Sabah is home to the Kinabatangan River and the Danum Valley Conservation Area, which both provide unrivalled opportunities for wildlife watching. Many species of primates, amazing birdlife and wild cats abound and wild orang-utans can still be spotted making nests at dusk or rising with the sun at dawn. Sepilok and Kota Kinabalu both have orang-utan rehabilitation centres, which allow you to get up close to these extraordinary animals.

Sarawak is famous for the colonial riverside city of Kuching, while a short distance away is Bako National Park where mangrove forests, abundant wildlife, jungle streams, waterfalls, diverse plant life, secluded beaches and trekking trails never fail to delight. No visit to Sarawak is complete without a trip to the longhouses of the legendary Iban Headhunters.