Luxury Borneo Travel

Let's Plan Your Travel to Borneo

The steaming jungles of Borneo are synonymous with adventure and intrigue. Home to the most biodiverse patches of forest on the planet, the island’s equatorial forests teem with life: roaming pygmy elephants and sun bears, a rainbow of hornbill species, swinging langurs, macaques, and endemic proboscis monkeys, and of course – most enchanting of all – our closest primate cousins, the magnificent orang-utan. 

Immersive wildlife encounters are the backbone of any trip to Borneo, but its greatest appeal may actually be its variety. Come out of the jungle and you’ll find eclectic, multicultural cities, fascinating indigenous tribal culture, and blissful tropical beaches. Accommodation throughout is of an extremely comfortable standard, with typically generous service and outstanding food as standard. Taken all together, Borneo offers a truly thrilling trip with fresh excitement each day: perfect for an adventurous honeymoon, family vacation, or introductory wildlife tour.

The island of Borneo is split between Malaysia and Indonesia, with the Malaysia states of Sabah and Sarawak to the north, and the largely untamed Indonesian state of Kalimantan to the south. As a whole, Borneo is the third-largest island on the planet, much of which is dense, uninhabited jungle. The vast majority of Borneo’s accessible tourism – and everywhere mentioned in these pages – is based in the Malaysian half of the island. Combinations with Peninsular Malaysia (also referred to locally as West Malaysia) are very possible and very attractive: most flights to and from Borneo will go through the capital Kuala Lumpur, or the dazzling city-state of Singapore at the southern tip of the peninsula.