colandsi

I am planning to spend 2 weeks in Borneo in early October. Does anyone have any accomodation suggestions and also trip suggestions, e.g. jungle walks etc.

Also, does anyone have any suggestions on how i can get there from Hong Kong? Seems like i can fly to Brunei, but if anyone has any other suggestions that would be appreciated as the flight is quite expensive!

fuzzylogic

Don't know if there is a cheaper flight from HK to Borneo, but if you find yourself flying into Brunei - then book yourself out on a flight to Miri in Sarawak. From there you can go to the amazing caves at Niah (bus following by river journey). Not as famous as the area around Gunung Mulu (which was too expensive to get to for me) but still amaz

fuzzylogic

sticky keyboard again .. but still amazing.

Kuching, Baku NP (definitely, definitely). Then fly to KK - offshore islands lovely for r&r - Mt Kinabalu - pouring with rain when i was there so didn't climb (I'm a wimp). Sandakan - orang utan sanctuary; trip to jungle camp in the Kinabatangan area.

There's also the rafflesia if the biggest flower in the world appeals.

And more .. but without knowing what you are interested in, or your comfort levels, I'll leave it at that for now.

Happy travels.

Kathie

Search here for Kathie's Borneo Trip Report. I posted it in December and it tells of my adventures.

I'm glad to answer any specific questions you may have.

I'd say that you are better off to fly into Kota Kinabalu or Kuching (depending on whether you want to go to Sabah or Sarawak). I don't know whether you can fly directly to either of those cities or whether you have to go through KL. You really don't want to fly into Brunei, as you'll then have to fly to wherever you want to go from there - and Brunei is very expensive.

hornbill

i thought there were direct flights to kota kinabalu from hong kong but i could be wrong. definitely no direct flights from hong kong to kuching

colandsi

Thanks everyone that is really helpful.

I spoke to a couple of people about Borneo, and one person said that it is really commercialised and all the jungle is now farmland and the other said that they were in the middle of a civil war! does anyone have any views on this?!?!?!?

laurieco

I was in Borneo in September and I can tell you it is not all commercialised and there is still plenty of jungle left. I don't know what civil war your friends are talking about, I certainly didn't see any evidence of one. I was in Sandakan, Kuching and Batang Ai and it was all very peaceful.

Kathie

I think your friends don't want you to go. There is no civil war and... well, have you read my trip report???? I'll top it for you.

marmot

You can fly non-stop from Hong Kong to both, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu.

Aside from the rain forest/wildlife attractions, I'd also recommend the Mulu caves near Miri. These are relatively easy to access by wooden walkways, are well lighted and spectacularly beautiful.

marmot

Correction: the caves I was thinking of are the NIAH caves. The MULU caves are also a wonderful destination, but NIAH is the one I've been to.