A World Of Adventure

We had a wonderful time. The holiday was a great choice for our family’s age group (travelling with 16 & 18-year-old).
Shangri-La Tanjung Aru was lovely. We hired a charter boat for a day which was perfect because we got taken to snorkelling areas that were inaccessible to your run of the mill tourist. It was staffed by Jonathon (captain – Englishman who has lived in Malaysia for 28 years) and 2 local crew. They fed us, always had someone snorkel with us and Jonathon was a font of information. They would take us wherever we wanted so they took us to the zip line between islands also…..We were lucky enough to be around for the Sunday street markets as well.
We were met by our guide at Sandakan airport (G.K. Tan) who stayed us for the entire rest of the holiday. Tan was great! We saw 5 wild orangutans at the bird’s nest cave (2 mums with babies and 1 male showing unwanted attention!). They were really close. Tan said it looked like the older mum was testing the child to see if he could look after himself as we watched him get sent across open ground to climb a tree and pick his own jack fruit.
Billit Rainforest Lodge could not be faulted. Food was good & plentiful. Rooms were clean, spacious & air conditioned. We saw wild pygmy elephants, orangutans, crocodiles, 5 types of monkeys on our river cruising. The elephants couldn’t be found again the next day so our timing was perfect.
Overall, a great holiday. Thanks for organising for us.

- Stephanie