedicated to visits and the intensity of traffic.
- PUNCTUALITY: we recommend respecting the scheduled times. No refunds are provided for services missed due to customer delays.
- TIPS: not included, at the discretion of the tourist
- MEALS: not included unless specified.
- REFUNDS: There are no refunds for parts of the tour or excursions not carried out due to force majeure; in any case, no refund is due to the customer who decides to interrupt the trip or stay.
- TRANSFERS: not included unless specified; if included, they are exclusively for/from the hotels scheduled for the tour on the days of the tour's start/end; in case of extending the stay, for transfers to/from other hotels, or for arrivals/departures from other airports, a supplement applies. The supplement always applies if the passenger is traveling alone. Requests for booking transfers not included or for different hotels must be received at least 3 weeks before departure, or an additional urgency supplement will be applied.,
Starts from
7 days / 4 nights - from Kuching to Kota Kinabalu,
Meals
Legend: B breakfast, L lunch, D dinner,
Price includes
Transfers and tours by bus or minivan with assistance and local guides, local guides in italiano o inglese for the tour, group tour in English + Italian-speaking interpreter (see departure calendar), entrances, visits and excursions as per the itinerary, accommodation at the scheduled hotel (or similar), meals: breakfasts, lunches, dinners,
Price does not include
Opening fee and Zero Risk coverage, medical-luggage-cancellation insurance, unmentioned meals, beverages and extras in general, Christmas or New Year's Eve dinner (mandatory supplement), tip, janitorial work, flights and airport taxes, everything not expressly mentioned in "The fee includes",
Important notes
Flight to Kuching (not included): it is necessary to book flights arriving by 11.00, flight from Kuching to Kota Kinabalu (not included): it is necessary to book flights departing after 21.15 hours., flight from Kota Kinabalu (not included): it is possible to depart at any time, Comfortable shoes, rainproof clothing (K-Way or waterproof poncho), and insect repellent are recommended., Orangutans and other animals in the jungle live in the wild, so sightings cannot always be guaranteed, even though the guides will always try to provide you with sightings of these animals., The scheduled times are indicative; the exact times will be confirmed locally by the guides., Group tours have a maximum of 26 participants (especially in August). The following vehicles will be used for the tour: up to 10 people: 1 12-seater minivan; up to 16 people: 2 12-seater minivans; 17 people or more: 40-seater bus. Groups of up to 16 people will be divided between the two vehicles and accompanied by a single local Italian-speaking tour leader and a local English-speaking guide. On longer journeys, there will be stops where the local Italian-speaking tour leader will alternate between the vehicles. Only once the final destination, or the destination of greatest interest, has been reached will the guide bring the groups together to begin the tour.,
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