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Guests on Natural Habitat Adventures' Borneo itineraries have the opportunity to view orangutans in the Danum Valley. the director of sustainability, and he helped establish NHA as the world's ﬁrst 100 percent carbon-neutral travel company. He also notes that NHA-a Virtuoso supplier, among a few other consortiums-also caters to its travel agent partners, "who are deﬁnitely an important part of our business. We have a full-time staff member dedicated to working with agencies, and he travels the globe doing trainings and spreading the good word about adventure travel with NHA." Pointing out that travelers choosing a Borneo experience are most likely to be those who have been to the Galapagos Island and on safari in Kenya and Botswana, company v.p. Rick Guthke points of that "we are among the few tour operators who do Borneo, a destination really on the cusp of discovery. And those discoveries are best experienced by small groups of travelers, in the case Natural Habitat Adventures, 12 people." The 2-week Borneo tour starts in Kuching and ends in Kota Kinabalu, and in-between travels around Malaysian Borneo by land vehicle, riverboat and air, staying at the best eco-lodges available. Highlights of the itinerary include: n Kuching, with visits to the excellent archaeological and ethnological Sarawak Museum, the Sarawak Cultural Village, showcasing the region's vibrant ethnic heritage in its cuisine, crafts and dance performances. n Bako National Park, a short boat ride from Kuching, to explore the rainforest, jungle streams, waterfalls and beaches, spotting proboscis monkeys, long-tailed macaques, and silvered leaf monkeys, as well as hairy-nosed otters and Bornean bearded pigs. n Gunung Mulu National Park, a majestic and thrilling nature destination and UNESCO World Heritage site, whose vegetation zones harbor 3,500 different plant species-109 varieties of palms alone. A visit to the spectacular Deer Cave, the world's largest single cavern-passage-about two miles long and 300 ft. wide. The cave shelters millions of bats, to be observed as they exit the cave en masse around sundown. Lang's Cave has the park's most magniﬁcent limestone formations. n Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve, home of the endangered orangutan and the Orangutan Rehabilitation Center. n Selingan Turtle Island in the Sulu Sea. This is one of the three main turtle nesting sites in Borneo; its long beaches and coastal mangroves protect the endangered green sea turtles. Guests stay at the only chalets on the island, and in the evening view turtles swimming ashore to lay their eggs, and/or hatchlings returning to the sea. n Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, mangrove forests in the state of Sabah, and home to one of the highest wildlife Travel Planners for Globetrotters Quality products to ensure repeat business We are proud to offer North America's largest range of independent and escorted travel ideas for Globetrotters. Call 800.387.8850 or visit www.goway.com For GroupsOnly call: 800.838.0618 july 2014 49 48-51 AS Borneo.indd 49 6/24/14 11:21 AM http://www.goway.com

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Editor’s Notes
Hotel Desk: EVEN Hotels
Tour Talk: Back-Roads Touring
Pick a Theme...Any Theme on the High Seas
Jamaica & the USVI: Not the Jimi Hendrix Experience
Guadeloupe: Culture, Rum, the Sea, & That Volcano
5 Active Trips in the States
Ski Adventures Across North America
Argentina & Uruguay: A Traditional Feast
Alma del Pacifico, Costa Rica
Rwanda & Uganda: In the Footsteps of Gorillas
Dreamy Puerto Vallarta
Borneo, the Bountiful

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