Sarawak Safari

Day 1. Depart London

Depart London on the overnight service to Kuching, changing planes in Kuala Lumpur en-route.

Days 2 & 3. Kuching [B & L (Day 3 only)]

On arrival you will be met and transferred to the Merdeka Palace Hotel for a 2-night stay. On Day 3 explore Bako National Park on the look out for the Long-tailed Macque, Leaf, and Proboscis Monkey, Bearded Pig, monitor lizard and some of the 150 species of birds in the area.

Days 4 to 6. Batang Ai National Park [B, L, D]

Visit the Semenggok Botanical Research Centre and an Orang-utan Rehabilitation Centre. Continue to Batang Ai Hydro Dam through rubber and pepper plantations, to the Hilton Batang Ai Longhouse Resort, where you will be based for three nights. Situated on the shores of a spectacular freshwater lake, the resort is surrounded by mountains and the unspoiled rainforests of Sarawak. Its design is based on the traditional timber longhouses of the region's native Iban Tribes. Nearby is the 27,000 hectare Batang Ai National Park.

Spend some time during your stay here visiting local Iban longhouses and cruising the nearby river.

Days 7 to 9. Gunung Mulu National Park [B, L, D]

Today you fly to Mulu, via Miri, where you will be met and transferred to the Royal Mulu Hotel for a 3-night stay, which is situated close to Gunung Mulu National Park.

Gunung Mulu National Park covers an area of 52,000 hectares, varying in altitude from sea level to the peaks of Gunung Mulu at 2,377 metres and Gunung Api at 1,682 metres. Over 3,500 species of plant have been recorded in the park, as well as numerous butterfly, mammal and bird species including deer, monkey and hornbill, though it has to be said that mammal and bird sightings are rare. Mulu does however possess some of the largest and most spectacular caves in the world, perhaps best known and certainly the most visited is Deer Cave, the world's largest cave corridor where you may witness a spectacular daily flight of bats from the cave each evening.

Days 10 & 11. Homeward [B (Day 10 only)]

Transfer to the airport for your overnight flight back to the UK, via Kuching.