Elephants @ Kinabantangan River
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About Nature Lodge in Kinabatangan

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‘Kinabatangan River’ is Sabah’s longest river and measures 560 km from its headwaters in the southwest of the state and empties into the Sulu Sea, east of Sandakan

This area is known to have the most conservation of wildlife in the whole Island of Borneo whom is the third largest Island in the world.

Sightings of the unique Proboscis Monkeys are common among the rainforest in the late afternoon. One may also catch a glimpse of a wild Orang Utan, leaf monkeys, gibbons, macaques or the newly discovered “Borneon Pgymy Elephants”. Though elephants and larger animals come and go-herd often break up to get through to plantations encroaching many areas.

Bird lovers will find the bird-watching incredible: all 8 of Borneo’s hornbill species are seen regularly. Occasionally, two species of the gorgeous pitas can be spotted, as well as the Storm’s stork and the bizarre Oriental darter or ‘Snake Bird’ in any short trek can be sight.

The lodge is located out of the normal tourist route and has been built by using a recycle wood and placed out of the tourist route in order to enjoy the surrounding nature and to minimize the impact.

Wildlife
Kinabatangan contains the highest concentration of proboscis monkeys and orang utans in Malaysia. Proboscis monkeys can best be viewed from a boat in the late afternoon when they converge on treetops.

Other wildlife include long-tailed macaque, pig-tailed macaque, silver-red-and grey-leaf monkey, gibbon, Asian elephant, wild cattle, Sumatran rhinoceros, sambar deer, bearded pig, greater and lesser mousedeer, hairy-nosed otter, slow loris, monitor lizard and crocodile. Birdlife include oriental darter, egret, herons, storm’s stork, hawk and eagle, osprey, falcon, pheasant, pigeon and dove, parakeet, coucal, owl, frogmouth, nightjar, trogon, kingfisher, bee eater, hornbill, swift, roller, barbet, woodpecker, broadbill, pitta, swallow, bulbul, forktail, babbler, warbler, flycatcher, flowerpecker, spiderhunter, drongo, oriole, crow and many others. Some 27 species of bats or an estimated 2.1 million bats, mostly wrinkled-lipped bat roost in Gomantong Caves. Predatory birds include bat hawk, peregrine falcon and buffy fish owl.