1st - 3rd July 2009
Spent few days at this lovely new lodge which begun its operation last year and has been receiving constant visitors to enjoyed the wildlife such as Orang Utan and Proboscis Monkey along the Kinabatangan River and the facilities offered by the lodge itself is superb !
- Internet room plus Wifi (Wifi didn't work well unfortunately, hope they will fix it soon).
- Optional caterpillar shoes and leech socks for visitor chargeable daily RM 15 per person for trekking at oxbow lake.
Each building that houses 2 rooms is connected by walkway
View of the restaurant from the pier
Pier with boats for cruising along the river
Map of the lodge plus trails to Oxbow lake
View of the forest and good place for birds such as Dusky Munia, Crested Serpent Eagle and Blue-eared Barbet
Spacious room with 2 twins and 1 single bed with air condition and fan
Living room with satellite television
Dining areaAboundant Raptors such as Lesser Fish Eagle, Bat Hawk and Crested Goshawk together with 5 species of Hornbill i.e Rhinoceros and Bushy-crested Hornbill.
JD the boatman, Alven and Chai waiting for the Bornean Ground Cuckoo
Wrinkled Hornbill
Chestnut-breasted Malkoha
Lesser Fish Eagle seen daily
Green Broadbill digiscoped at Oxbow lake
Common resident at the lodge, Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Lesser Adjutant
Blue-eared Kingfisher
Oriental Pied Hornbill
Crested Serpent Eagle caught sleepingImages digiscoped with Nikon Fieldscope ED82, SRB-Griturn Mk II adapter and Fujifilm F31D
The lodge is situated at Bilit village which is around 120 km from Sandakan city on the east coast of Sabah. Daily direct flights from Kota Kinabalu is available and for journey via land, it takes 5 hours drive passing through one of the best landscape scenary in Borneo.
For more info, please visit their website at http://www.tropicalg.com/
Thanks to Chai Cherong Absolute Borneo for the trip and Alven for the laugh hahaha :)
Thanks to Chai Cherong Absolute Borneo for the trip and Alven for the laugh hahaha :)
