Comments on: The Kinabatangan river safari http://velvetescape.com/2010/04/the-kinabatangan-river-safari/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-kinabatangan-river-safari go explore. experience. and be inspired. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:04:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Maria Russo http://velvetescape.com/2010/04/the-kinabatangan-river-safari/#comment-7470 Maria Russo Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:41:06 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=4416#comment-7470 What an incredible experience! I've been considering a trip to Borneo and this has tipped me over the edge. Thanks for sharing! What an incredible experience! I’ve been considering a trip to Borneo and this has tipped me over the edge. Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: Kingfisher - Kinabatangan River | The Happy Explorer http://velvetescape.com/2010/04/the-kinabatangan-river-safari/#comment-3225 Kingfisher - Kinabatangan River | The Happy Explorer Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:07:51 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=4416#comment-3225 [...] the accompanying post: ‘The Kinabatangan River Safari‘. Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 Asia TAGS: Malaysia, [...] [...] the accompanying post: ‘The Kinabatangan River Safari‘. Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 Asia TAGS: Malaysia, [...]

]]> By: velvet http://velvetescape.com/2010/04/the-kinabatangan-river-safari/#comment-3131 velvet Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:40:19 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=4416#comment-3131 Cool! I'm sure you'll have an awesome time there. Will keep a look-out for your Sabah posts. Enjoy! Cheers, Keith Cool! I’m sure you’ll have an awesome time there. Will keep a look-out for your Sabah posts. Enjoy!

Cheers,
Keith

]]> By: Travel With a Mate http://velvetescape.com/2010/04/the-kinabatangan-river-safari/#comment-3126 Travel With a Mate Sun, 13 Jun 2010 06:47:18 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=4416#comment-3126 Very much looking forward to doing this very trip at the end of June. Keep an eye out for our reviews from all over Sabah. Thanks for helping me prepare! Very much looking forward to doing this very trip at the end of June. Keep an eye out for our reviews from all over Sabah. Thanks for helping me prepare!

]]> By: Shop till you drop in Kuala Lumpur | velvet escape's blog http://velvetescape.com/2010/04/the-kinabatangan-river-safari/#comment-2891 Shop till you drop in Kuala Lumpur | velvet escape's blog Tue, 25 May 2010 22:18:26 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=4416#comment-2891 [...] The Kinabatangan river safari [...] [...] The Kinabatangan river safari [...]

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]]> By: Rob http://velvetescape.com/2010/04/the-kinabatangan-river-safari/#comment-2707 Rob Sat, 08 May 2010 19:29:07 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=4416#comment-2707 Keith, what a beautifull adventure, and again beautifully (and funny) told! .. Orang Belanda ...mmm..maybe I'll change my nationality.., does my nose look this big? Keith, what a beautifull adventure, and again beautifully (and funny) told!
.. Orang Belanda …mmm..maybe I’ll change my nationality.., does my nose look this big?

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]]> By: Travel Contest: The Blog Hop Is On! | velvet escape's blog http://velvetescape.com/2010/04/the-kinabatangan-river-safari/#comment-2594 Travel Contest: The Blog Hop Is On! | velvet escape's blog Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:04:06 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=4416#comment-2594 [...] The Kinabatangan River Safari [...] [...] The Kinabatangan River Safari [...]

]]> By: velvet http://velvetescape.com/2010/04/the-kinabatangan-river-safari/#comment-2566 velvet Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:29:38 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=4416#comment-2566 Hi Mindy, I was there for only one night (unfortunately). Yes, we did see quite a few monitor lizards - have a picture of one of them on a branch. Some people who left comments here said they saw wild orangutans too. Pretty awesome. Thanks for your comment! Cheers, Keith Hi Mindy,
I was there for only one night (unfortunately). Yes, we did see quite a few monitor lizards – have a picture of one of them on a branch. Some people who left comments here said they saw wild orangutans too. Pretty awesome.

Thanks for your comment!

