"Uncle Tan's Wildlife Adventures Tour" Bukit Garam by Willettsworld

My friend actually managed to book us on this 3 day/2 night tour whilst we were in Sandakan. The idea of the tour is to provide a way for those wanting to see jungle wildlife on a budget and to raise awareness against the relentless logging. By all accounts Uncle Tan was a local legend in his fight for the conservation of the rainforest until his recent passing away and this centre is by far the most popular of the wildlife centres available in Sabah.

The camp is on a piece of Native Land near the Lokan River, a tributary of the Lower Kinabatangan River, located near a small village called Bukit Garam. The location of the camp gives it a definite remoteness so you can really appreciate the wildlife that lives in the rainforest and you'll definitely won't be disappointed if you're a nature lover. We really enjoyed seeing all the different species such as rare wild orang-utans, proboscis monkeys, Borneo gibbons, kingfishers, storks, hornbills and various creepy-crawlies. I've put all the names of what we were meant to have seen in a General tip as the guys at the camp wrote them all down on a whiteboard. The camp itself is very basic - just huts with mattresses on the floor and the bathroom facilities feature WC's but you 'shower' using brown river water. You can find more about the camp accommodation in my accommodation tip. The food was good and plentiful plus there are drinks including beer which you buy on top of the tour price. We paid RM320 back in March 2009 and this includes transportation, food, accommodation, guides, tea/coffee. I've included our itinerary from our tour with all the things we did and saw in some of my tips.