To get to our jungle lodge we had to drive for about 2 hours and
then cross the river "Kinabatangan" to our lodge that was called Kinabatangan Adventure lodge. It was a really nice place to stay about 5 minutes boat ride from the nearest little village called Bilit. We had our own air-conditioned room (we only paid for a fan room) with private bathroom, tea and coffee facilities and a little table and chairs. Our room was one of four in the building. There was maybe six buildings all together the biggest one serving as a restaurant. It was really quiet and relaxing lodge.
Anorher lodge had much more people which made us glad that we we're not there. As it is a lot nicer to be on a river cruise when there's not too many people in boat.
Sometimes the weather was with us, but we also had rain.
We saw again a lot of Proboscis monkeys,
or nose monkeys as we call them.
They gather in the trees before dawn to spend their night there.
We both like monkeys, but we were hoping to see orangutans.
We saw different monkeys. Different types of Macaques,
but also Silvered leaf monkeys.
We also saw many different birds like different species of Hornbills.
We saw Rhinoceros hornbills, Oriental hornbills and Black hornbills.
We saw the White Bellied Sea eagle.
And the Stork Billed King Fisher.
W saw some Water Monitor Lizards on the ground,
and some in the trees.
On this picture we see the orangutan high way, they can use if they want to cross the river, but we did not see any orangutans.
These figs are a part of the daily menu for the monkeys and the birds of the forest. Also fruit bats like them, but they are not for humans.
More birds on top of the tree. This one is a blue throated bee-eater.
No animals in this picture. Only water.
We walked around the lodge and here is the view.
There are about 40 different species of Heliconia, which is Carina's favorite flower in the rain forest and also in the banana family. The flower is sometimes called "Lobster claws" or "Parrot flowers".
In the area were many butterflies.
It was amazing that there were that many and they were in all bright flowers.
The sunset was beautiful and peaceful.
This is a morning picture and that's why it deserves it's place in this blog. The cruise we went on in the morning was really peaceful, but we did not see as many mammals as we did in the afternoon.
We can now conclude that the rain forest and jungle are some of the places we like the most. We did not see any orangutans, but we had some really nice days on the shores and on the Kinabatangan river.
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