Kinabatangan River Safari, Sabah

A two or three-night river safari along the Kinabatangan — Malaysia's longest river — in narrow longboats through a surviving forest corridor between oil palm plantations produces wildlife encounter rates that rival the Masai Mara: Bornean pygmy elephants, proboscis monkeys, orangutans, eight species of hornbill, estuarine crocodiles, and oriental darters are regular sightings within a single journey.