Jessica Wandering

Photos and thoughts on my travels

Kinabetangan River

So you take a van and then boat for over an hour to get to the resort on the river.
Then they take you on an evening cruise to see monitors
And see an orangutan in the wild !
And pigtail macaques, the guide said long tails are tricksters, but pigtails are gangsters. They are way strong and more aggressive.
Still cute from afar
And can be pretty funny.
And proboscis again. I didn’t get a photo, but it was cool to see them in groups. Either one male and his “harem” or a bunch of bachelors.
The forest is just pretty too
Pretty nice for our first night. There are multiple World Wildlife Fund projects in this area. Planting more fruiting trees, and making bridges for the animals to be able to cross the river to expand their available territory be so much has been lost to palm plantations.
Night walk, western tarsier
Our guide found one but it moved away too fast to call us over. He was persistent and it paid off.
The other ones we’d seen were just still and maybe moving their heads, but this guy was doing his ninja thing.
And tarsier out…
This is a real bird. It is not fake.
Sleeping birds
This was at the end of the walk back by camp.
Morning cruise
Storm stork there were also purple herons, but I didn’t get a great picture.
Tiny crocodile.
Medium crocodile
Big crocodile!
A pretty morning on the river
This bird is also not fake. I wish my camera was better.
And this one
Or this one.
Or this one!
The guide said they did a survey and they estimate there are three crocodiles on every kilometer of the river.
View of the dining area from the boat. After the morning cruise our guide offered have us buy and plant a tree. So we did three. They are wild figs and should grow pretty fast. They are to the right and back a bit from here. Money to the village family for growing the seedlings.
Another orangutan! I can’t believe we saw another the next day. And I’m so pleased with Zarah’s camera, and sad about mine.
More probosci
I love this even though my phone can’t focus far away. A very young long tail macaque in mid jump.
I’m trying painting out. Here is Zarah’s birthday card. Don’t laugh…
Zarah’s birthday “cake”. The staff was so sweet. I explained she didn’t want a cake she just liked fruit. They got so creative! And everyone sang.
It was an amazing experience here. Sukau Bilit Resort took good care of us and it was a lovely resort considering we were deep in the wilds. Nothing too fancy, but you get everything you need to go see the animals.

Borneo is well worth a trip to see the animals up close and in the wild.

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2 responses to “Kinabetangan River”

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    Henry Schroeder

    Hi-  Spectacular birds,  Many, many different primates,   Beautiful river trip,…   Not crazy about all the crocodiles….  too aggressive…  prefer alligators!,  Very cool BD ‘cake’   Wild and wonderful adventure!   Love,  Marilee

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      jessicaeastre

      Yes the crocs were a little too impressive for sure.

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