Borneo Adventure Honeymoon

Early drive to UNESCO-listed Kinabalu Park for sunrise views of the 4,095-metre peak. Guided walk through montane forest spotting pitcher plants and orchids. Afternoon island hopping to Sapi and Manukan for snorkelling and beach time.

Fly to Sandakan for Sepilok orangutan feeding and the Sun Bear Conservation Centre. Drive to your riverside Kinabatangan lodge. Late afternoon wildlife cruise scanning for proboscis monkeys, macaques and crocodiles.

Dawn cruise when wildlife is most active. Proboscis monkeys, orangutans, pygmy elephants and hornbills along this stretch. Afternoon jungle walk to an oxbow lake. Night safari for owls and civets by torchlight.

Transfer deeper into Sabah to Danum Valley, one of the last expanses of unlogged primary rainforest. Check into your stilted lodge. Walk beneath 70-metre trees. Evening night walk for flying squirrels and slow lorises.

Morning canopy walkway 26 metres above the forest floor, spotting mid-canopy wildlife. Visit the Kadazandusun burial site. Afternoon swim in a jungle pool fed by a waterfall. Optional night safari for clouded leopards and tarsiers.

Transfer to Lahad Datu and onward to Semporna. Boat to your Mabul Island resort, a stilted water village over turquoise shallows and pristine coral. Afternoon snorkelling the house reef for mandarin fish, frogfish and nudibranchs.

Full-day diving or snorkelling at Sipadan, Malaysia's only oceanic island rising 600 metres from the seabed. Barracuda tornados, turtles, reef sharks and vast coral walls. Permits strictly limited and secured in advance.

Morning dive or snorkel at Kapalai's stunning sandbar reef. Afternoon kayaking, paddleboarding or lounging on your resort's sun deck above the water. Sunset drinks on the jetty as the sky turns pink and orange.