Travel around Sabah with like-minded families on a nine-day tour that includes jungle camps, orangutans and a fun cooking class.
Kota KinabaluKinabalu National ParkPoring hot springsKinabatangan Eco Campcooking lessontraditional music and cultural dance performanceSepilok Orangutan ReserveTurtle Island
Description of Borneo family holiday to see Orangutans
If your family is looking for an adventure, this nine-day holiday in Borneo covers all bases, including time spent in the surroundings of Sepilok Orangutan Rehab Centre.
From botanical gardens and hot springs around Kinabalu National Park to river cruises and jungle camps in Kinabatangan, this tour of Borneo is all about uncovering Sabah’s highlights as well as creating lots of space to relax and explore in your own time. Your family can enjoy snorkelling, sand and sea turtles on Turtle Island, prior to completing your Borneo adventure overlooking the coast in Kota Kinabalu.
This is a small group tour where you'll be joining other families with children of similar ages; ideal for anyone hoping to make new friends and share experiences as a family and as part of a wider group.
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Price information
£1295£1101To£1595excluding flights
Single supplement £120.
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At Responsible Travel, we don’t support zoos; we believe spotting wildlife in the wild is the best way to see it.
Holiday information
Minimum age:
5 years old
Child price:
10% reduction on adult price
Single parent:
This trip is well-suited for single parent families
Reviews
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Reviewed on 07 Aug 2025 by Victoria Bramley
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
Seeing an orangutan in the wild and also watching baby turtles hatch and open their eyes for the first time.
2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
Don't think about it, just so it!
3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Yes I feel it definitely brought awareness to important environmental factors and also brought money into the local community.
4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
Absolutely amazing experience and memories to last a lifetime.
Responsible Travel
As the pioneers of responsible tourism, we've screened this (and every) holiday so that you can travel knowing we've worked to maximise the benefits of your holiday to local people and places, and minimise any negative impacts.
Planet
On this trip: Your stay in the Kinabatagan Jungle will take place in conjunction with ecological organisation, MESCOT, whose aim is to provide villagers with environmental education and the means of making a living from the forests, without the need for their destruction. Part of the program is to develop an ecologically sound wildlife and ecotourism centre, owned and operated by the villagers themselves.
You will visit the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre, which was set up to help re-introduce these wonderful creatures back into the wild after a life of domestication or having been orphaned.
Charity Partnerships: As a company we support The Travel Foundation, a UK charity that has been established to promote responsible travel practises throughout the whole of the travel industry. We also work with a number of charity partners who work in the destinations that we visit; including Friends of Conservation and Born Free Foundation. We partner with many small grassroots projects throughout the destinations that we visit - they all share our responsible vision.
Our Foundation: We’ve highlighted a few of the ways in which we offer our support, financially or otherwise, and now you can, too. We have set up our own foundation, which will administer funds donated by you. A small donation of £1 per person will be taken when booking a holiday, which we then match, and that money will be put to good use by one of our carefully selected projects. If you don’t want to make the donation, just tell us when you book.
People
Our Responsible Travel Code: Being Responsible is at the heart of everything our company does - full details of our code can be found on our website. The local supplier for this trip will promote our responsible travel code throughout your adventure. You will also receive specific information on this trip’s responsibility in your trip notes.
Dress standards are conservative throughout Asia, especially outside major cities. To respect this and for your own comfort, we strongly recommend modest clothing. This means clothing that covers your shoulders and knees. Loose, lightweight, long clothing is both respectful and cool in areas of predominantly hot climate. In many rural areas women will need to wear modest clothing even to swim. Singlets, tank tops and topless sun bathing are all unacceptable. When visiting religious sites men often need to wear long trousers and women a long skirt or sarong.
