Borneo Mangrove Forest Tour: Proboscis Monkeys and Fireflies Experience near Kota Kinabalu

Embark on a thrilling day trip to the Borneo Mangrove Forest near Kota Kinabalu. Encounter Proboscis monkeys, Macaque Long tail, and Silver Leaf monkeys, and witness the mesmerizing spectacle of hundreds of fireflies illuminating the mangrove trees.

Duration: 8 hours
Highlights
  • Weston Wetland Park - Weston is a town on the west coast of the state of Sabah in Malaysia. It is located in the Interior Division of Sabah, and is about 100 kilometres south of Sabah’s capital Kota Kinabalu. Weston is one of the towns along the Pan Borneo Highway. The bizarre-looking proboscis monkey gaining as much popularity with the tourists as the orang utan, the Weston Wetland with its large proboscis population is fast becoming the latest ecotourism destination in Sabah.
What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Local guide
  • Afternoon tea
  • Driver/guide
  • Dinner
  • Round-trip shared transfer
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Tea and coffee
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

A day trip tour to Proboscis monkeys and fireflies near Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo provides a chance to spend an afternoon and evening traveling through a mangrove forest situated in Sabah. It will be departing from your hotel around one an half hours drive reach our jetty. When we arrive at the jetty, coffee/tea and local made cakes will be served. Arrive jetty, cruise along the River Cruise with mangroves on either side of the river in search of Proboscis monkeys, Macaque Long tail, Silver Leaf monkeys, birds and monitor lizards. At night amazed by Borneo’s sunset and by nightfall, be amazed by hundreds of blinking fire flies lighting the mangrove trees as Christmas trees.

  • Outskirt Hotel Pick Up & Drop off Policy
  • Additional charges of MYR30 per pax are chargeable for outskirt hotels pick-ups.
  • Outskirt charges will be imposed on traveler that request to be picked up at hotels outside of Kota Kinabalu city area & 1 Borneo Shopping mall area.
Location
Weston Wetland Park
Lot 3-49 3rd Floor, Star City North, Asia City Road
Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

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Conniela5732ep
May 12, 2024
I recommend this company - We saw many fireflies and a couple monkeys. The tour was an enjoyable vacation. The staff was professional and entertaining. The guide was very responsible. They made sure we were safe while we were enjoying the tour. Overall, I highly recommend this company. If I'm to return to Malaysia for another vacation, I would definitely book with them again.
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Melodydingding
Apr 6, 2024
A great experience - It was a memorable experience and we had a great time. Great guides and nice foods too. We saw lots of proboscis monkeys and the firefly experience was wonderful. Highly recommend this experience!
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Explore66746754743
Apr 1, 2024
Christmas lights at Easter - Boat operators knew their stuff! Eagle vision spotting the monkeys in the trees! The mangroves looked like a Christmas tree lights display once the fireflies came out!
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Sightseer08497215926
Jan 27, 2024
Wonderful nature tour - Meet nice local people and enjoy the local food. The breezy river cruise is rejuvenating while enjoying the breathtaking sunset and observing the living creatures along the river - the proboscis monkey and fireflies are amazing. Highly recommended to those who love nature.
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Trail50588569896
Aug 7, 2023
A very nice monkey firefly trip - It was a good experience. I saw wild monkeys, the sunset, the fireflies after dark, and the stars in the sky were really pretty. The food was delicious, local style, and it was a really great experience.~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Twilightlily
Jun 21, 2024
Nice day tour with family - Nice experience seeing the proboscis monkeys and fireflies. Sufficient time for observing the monkeys with binoculars and fireflies. It would be great to have more and cleaner toilets in the vicinity. Dinner was substantial
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Bob_s
Feb 13, 2024
An ok tour. - I found the tour to be average. Did not see proposcis monkeys. You would think the tour operators of the river cruise would know where the proposcis monkeys usually stay. It was a waste just driving up and down the river. The sunset was beautiful. The fireflies were amazing.
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P2228kxrichardo
Oct 5, 2023
Far too long a drive with no legroom but great cruise when we finally got there - The cruises to see the monkeys and fireflies were amazing. We saw 4 different types of monkeys and probably about 50+ monkeys in total. The fireflies were also great. The minibus ride there was way too long though and took far longer than advertised - 3 hours each way from KK city plus an extra 45 minutes each way to the Rasa Ria so 7-8 hours total on the minibus with the least legroom I've ever experienced. Driver drove unbelievably slow for no apparent reason, unlike almost everyone else on the road.
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Dtlin18
Mar 27, 2024
Not worth the long journey and time spent - Long bus journey to Kawa Kawa. First stop at Aura Raudhah village beach & restaurant for tea break, we were slightly early, the snacks were not ready so we had some time to wonder at the beach area. The deco was quite nice with many swings and hammocks for pictures. However bathroom was really run down. We were told by the tour agency there was high tea, but the actual snack was just 2 miserable types of small donuts and coffee in an open air sheltered small eating area. The river cruise to see Proboscis monkeys were very disappointing and boring, saw only 2 macaque monkeys by the river bed, and 2 Proboscis monkeys high up on the tree but not clear. Dinner back at the same location, we got to see beautiful sunset at the beach before dinner started, it was simple servings of curry chicken, cabbage, egg with white rice and crackers. Then river cruise to see fireflies, it was very short duration only, we did see some but not a lot, and not many flew over to the boat. Overall we were not impressed with this tour.
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Dianella_bear
Jun 1, 2024
Long uncomfortable trip to see a few monkeys from a distance! - This tour was described as an approximately 0ne and a half hour drive to the jetty for the river cruise. It took three hours to get there after we visited a chocolate outlet on the way, made out to be an additional tour experience but in reality this was probably just a deal the tour operator had done with the chocolate shop as a way to deliver customers to their door. The outlet is made out to give you the feeling this is a chocolate factory when in reality the chocolate is made elsewhere. This chocolate experience was not mentioned in the tour description and an unnecessary extension to an already long uninteresting tour. In the end we did see some Proboscis Monkeys but it was not worth spending over five hours crammed into an old mini van travelling over shocking roads to see some wildlife from a distance. The afternoon tea was very ordinary comprising of some slices of sweet potatoes deep fried in batter and other indistinguishable deep fried lumps. The fireflies were an interesting natural phenomena but highly exaggerated in the promotional photographs and description. I rarely complain or write poor reviews but in this case I wanted to provide some comments because the tour operator has been misleading in the way the tour is promoted and despite receiving poor reviews going back years and responding by saying that the feedback was valued and would be taken on board, nothing has been done to improve the tour. At least the tour guide was enthusiastic about the wildlife but no amount of enthusiasm will make up for this inferior tourism product.
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