Planning For A Borneo Holiday? Keep These In Your Itinerary

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Opting to spend your holidays in Borneo is choosing an escapade in one of the most ecologically assorted islands in the planet. The isle of Borneo houses one of the oldest rainforests in the world, and its tropical climate, glorious beaches, and rich mountains make it an excellent place to go for any nature lover.

Be sure you reserve at least seven days if you want to take a Borneo holiday. There are plenty of locations to check out and numerous details you must try in the region that 3 days just will not be enough. Mount Kinabalu, the island's highest point and South East Asia's highest mountain, offers rich wildlife with numerous species you could only find in Borneo. Visit it during the summer season to check out the 1,200 types of wild orchids or gaze as its slopes become grand waterfalls on the rainy season. Make sure you spot one of the 20,000 orangutans remaining on Earth in one of the trees. You will only find these species in this island and in Sumatra.

Borneo features the greatest cave systems in the world. If you're an adventurous kind of person, you should explore some of them. Visit the Mulu National ...
... Park in Sarawak to get started on your adventure within these caverns. You'll find many intricately formed limestone stalactites and stalagmites, along with many swiftlets and bats inhabiting cave walls. You should definitely try a popular Chinese delicacy in the region, bird's nest soup, made out of the nest of the swiftlets. They reportedly have aphrodisiac properties and are generally a tasty treat.

Check out the island's rich mangrove system, which houses not just a rich marine life but also undoubtedly one of Borneo's must-sees: the proboscis monkey. It really is popular due to its unusual nose. This monkey only thrives within this island's mangroves and not elsewhere on the globe. Look for other types of monkeys as well, including the crab-eating macaques or the colorful silver langur. You will also find the fiddler crab, a crab with one claw bigger than the other. Watch while it sends signals to other crabs inside the mangroves, attracting the females and warding off male competition using its big claw.

Your Borneo holiday wouldn't be complete without visiting one of the island's pristine sand beaches. Remember to visit Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park just outside Kota Kinabalu to visit Police Beach. Divers can find this spot a delight too, as Borneo on the whole features rich coral reefs. One look at these reefs and you will realize how it earned its nickname "Rainforest of the Sea." Make sure you head to the group of islands popularized by a hit reality show: Pulau Tiga, now nicknamed "Survivor Island" after the reality show.

These are merely a number of the attractions you'll be able to check out during one of your own holidays in Borneo. Talk to the locals to learn the finest places to visit, and to try and get acquainted with their rich culture. You will discover remnants of history from Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei in this island so soak in as much as you possibly can. Once you've had a taste of the sweetness of Borneo, you'll desire to go back for much more.

Kara spent a few holidays in Borneo and today blogs about different places to check out when going on a Borneo holiday.