4D/3N Wildlife Expedition Permai Rainforest Resort

Day 1

At 12.30noon, your guide will pick you up from the hotel and you will be transferred from to Permai Rainforest Resort for check-in. The resort is approximately 30 minutes away from the Kuching city. It is an eco-resort set within the immaculate Borneo rainforest. It is built in an effort to minimize the impacts on the natural environment of the rainforest and also to conserve the environment. It is set on the shores of the South China Sea and at the foot of Mount Santubong.

The Permai Rainforest Resort offers a little something for everyone.  Those seeking relaxation will be able to enjoy the peace and tranquility of the atmosphere. Families will find it to be private and fun place to get-together, whereas training groups will enjoy the refreshing natural environment, all the more to motivate and energize. The resort is safe and easily accessible for adventurers to explore.

1700hrs. In the late afternoon, you will take a boat ride into the Mangrove Forest in search for the rare Proboscis Monkeys - the endangered primate which is found only on Borneo and Sumatra. Once the monkeys are spotted, take your time to observe, study and in their natural habitat.  

Before nightfall, we will leave the Mangrove forest to watch the beautiful sunset. When it gets dark, we will enter the forest again.  The pitch black state of the forest offers rare opportunity to see wild crocodiles upriver. If you shine your torch towards a crocodile, you will be able to see its red, glowing eyes in the water or on land. You will also search for fireflies here. Fireflies are soft bodied beetles that grow from 5mm to 25mm in length. The underbelly of the firefly is what makes them light up at night. You will now find them lit up among the trees making the whole stretch seem like festival decorations.

After that, you will return to the resort for an overnight stay.

Day 2

09:00am After breakfast, depart the resort by speedboat at the beach on a journey of  about 45 minutes in search for the Irrawadi or Snubfin Dolphins. These mammals have large melon rounded heads, indistinct beak, short blunt triangular dorsal fins, long and broad flippers and light coloured. They can grow up to 230cm when mature and weigh up to 150kg. Watch them as they swim around boats of local fishermen in search for food.

After this fascinating experience, continue with a 45 minutes boat ride that bring you to Satang Islands, off the cooast of Santubong.  Together with Talang-Talang Islands that locates off the cost of Sematan, these islands are the only main turtle nesting sites in Sarawak. Turtle Season is from May to September, Green Turtles comes ashore at night to lay their eggs and rest in the surrounding waters.  Packed lunch is provided on the island.  Enjoy the beautiful view from the island, relax on the beach or go for a swim or snorkeling in the clear water.

On the way back by boat to Permai, we will pass by Bird's Rock, an important rockery for Black-napped and Bridled Terns. Return to the resort and have a short rest before you go on late afternoon guided Nature Walk within the resorts.  The walk will take about one and a half hour where you will passing by a small waterfall follow the trail leading through the Mixed Dipterocarp Forest.  After the walk return to the resort.

Dinner and overnight at the resort.

Day 3

0900hrs After breakfast at the resort, take a 45 minute boat ride to Bako National Park. The park has been protected since 1957. Chances of seeing wildlife and getting close photography is of better chance here.  Apart from the Proboscis Monkeys the other wildlife you will be able to see is the long-tail macaque, silver leaf monkey, monitor lizard, green iguana, squirrels and over 150 species of birds. The Bako National Park is compact, making it easy to trek with 16 colour-coded walking trails ranging from hard hikes to gentle strolls.

The Lintang Trail enables you to pass through all types of vegetation in the rainforest of Borneo such as the Dipterocarp Forest, scrub-like Padang, Swamp Forest, mangroves and delicate cliff vegetation. The Telok Delima and Telok Paku Trail has the best vantage points with steep cliffs. You will find carnivorous pitcher plants known to devour small mammals along these sandy footpaths.

Later on, from Pandan Kecil, you will see Bako's trademark of sea stack cause by the waves. When you land on the beach at Telok Pandan Kecil you will have to continue your journey through open shrub land and Kerangas forest for a one and a half hour trek until you reach the mangrove forest area to see the wildlife in their natural surrounding.

You will now trek to the park headquarters for lunch at the canteen via the mangrove plankwalk. After lunch, explore the park by yourself before you go on a 45 minute trek via the mangrove plankwalk to Telok Paku and take a boat back to your overnight stay at Permai Rainforest Resort.

Dinner and overnight at the resort.

Day 4

Have breakfast at the resort before the transfer back to your hotel in the city at 3.00pm.

Package on joining basis inclusive of :

*English speaking guide

*Tours and transfers stated in the program

*Meal as stated in the program

*3 night accommodation at Permai Rainforest Resort (Treehouse) on Twin sharing basis

*Entrance fee

- Children below 3 years of age are complimentary but must travel together with an adult.