Borneo Nature Lodge

A totally amazing stay at this wonderful, friendly lodge, which was way above my expectations. The staff were so attentive and because I have food allergies were only too pleased to ask and consult on my requirements. My room was comfortable and the food was really really delicious. Sadly the weather wasn’t good at times and I wasn’t able to do as much as I hoped, but nobody can control the weather. The boat rides I had I saw the most amazing creatures and birds. Our guide Jal had XRay eyes, and spotted so many animals and birds for me to see. The boatman was also on alert at all times and assisted this elderly lady in and out of his boat. I cannot praise Walter and his team enough for an amazing stay.

One night stay whilst visiting Sandakan. Lodge has all the facilities you need but remember where you are, ie. The rainforest. Lodges have ensuite facilities and hot water. Wifi in communal areas. Meals were of good quality and quantity and there is a bar, what more do you need?

Amazing experience, we had 2 nights in the lodge and a night on Turtle Island. Food was good, rooms basic but clean. The people are lovely. Special thanks to Loy, our guide for making our holiday, knowledgable and caring. He took the time to make sure we were ok at all times, quite important for 2 females on their own. Thank you l!

I do want to share my dissatisfaction with the Borneo Nature Lodge service and miscommunication I experienced. My understanding was it seemed every other group staying there had a boatman and a guide. I was only provided a boatman. When I checked in, no one explained to me that a button needed to be pressed outside of the bathroom for hot water in the shower, which caused me to take an extremely cold shower. I was told the last evening, 30 min before the tour that I had an evening cruise and was told that my transportation would be picking me up the following day at 10am and to be ready by 9:50am. I had gotten up early to attempt to pay extra to search for the elephants, but at that time there was no available boats. I had decided to go ahead and have breakfast and make my way back to my room. At 7:40am, I got a knock on my room door that the transport has arrived. I had to take a few more minutes to get everything together. I was unaware that I needed to pay a tourism tax. So I paid and was rushed to the jetty. The transportation got me to the orangutan sanctuary at 10:30am, passed the feeding time, so I missed the orangutan sanctuary, which was really disappointing.

Fabulous welcome and made to feel at home as a solo traveler. Amazing surroundings. It was very quiet when I stayed as things were just starting up again after Covid, and really appreciated the time and effort given to me while I was staying at the lodge. Great food and would definitely stay again!

Great place to stay with chalet type accommodation we had a herd of 30 odd pigmy elephants come though our lodge so lovely to see them so close up. Meals where very good even made us a birthday cake staff friendly and boat tours amazing looking for the wildlife on the river.