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  • Goodbye jungle hello pirates

    This week, we head back towards the pirates (hitting submerged logs, dodging debris, running aground and navigating shallow water on the way). But first we have one more night in the Kinabatangan River. We take the dinghy up an overgrown tributary to an oxbow lake (or is it an abandoned Click here for full post: […] More

  • Searching for Borneo’s pygmy elephants

    We’re sailing up river to find elephants and monkeys. Specifically pygmy elephants and proboscis monkeys! The Kinabatangan River has rainforest lining its banks, but just behind are vast swathes of palm oil plantations. This means the rarest animals are squeezed into a small area of what was once a vast Click here for full post: […] More