Batang Ai, 3-Day Family Jungle Adventure - Sarawak, Borneo

Early this morning your driver will collect you from your hotel and you’ll start travelling into the Batang Ai. You’ll make a quick pit-stop en-route and here you can collect supplies for your stay. After a couple of hours travelling, you’ll reach the reservoir where your guide from the Iban Tribe will meet you, and you’ll board a longboat to your lodge. After checking in, you and your family will have dinner and then you can have an early night or spend the evening as you please.

It’s exciting to wake up to the sounds of the jungle, and once you’re all up and awake, you’ll enjoy a delicious breakfast cooked by your guide. Grab your walking shoes, as you’ll be heading into the jungle and exploring the surrounding area. You’ll walk through the forest and your guide will point out the native trees, plants and if you’re extremely lucky, even wild orangutans. When you’re getting all sweaty from walking, you’ll find yourself at a large, hidden waterfall – the perfect place for a refreshing dip to cool yourselves down!

Once you’re back at your lodge, you’ve time to freshen up before heading for a shorter afternoon walk. You’re bound to have built up quite an appetite by this point, which is great news as you’re invited to join the local Iban at the nearby Sumpa Lodge for dinner. Bring your tribe to meet the Iban tribe for an evening of cultural exchanges, rice wine, dinner and to find out more about each other’s respective lives. This is the best way to find out about their way of life and see how they live.

After another delicious breakfast, it’s time to say goodbye to your hosts and the Iban tribe as you head back to your longboat. You’ll stop along the way for lunch and then get back to Kuching in the late afternoon. If you fancy more adventure you can always continue on with our Semenggoh Rehabilitation trip and take a wildlife cruise down the Santubong River. Otherwise, we can book you into a resort on the Damai Peninsula, and you can kick back on the beach and head out kayaking.