Kinabatangan River

We rose early for a boat ride on the Kinabatangan River.
Leaving at 6am the mist was still on the river.
We saw a variety of wild life, including, Proboscis monkeys, long tailed Macaques, a few crocodiles, a number of Oriental Pied Hornbills and a couple of Black Hornbills - amongst others!
After breakfast we took a short drive to Gomantong Cave, spotting a number of monkeys along the way including a couple of Maroon Langurs, which are not particularly common. Gomantong cave is home to a number of species of bats and also swiftlets who build their nests in the cave. When the swiftlets young have hatched the locals harvest the nests which are used to make birds nest soup.
The walk to and from the cave went through rainforest and Mags was in her element.
On return to the car park we were lucky to see a female Orangutan with her baby.
After a lazy afternoon we took another trip on the River.
Again we saw a large variety of wildlife, various monkeys - in large numbers - crocodiles, a variety of birds, including hornbills, blue throated bee eaters and a Hawk Eagle.
We had fantastic sightings of Pygmy Elephants as they cooled off in the river and one Elephant swimming across the river using its trunk as a snorkel. 2 of the Elephants had very long tusks that curved back towards their shoulders.
All in all a really fantastic day.Read more