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About Kinabatangan River

Kinabatangan River starts deep in the heart of southwestern Sabah, where trickles spilling down from the watersheds of Trus Madi and the Maliau Basin merge with countless other rivulets to form small streams. These streams grow into the Kuamut and Milian rivers, always moving steadily to the northeast, then merge into one large river, by now the color of kopi susu or milky coffee from silt washed off the sides of the steep slopes down which it flows. The volume of water increases and picks up speed as it moves ever onwards, finally threading through coastal mangroves and spilling out into the Sulu Sea. This is the Kinabatangan, at 560 km, Sabah's longest river and the second longest in all of Malaysia.

Each year, the lashing rains of the northeast monsoon cause the river to swell rapidly. Unable to disgorge into the sea quickly enough, the river frequently overflows its banks and spreads across the flat land of its lower reaches, creating a huge floodplain. The lower Kinabatangan teems with both animal and plant life, making it the best area for viewing wildlife, not just in Sabah but in all of Southeast Asia.

For centuries, the rare treasures of Borneo's forests acted as a magnet for traders who came in search of edible birds' nests, rhinoceros horn, elephant ivory and hornbill casques for the Emperor and the wealthy mandarins of China. They also sought a hardwood resin, damar; flexible rattan vines; beeswax to make candles; fragrant woods and oil-rich illipe nuts. The mighty Kinabatangan was the only route into the forests of northeastern Sabah, to the scattered riverine settlements where forest produce and birds' nests were traded.

Today , Kinabatangan significantly as Tourism Place . The remarkable highlight of nature and wildlife simply attract many traveler to come visiting enjoy the insider of its golden wildlife scenery. The are many option lining of what kind of mode vacant for vacant. Were just an option . Bilit Homestay at Kinabatangan River are very glad to welcome everybody to join our itinerary.

Happy travel!

About Homestay

Kampung Bilit is a tiny village, with about 150 inhabitants living in 26 houses. The villagers of Bilit, like almost all Orang Sungai, make their living from fishing in the river and the nearby oxbow lake, Danau Bilit. Kampung Bilit is elephant territory. On a weekly basis, the folks plant bananas in plantations to provide food for the elephants for a 2-fold reason - to keep them away from their gardens and also attract the elephants to frequent the area as a tourist attraction.

The Orang Sungai are known for their warm hospitality and would be happy to involve you in their daily activities. There are no hard and fast rules about itinerary in the village. Take things light and easy. Don’t be afraid to ask to be involved in their daily activities; mingle with the folks, visit their banana plantation, join in a volleyball game, walk into their kitchen and check out what’s cooking for dinner, learn a recipe or two. Get involve, let the place warm up to you and experience the Kampung lifestyle.

Our Homestay promoting significantly attach with prime itinerary that is – a river cruise. Then upon on variety and similarly lies on what the other offers you, we come a different approach of activities and mode. Firstly it’s all suitable and very equip with family vacant. If your come with kids ideally this is the place that mode vacant u seeks for. If u comes with allowing your self with some more adventure, we have been experienced setup a camp really at the jungle; catch a fish by manually from river. Staying overnight a jungle. No other lodge comes with this itinerary. It significantly tremendous guide equip with jungle skill. We did it before. We’re willing to wait whose turn to join our camp site for next trip. But then, Fitness level are important thing, Are you thing u are? Escaping from city and avoiding mind hazard with meditation of nature sound at morning time. It really fantastic! Im sure u will like It.!

Cheers,

OUR VALID RATE!

UNBEATABLE OFFER!!

Tour Price

2D/1N RM270.00 per person

3D/2N RM330.00 per person

(50 % discount aged less than 12 yrs)

(Subject are minimum 2 persons per depart)

2D/1N

Itinerary

Day 1 (lunch, Dinner)

Pick up at hotel lobby at 10.00am and transfer to Bilit Homestay at Kinabatangan River.

Roughly 3 hours spent during overland drive and arrive at Bilit Homestay at 01.00pm.

Check in at homestay and lunch will be serve at 01.15pm. Take a short kampong tour. Late at evening at 04.00pm , we will enjoy river cruise down Kinabatangan River for the sighting of Proboscis Monkey and other wildlife Until sunset . Dinner. Overnight.

Day 2 (Breakfast )

Breakfast at 05.40am.

We will proceed to have a cruising at early morning right after breakfast. A morning cruise is the best condition to call for bird sight. Morning cruise will spent about 2 hours on activities. Return to Sandakan around 09.00am.Arrive at Sandakan at 12.15pm

Include :

Homestay accommodation , In house guide , Ground transport – return transport as well, Evening and morning cruise , Meals as stated .

Recommended gear :

Insect repellant , sun lotion , Hat , Trekking shoes , Leech socks , Long pants .

3d / 2n

Day 1 (Lunch , Dinner )

Pick up at hotel lobby at 10.00am and transfer to Bilit Homestay at Kinabatangan at 01.00pm. Roughly 3 hours spent during overland drive and arrive at Bilit Homestay at 01.00pm .Check in at homestay and lunch will be serving on 01.15pm. Take a short Kampung tour. Late at evening by 04.00pm. We will enjoy river cruise down Kinabatangan River for the sighting of Proboscis Monkey and other wildlife. Dinner. Overnight.

Day 2 (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Breakfast at 05.45am

At 06.00am Trekking activities start .This time we will have a short 10 minutes, cross the river to the point of starting walk by means of jungle trekking. During jungle trekking we you will be guided to get at the place around ox-bow Lake. , Trekking approximately spent 2 hours on activity.

Lunch at 12.00pm

Late afternoon at 04.00pm, we will cruise again to the up river of Kinabatangan for the sighting of Primates Borneo and birds.

Include :

Homestay accommodation , In house guide , Ground transport – return transport as well, Evening and morning cruise , Meals as stated .

Recommended gear :

Insect repellant , sun lotion , Hat , Trekking shoes , Leech socks , Long pants .

Saturday, 9 May 2009

How it was.

Thanks to coming this tiny web .
We were just on doing to uploading some more videos telling what inside the Kinabatangan. Thanks for visiting . All the videos purposely giving an information so that any purchase that been made were believing that anything that value your money been understanding . And were proceed feeding in this blog a tonne of information so you,re fully prepared about the place to visiting .


Cheers.

Regards
kinabatangan_homestay@yahoo.com
Posted by bilit homestay at kinabatangan river at 01:20 0 comments

greeting.

happy saturday nite,

sukau road.

Previously sukau road was horrible . In fact , were getting stuck somewhere in the middle of queing to catch the main road of Sandakan Lahad Datu . Heading to Sandakan .
Now a day all memories still remain barrier all day not to be forgotten . Are there any traveller being with me during year 2006-2007 ? . They are all people know it . Highlighten all these memories simply because all year at the end of november and december , rainy season ahead . And is not simplicity as to get a good sight all things that mentioning on the picture - brochures .
As it now , everything slowly develope , gravel upgraded to aspalt road . Accessing was easy , and those all memories passes by were sweet to remember . From a very isolated village to Tourism site , its came slowly and then rapidly change .
Im just wondering - its love of nature , not fading developement . This place dramatically the hidden treasure of world heritage . The Scenery at evening cruise a more than words . Deffrential standing in the middle of super structure of building and being surround by jungle are two abstract thing . Two things were amazed . But jungle a very strong telling how wonderful the life it was . it's about nature's life .

Regards ,
Azlan Samat
Kinabatangan Homestay.
Posted by bilit homestay at kinabatangan river at 00:57 0 comments

greeting.

Posted by bilit homestay at kinabatangan river at 00:57 0 comments
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