Cheers,
Keith

]]> By: Mindy McAdams http://velvetescape.com/2010/04/the-kinabatangan-river-safari/#comment-2565 Mindy McAdams Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:26:22 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=4416#comment-2565 Hey, Keith, how long was this safari? How many nights did you stay at the lodge at Bukit Melapi? Sounds great -- I have been boat-riding on the Kinabatangan and also never did see a single crocodile. One thing we saw that you did not mention: big monitor lizards! First we saw them running on the riverbank. Then they jumped in and went swimming, parallel to the bank. Very impressive. We also saw a trashed clearing where the dwarf elephants had recently had a romp. That got our hopes up for seeing the elephants, but there was no other sign of them. Hey, Keith, how long was this safari? How many nights did you stay at the lodge at Bukit Melapi? Sounds great — I have been boat-riding on the Kinabatangan and also never did see a single crocodile.

One thing we saw that you did not mention: big monitor lizards! First we saw them running on the riverbank. Then they jumped in and went swimming, parallel to the bank. Very impressive.

We also saw a trashed clearing where the dwarf elephants had recently had a romp. That got our hopes up for seeing the elephants, but there was no other sign of them.

]]> By: velvet http://velvetescape.com/2010/04/the-kinabatangan-river-safari/#comment-2562 velvet Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:39:57 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=4416#comment-2562 Hi Kathryn, Yup, you can see all of them in Sabah. It's an amazing corner of Borneo & I highly recommend a visit. Glad you're loving my Sabah posts. :-) Cheers, Keith Hi Kathryn,
Yup, you can see all of them in Sabah. It’s an amazing corner of Borneo & I highly recommend a visit.
Glad you’re loving my Sabah posts. :-)

Cheers,
Keith

]]> By: Travelfusion http://velvetescape.com/2010/04/the-kinabatangan-river-safari/#comment-2560 Travelfusion Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:09:16 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=4416#comment-2560 First orangutans and now proboscis monkeys?!? Wow - if I wasn't before, I'm now OFFICIALLY jealous! Thanks for the fantastic stories and photos. I'm enjoying living vicariously through your adventures. Kathryn First orangutans and now proboscis monkeys?!? Wow – if I wasn’t before, I’m now OFFICIALLY jealous! Thanks for the fantastic stories and photos. I’m enjoying living vicariously through your adventures.

Kathryn

]]> By: velvet http://velvetescape.com/2010/04/the-kinabatangan-river-safari/#comment-2554 velvet Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:30:09 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=4416#comment-2554 Thanks Deb. Think I would have freaked out if that spider landed on me! You're so lucky to have seen the orangutan in the wild. Cheers, Keith Thanks Deb. Think I would have freaked out if that spider landed on me! You’re so lucky to have seen the orangutan in the wild.

Cheers, Keith

]]> By: Dave and Deb http://velvetescape.com/2010/04/the-kinabatangan-river-safari/#comment-2553 Dave and Deb Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:22:19 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=4416#comment-2553 Your safari lodge looks way nicer than our rustic lodge with Uncle Tans:) But we loved our time at Kinabatangan. I can't believe that people jumped into the water. But when panic strikes, all rational thoughts go out the window. We were even lucky enough to see an orangutan in the wild at Kinabatangan. I think that we saw almost everything that you could see in Borneo while on safari there. Except for the Rhino. One great tip we learned on the night safari was to hold your flashlight up to your nose while you look into the jungle. The light will catch the animals eyes and you will be able to spot them quite easily. We learned all the different colours of each type of animal too. I can't quite remember the rules anymore, but I think it was red eyes for mammals, green eyes for amphibians. Very cool! During our night jungle walk, huge spider fell on a girl in our group and we all freaked out, (maybe we would have jumped out of the boat if we were in it) Then our guide said it wasn't poisonous as he casually took it off her back and let it crawl on a few brave souls. Dave was one of them of course:-) Your safari lodge looks way nicer than our rustic lodge with Uncle Tans:) But we loved our time at Kinabatangan. I can’t believe that people jumped into the water. But when panic strikes, all rational thoughts go out the window.
We were even lucky enough to see an orangutan in the wild at Kinabatangan. I think that we saw almost everything that you could see in Borneo while on safari there. Except for the Rhino.
One great tip we learned on the night safari was to hold your flashlight up to your nose while you look into the jungle. The light will catch the animals eyes and you will be able to spot them quite easily. We learned all the different colours of each type of animal too. I can’t quite remember the rules anymore, but I think it was red eyes for mammals, green eyes for amphibians. Very cool!
During our night jungle walk, huge spider fell on a girl in our group and we all freaked out, (maybe we would have jumped out of the boat if we were in it) Then our guide said it wasn’t poisonous as he casually took it off her back and let it crawl on a few brave souls. Dave was one of them of course:-)

]]> By: Kirsty Wilson http://velvetescape.com/2010/04/the-kinabatangan-river-safari/#comment-2547 Kirsty Wilson Wed, 21 Apr 2010 08:22:23 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=4416#comment-2547 Oh WOW....looks like another destination for the 'Bucket List'. I love finding out about new places I never knew existed! Oh WOW….looks like another destination for the ‘Bucket List’. I love finding out about new places I never knew existed!

