Outdoor Treks - Treks in Borneo

Outdoor Treks - Treks in Borneo Series

Treks in the Meligan Highlands

Ba’Kelalan, Murud, Bario – Red Trial 6D/5N

Ba’Kelalan, Murud, Bario –Blue Trial 8D/7N

Ba’Kelalan, Murud, Bario – Red Trial 6D/5N

Day 1 – Ba’Kelalan (L&D)

Fly on an early morning flight into Ba’Kelalan a rice growing village in the Sarawak highlands. Walk and check-in Apple Lodge. After lunch, we’ll go on a walking tour of Ba’Kelalan to visit temperate fruit orchards, rice paddies and meet some of the locals. Dinner and overnight.

Day 2 – Ba’Kelalan – Lepo Bunga – Church Camp (B,L,D)

This is a long hiking day. Wake up call at 4.30 am, wash and pack up. Breakfast at 5.30 and by 6 am we will begin our trek. It will take about 5-6 hours to Lepo Bunga where we’ll stop for lunch and then push on another 3-4 hours to Church Camp. Here we’ll check-into a house and one would need to help with house keeping duties to make your stay more comfortable. You would also be setting up your sleeping pad and bag. Dinner.

Note: It would be cold at Church Camp. Night temperatures range from 8 – 13’C, in a cold damp environment.

Day 3 – Church Camp. (B,L,D)

Day begins with a leisurely breakfast. There are two options for this day’s activities. One can stay around the vicinity of the Church Camp to study the various nepenthes, rhodendrens, orchids, moss and plants and trek up 30 mins, to Batu Linanit to for a superb view of the surrounding rainforest and also Mulu, and Ba’Kelalan. The other is to trek (about 2 hours one way) to the Summit Plateau, also known as the ‘rock garden’ to discover a unique highland forest. Overnight with dinner at Church Camp.

Day 4 – Church Camp to Pa’Lungan (B,L,D)

4.45am wake and pack up. After breakfast at 5.30, embark on the long trek to Pa’Lungan. The trek is a fairly easy walk downhill. At Pa’Belaban, (3 hr mark) we hit the river and walk on fairly flat terrain with a few river crossings. We’ll get to pass Camp 2 (4 hr) and Lg. Repung, (6hr) which is an overnight jungle shelter. It’s expected that the trek to Pa’Lungan would go into the night. Total trekking time would be anything between 12-16 hours, including stops and meals. Leech check before check-in to homestay at Pa’Lugan with dinner.

Day 5 – Pa’Lungan to Bario (B & D)

After leisurely breakfast, load up bags onto buffalo carts and trek to Bario. This would be a leisure 3.5 hour trek. There are local eateries where one can get lunch in Bario. Check-in homestay and rest of the day at own leisure perhaps to take pictures of this scenic rice growing village. Overnight and dinner at homestay.

Day 6 – Depart Bario.

After breakfast, transfer to Bario airport for flight out.

Ba’Kelalan, Murud, Bario –Blue Trial 8D/7N

Day 1 – Ba’Kelalan (L&D)

Day 2 Ba’Kelalan to Lepo Bunga (B,L,D) Trek time 8 hrs.

Wake up call at 6am. After breakfast, depart at 7am to Leop Bunga. The trek would ascend into the hills overlooking Ba’Kelalan village. Arrive in Leop Bunga, a jungle shelter. Settle in and rest of the day is free to discover the flora and fauna around the shelter. Dinner and overnight.

Day 3- Lepo Bunga to Church Camp (B,L,D) Trek time 4 hrs.

After breakfast, pack-up and proceed uphill to Batu Linanit. This is an open peak where one can have commanding view of the rainforest below. On a clear day one may be able to see Ba’Kelalan, Brunei, Mulu and even Mt. Kinabalu. Continue to Church Camp. Here we’ll check-into a house and it would be needful to help with house keeping duties to make your stay more comfortable. You would also be setting up your sleeping pad and bag. Dinner.

Note: It would be cold at Church Camp. Night temperatures range from 8 – 13’C, in a cold damp environment.

Day 4 – Church Camp. (B,L,D)

Day 5 – Church Camp to Long Repung. (B,L,D)

4.45am wake and pack up. After breakfast at 5.30, embark on the trek to Long Repung, a basic jungle shelter by a river. The trek is a fairly easy walk downhill to Pa’Belaban, (5-6 hr mark) where we’ll hit the river and walk on fairly flat terrain with a few river crossings. We’ll get to pass Camp 2 (7 hr) and Lg. Repung, (8hr). Settle in, dinner and overnight in basic jungle shelter.

Day 6 – Long Repung to Pa’Lungan

After packing up and breakfast, trek about 5 hours to Pa’Lungan. We’ll settle in a nice clean comfortable homestay with lunch and dinner provided. Rest of the day is free at own leisure.

Day 7 – Pa’Lungan to Bario (B & D)

After leisurely breakfast, load up bags onto buffalo carts and trek to Bario. This would be a leisurely 5 hour trek. There are local eateries where one can get lunch in Bario. Check-in homestay and rest of the day at own leisure perhaps to take pictures of this scenic rice growing village. Overnight and dinner at homestay.

Day 8– Depart Bario.

After breakfast, transfer to Bario airport for flight out.