It was the first evening in Sabah and due to the rains, our welcome dinner on the cruise had gotten postponed and we started to look out for alternatives on what we can possibly do. Just then, our guide...
Bako National Park is on the island of Borneo in a part of Malaysia called Sarawak. It was exactly what your image Borneo to be: Dense, full of flora and fauna and exciting.
Imagine a beautiful beach, white sands and...
There are a number of short excursions you can take from Kota Kinabalu to explore the surrounding area of Sabah. Borneo’s rainforest is the third largest in the world, and so Kota Kinabalu is the perfect place to visit...
As someone who is a mountain soul in every sense, the world underneath the ocean has always intrigued me. The idea of venturing deep into the sea to witness its wonders seemed equally exciting yet brought a slight nervousness...
Sabah can be called a proverbial paradise: With its blue waters, colourful underwater reefs with a variety of fascinating aquatic life and the stunning white beaches of powdery white sand. There are numerous idyllic islands with clear visibility of...
Our guide Hazel from ‘Borneo Tours and Travels’ described the property to us. “From one end, standing in the midst of a blanket of white sand, every room has a spectacular view of the blue ocean,” she said. In...
“I will be out of office and I am travelling to Borneo to witness the Rainforest World Music Festival”, I wrote and sent the email before I took the flight to Kuching, Sarawak. Everyone’s always taken aback when you...
Sabah is nicknamed the ‘Land below the Wind’, and is a colourful and rich mosaic of ethnic groups. Borneo is the third largest island in the world and Malaysia occupies about a quarter of its total land mass. The...
Kota Kinabalu, the capital of the State of Sabah in Malaysia is not one of the first places to come to mind while preparing a travel itinerary. But you should make it a part of your itinerary, and here's...
I think I first fell in love with the Rainforest World Music Festival when the band Djeli Moussa Conde from Guinea started playing.
I must admit, I hadn’t heard about the Rainforest World Music Festival till I was invited to...