]]> By: velvet http://velvetescape.com/2010/04/the-kinabatangan-river-safari/#comment-2543 velvet Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:13:41 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=4416#comment-2543 Thanks Marilyn. The whole place felt like I was leafing through a Nat Geo mag, well apart from the Karaoke in the Jungle. ;-) I guess my sensible side prevailed - I knew I had to get up at 5:30am the next day and once you get me going on stage... you never know what'll happen next. LOL! :-) Thrilled you love the pics! Cheers, Keith Thanks Marilyn. The whole place felt like I was leafing through a Nat Geo mag, well apart from the Karaoke in the Jungle. ;-) I guess my sensible side prevailed – I knew I had to get up at 5:30am the next day and once you get me going on stage… you never know what’ll happen next. LOL! :-) Thrilled you love the pics!

Cheers,
Keith

]]> By: Marilyn Terrell http://velvetescape.com/2010/04/the-kinabatangan-river-safari/#comment-2542 Marilyn Terrell Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:02:16 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=4416#comment-2542 Great story! I love the monkey and kingfisher photos. Sorry to hear you passed on Karaoke in the Jungle :) Great story! I love the monkey and kingfisher photos. Sorry to hear you passed on Karaoke in the Jungle :)

]]> By: velvet http://velvetescape.com/2010/04/the-kinabatangan-river-safari/#comment-2541 velvet Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:27:43 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=4416#comment-2541 They were asleep. They had no idea I was that close. :-) Thanks Jen! They were asleep. They had no idea I was that close. :-)
Thanks Jen!

]]> By: jen Laceda http://velvetescape.com/2010/04/the-kinabatangan-river-safari/#comment-2540 jen Laceda Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:26:32 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=4416#comment-2540 wow! and the birds don't get scared off? lovely close-up portraits of kingfishers! wow! and the birds don’t get scared off? lovely close-up portraits of kingfishers!

]]> By: velvet http://velvetescape.com/2010/04/the-kinabatangan-river-safari/#comment-2539 velvet Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:12:20 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=4416#comment-2539 Thanks for your comment Nancie. Seeing an orangutan in the wild must've been an awesome experience - that's so rare. Cheers, Keith Thanks for your comment Nancie. Seeing an orangutan in the wild must’ve been an awesome experience – that’s so rare.

Cheers,
Keith

]]> By: Nancie (Ladyexpat) http://velvetescape.com/2010/04/the-kinabatangan-river-safari/#comment-2538 Nancie (Ladyexpat) Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:03:52 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=4416#comment-2538 Hi Keith, I toured the Kinabatangan with Uncle Tan's two years ago. It was a fantastic adventure. The highlight for me was seeing a orangutan in the wild. Thank you for bring back from great memories. Hi Keith,

I toured the Kinabatangan with Uncle Tan’s two years ago. It was a fantastic adventure. The highlight for me was seeing a orangutan in the wild.

Thank you for bring back from great memories.

]]> By: velvet http://velvetescape.com/2010/04/the-kinabatangan-river-safari/#comment-2537 velvet Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:28:39 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=4416#comment-2537 Haha, that's probably true. Great story to tell though. :-) Thanks for your comment. Cheers, Keith Haha, that’s probably true. Great story to tell though. :-)
Thanks for your comment.

Cheers,
Keith

]]> By: David @ MalaysiaAsia http://velvetescape.com/2010/04/the-kinabatangan-river-safari/#comment-2536 David @ MalaysiaAsia Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:25:06 +0000 http://velvetescape.com/blog/?p=4416#comment-2536 Keith, great write on this. Funny too cause my guide told me the same story about the snake falling on to the boat during my river safari there in Dec. Probably it's a guide story for everyone :) Keith, great write on this. Funny too cause my guide told me the same story about the snake falling on to the boat during my river safari there in Dec. Probably it’s a guide story for everyone :)

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