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Imbak Canyon

Imbak Canyon is a 25km long sweeping curved corridor of untouched, unexplored pristine rainforest. It’s enclosed on three sides, sheltered by high mountain ridges keeping this ‘paradise valley’ protected from the outside world.

About Imbak Canyon

Exploration of Imbak has been minimal but it has already been credited as one of the most bio-diverse areas in Borneo. It has also revealed some of it’s rare and elusive residents which include Pygmy elephants, Bornean Gibbon, Proboscis monkeys, Malaysan Sunbear, Western Tarsier, Clouded Leopard, the fascinating Tufted Ground Squirrel and over 100 species of bird including the near threatened Helmeted Hornbill and 5 of Borneo’s endemic bird species which are; Bornean Blue Flycatcher, Bornean Bristlehead, Blue Headed Pitta, White Crowned Shama and Black Throated Wren Babbler.

What Our Adventurers Think:

Spent a couple of days and nights doing safaris’ with the team from Alternative Adventures Borneo. What can I say apart from “Simply incredible”. Up until then we normally holidayed on resorts and this time decided to do something different and so glad we did ! We definitely wouldn’t have seen as much magnificent wildlife while we were there if it hadn’t of been for our brilliant guide and spotter Mike.
Quite amazing what this guy can see day or night in the rainforest. We were lucky to see Civet cats, Leopard cats, Flying Foxes, Porkupines, Wild Boar, Sumatran Cobra, the almost impossible to spot Tarsier(Which Mike spotted at night somehow !) Gibbons, Proboscis monkeys, short and ringtail Macaques playing by the riverside when we were on our beautiful river cruise and to top it all off we saw ten Orangutans in one day ! The record was eleven in one day ! Couldn’t believe we saw two fully mature males which is quite rare to see especially when one walked across the road in front of us and disappeared into the rainforest. Many thanks to Tom, Mike and the lovely Stella (Our great cook and spotter.) Looking forward to returning next year.

Sandra W. Deramakot Forest Reserve, Sabah

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We cater for a range of travellers, from professional photographers to intrepid families, active couples or solo explorers and we are a provider for many well known wildlife tour agencies. With offices in Kota Kinabalu and Kuching and a total of eighteen staff and our own vehicles, our guides are now amongst the most reputable and well known in the Sabah and Sarawak parks.

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