Region

Kinabatangan River

Places to explore

Our guides to this region

Kinabatangan Hornbill Lodge aerial

The Kinabatangan River

The Kinabatangan river is one of the best and most easily accessible places to see wildlife in Asia!

Travel guides

Read before you go

Kinabatangan with kids
Travel Guides

What to Do in Borneo with Kids

Sabah with children, sorted by age: the minimum ages on our trips, what works for under-5s, what to skip, and how to pace a family week between river, reef and rainforest.
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Travel Guides

Best Places in Borneo to See Wild Orangutans

Sepilok or the wild? We rank the Kinabatangan, Danum Valley, Tabin, Deramakot and Sepilok by your real odds of seeing an orangutan, and say how many nights each needs.
Danum canopy walkway
Travel Guides

Choosing a Borneo Wildlife Destination: Kinabatangan, Danum, Tabin or Deramakot?

Trips

Trips that visit this region

Kinabatangan River boat

2D1N Kinabatangan River Experience (Hornbill Lodge)

2 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 900
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3D2N Kinabatangan River Safari (Hornbill Lodge)

3 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 1,300
Orangutan

3D2N Sepilok & Kinabatangan River Safari (Hornbill Lodge)

3 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 1,590
Bat exodus at Gomantong Caves, Sabah

4D3N Kinabatangan River Safari with Gomantong caves bat exodus (Hornbill Lodge)

4 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 2,190
Selingan Turtle Island

4D3N Turtle Island, Sepilok & Kinabatangan River Safari

4 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 3,090
Kinabatangan bird watching at Sukau Rainforest Lodge

3D2N Sukau Rainforest Lodge - Deluxe room (overland)

3 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 2,650
Sukau Rainforest Lodge

3D2N Sukau Rainforest Lodge - Borneo Villa (by boat)

3 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 3,950
Turtle Island Selingan

4D3N Turtle Island & Sukau Rainforest Lodge

4 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 4,700
Kinabatangan dawn boat

2D1N Tungog Rainforest Eco Camp

2 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 510
Tungog Eco Camp

3D2N Tungog Rainforest Eco Camp

3 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 890
Tungog Eco Camp

4D3N Tungog Eco Camp with Supu trekking & caves

4 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 1,390
Pygmy elephants in Sukau

5D4N Kinabatangan & Deramakot Wildlife Safari

5 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 5,080
Kinabatangan

5D4N Kinabatangan river & Tabin Wildlife Safari

5 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 5,540
Orangutan sheltering from the rain at Sepilok

5D4N Sabah Highlights (Kinabalu Geopark, Sepilok & Kinabatangan river)

5 days
Departs Kota Kinabalu
From RM 3,070
Danum Valley mist

5D4N East Coast Wildlife Adventure

5 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 5,190
Sunrise from Mount Kinabalu, Sabah

7D6N Sabah Adventure (Mount Kinabalu, Sepilok & Kinabatangan river)

7 days
Departs Kota Kinabalu
From RM 5,750
Borneo Rainforest Lodge

5D4N Jungle in Style (Hornbill Lodge & Borneo Rainforest Lodge)

5 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 8,040
Pygmy elephants

8D7N Ultimate Sabah Wildlife Adventure

8 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 9,015
School of bumphead parrotfish at Sipadan

10D/9N Reefs & Rainforests

10 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 9,990