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Danum Valley

Protected area in Sabah, Malaysia

Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Danum Valley is in Sabah, Malaysia.

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Getting there

There are two options to visit Danum Valley: Danum Valley Field Centre (DVFC) is older and caters mostly to researchers who study the Bornean rainforest; and Borneo Rainforest Lodge (BRL), which was split off from DVFC…

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UnderstandThe right place to visit untouched Bornean rainforest at it best — lush, wet, and dark.

Get inThere are two options to visit Danum Valley: Danum Valley Field Centre (DVFC) is older and caters mostly to researchers who study the Bornean rainforest; and Borneo Rainforest Lodge (BRL), which was split off from DVFC…

Fees and permitsFees in DVFC are more or less reasonable (transportation RM120 one way/person, ranger RM20/hr, compact camera/DSLR RM5/RM100, nightdrive/sunset-sunrise drive RM140).

DoDVFC have a system of poorly labeled trails (and a few maps at the center show the routes, but poorly) for 1-7 hr of walking time, access to most of them are permitted only with ranger.

SleepLodging in both places are heavily overpriced (Jan 2017: dorm RM96, sheltered plank bed RM78).

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Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Danum Valley" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Summary from the Wikipedia article "Danum Valley Conservation Area", available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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