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Build your own Borneo trip

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Borneo experiences tailored to you

  • Personalised travel advice

  • In-destination support

  • ABTA & ATOL financial protection

Borneo is an adventurous paradise begging to be explored. Stay in jungle lodges, find solace among the sounds of hornbills and distant whoops of gibbons or hike above the clouds. Come face to face with indigenous tribes, meet endangered orangutans and top off your holiday to Borneo with some downtime on a tropical island.

Bite-sized trips, itineraries or tailor-made trips

Using a selection of our bite-sized trips, we have created a range of itineraries to get you up close to the real Borneo. Our bite-sized trips include transport, accommodation, and experiences and are typically 2-5 days in length. You can choose from our flexible bite-sized trips and build your own bespoke trip or get inspired with one of our ready-made itineraries.

Our Borneo travel specialists are destination experts and can advise you on the best routes, when to travel and top places to stay. Contact our team to start planning your dream Borneo holiday.

A peek at our Borneo experiences

Let us share our favourite places in Borneo with you! Build your own Borneo holiday using our bite-sized trips or choose one from our ready-made itineraries.

Borneo Tabin travellers
Bite-sized trip

Tabin Wildlife Expedition

  • Lahad Datu - Tabin Wildlife Reserve - Lahad Datu
  • 3 days/ 2 nights (flexible)
  • from £ 940.- per person (excluding flights)
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Borneo traveller on beach
Itinerary

Great Apes & Beach Escapes

  • Kota Kinabalu - Mount Kinabalu National Park - Kota Kinabalu - Sandakan - Sepilok - Kinabatangan - Sukau - Sepilok - Lankayan
  • 10 days / 9 nights (flexible)
  • From £ 2,400.- per person (excluding flights)
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Malaysia Petronas Towers
Itinerary

From City Lights to Jungle Nights – Malaysia & Borneo

  • Kuala Lumpur - Ipoh - Penang - Kota Kinabalu - Sepilok - Kinabatangan - Sukau - Sandakan - Lankayan
  • 16 days / 15 nights (flexible)
  • From £ 2,999.- per person (excluding flights)
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Sabah Borneo tourist with locals
Bite-sized trip

Longhouses, Tribes & Traditions

  • Kota Kinabalu - Kudat - Kota Kinabalu
  • 2 days / 1 night (flexible)
  • from £ 280.- per person (excluding flights)
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Traveller on pier Lankayan Borneo
Bite-sized trip

Castaway Beach on Lankayan Island

  • Sandakan - Lankayan - Sandakan
  • 3 days / 2 nights
  • from £ 645.- per person (excluding flights)
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Borneo Lankayan Accommodation chalet
Itinerary

Brilliantly Borneo

  • Kuching - Batang Ai - Damai Peninsula - Mulu - Kota Kinabalu - Mount Kinabalu - Tabin NP - Sandakan - Sepilok - Kinabatangan - Sukau - Lankayan
  • 24 days / 23 nights (flexible)
  • From £ 5,380.- per person (excluding flights)
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Speak to our Borneo specialist, Kelly

“I loved my first trip to Borneo so much that I recently returned to explore more! Best known for its orangutan, the island is full of adventure and variety. My customers often wow me with their wildlife photos, which makes me want to go back again and again!”

Travel Specialist Kelly
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Borneo Family Holidays

Looking to plan a family adventure to Borneo? We can help! Borneo is a great family destination with short distances, plenty of family accommodation and some of the best wildlife in Asia!

Our trips are designed with families in mind, packed with unique experiences that’ll keep the whole family entertained. Contact our Travel Specialists about our family-friendly Borneo trips and start planning your memorable adventure.

Why book with Rickshaw Travel

  • Peace of mind

  • Knowledgeable travel specialists

  • Responsible travel

Peace of mind

Book with confidence, knowing that our holidays are ABTA protected. And for added peace of mind, we can arrange your ATOL-protected flights too. Booking everything under one roof means we can take care of any flight changes and tweak your itinerary, so you don’t need to worry.

Knowledgeable travel specialists

Our knowledgeable travel specialists will help you piece together your independent and stress-free Borneo holiday. They’ll take the hassle away by personalising a unique itinerary that ticks all of your boxes. You’ll even have 24/7 support from our local partners while you’re away.

Responsible travel

Our holidays are designed to make good things happen, for you and the places you visit. We believe that tourism can be a force for good, so we strive to support local communities and wildlife wherever we go. In Borneo, you’ll stay in locally-run accommodation and get close to the culture, nature, and the people that make the country what it is. Whether it’s by staying in a longhouse with a traditional tribe or visiting wildlife conservation projects for endangered orangutans.

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More Borneo information and inspiration

Keen to find out more about travelling to Borneo? Our travel blog has lots of helpful information and inspiration for your trip. Check out some of our blogs below to get started. 

Rickshaw brings you closer

Borneo is bursting with life wherever you look. From the Orangutans swinging through the trees, diverse tribal communities and beautiful beaches.

Our travel specialists are passionate about planning memorable and meaningful trips to Borneo. If you are looking for helpful tips to get started check out our inspiration page.

Travel with impact

Ensuring you experience the real Borneo is our mission. We achieve this using small-scale hotels, guesthouses, and lodges with responsible credentials so that the money you spend flows directly back to the local people and benefits the country. We maintain fair prices so that our guides, hotel owners, and drivers earn a fair wage. All whilst you have an unforgettable adventure.

Practical information about Borneo

You’ve booked your trip, now what? Admin isn’t anyones favourite thing so we have put together some helpful information to make it a bit easier. Get the low down on all you need to know from visas, passport info and money to the accommodation in Borneo.

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