DAY 1 – SATURDAY/SUNDAY, MAY 19-20
Check in LAX Airport at 9.00 pm Saturday. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH95Q departing LAX at 1.40 am on Sunday, May 20 (early morning flight). Due to the International Dateline, you will lose one calendar day.

DAY 2 - MONDAY, MAY 21
Arrive at Taipai International Airport 6:25 AM. Connecting flight 69 at 8:00AM to Kota Kinabalu. Arriving at Kota Kinabalu International Airport at 11.25 am. Transfer to Hyatt Kota Kinabalu. Free afternoon and evening to enjoy.

DAY 3 - TUESDAY, MAY 22
KOTA KINABALU
Kota Kinabalu Half day city tour during Sabah World Museum Week. Learn about the history of Jesselton. Dinner at open air fish market with cultural dance perfornmance.

DAY 4 - WEDNESDAY, MAY 23
KINABATAGAN RIVER
After breakfast, check out from Hyatt Hotel and transfer to Kota Kinabalu International Airport for your flight to Sandakan. Arrive at Sandakan airport, meet and proceed to Kinabatagan River for a late afternoon cruise to watch proboscis monkeys jumping from tree to tree. Opportunities to view other animals in the open such as various birds liek herons, kingfishers, and hornbills., monitors lizards, macaques and the occasional spotting of pygmy elephants or crocodiles. Spend the evening on the river.

DAY 5 - THURSDAY, MAY 24
OXBOW LAKE AND SEPILOK JUNGLE RESORT
After breakfast, check out from Hyatt Hotel and transfer to Kota Kinabalu International Airport for your flight to Sandakan. Arrive at Sandakan airport, meet and transfer to Sepilok Jungle Resort, enclosed within a tropical virgin rainforest and is just 5 minutes walk to the Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre. Immediately go over and watch one of the nature’s most endangered animal species - the “orang utan” or “man of the jungle” in local language swing from branches to branches towards the feeding station. Evening relax at Sepilok Jungle Resort.
Optional tour - Sepilok Forest Night walk (maximum 2 hours walk).

DAY 6 - FRIDAY, MAY 25
SANDAKAN – KUCHING
Morning visit to Sepelok Orang Utan sanctuary to watch feeding of orangutans being rehabilitated tor return to the wild. Stop off at Sandakan POW memorial, where over 1600 British and ANZAC soldiers were housed before the infamous death marches to Ranau.

Transfer to Sandakan Airport for an afternoon flight back to Kuching. Arrive at Kuching International Airport, meet and transfer to Kuching Hilton Hotel 9:15PM. Free evening to relax and enjoy the Kuching Waterfront. The Sarawak state capital - KUCHING, on the northwestern tip of Borneo Island, won two international honors -- “Good Practices of Healthy Cities 2006” and “Pioneers in Healthy Cities 2006” -- awarded by the Alliance for Healthy Cities (AFHC) in Suzhou, China, on Oct 30, 2006.

DAY 7 - SATURDAY, MAY 26
WORLD HARVEST FESTIVAL - KUCHING
GAWAI, the traditional end-of-harvest festival celebrated by various ethnic groups in Sarawak, will
international flavor this year with the staging of the first World Harvest Festival in Kuching. Cultural
from Sabah and Kedah as well as neighboring countries like Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand
been invited to take part in the Harvest Festival. A series of joint workshops by local and foreign cultural troupes will be held during the two-day World Harvest Festival, paving the way for different communities
share their traditions, food and handicrafts. The Harvest Festival takes place at the Sarawak Cultural
May 26-27.
0900hrs/1700hrs - Situated just 32 km from Kuching is the Sarawak Cultural Village. This 17-acre
on the foothill of the legendary Mount Santubong, fronting the South China Sea offers an excellent
to the local culture and lifestyles of the ethnic people of Sarawak. A typical Sarawakian’s warmth and
awaits you here. Share the arts, crafts, games, foods and music of the seven major ethnic group in
After touring the village, enjoy a multi-cultural dance performance in the village’s own theatre.

DAY 8 - SUNDAY, MAY 27
KUCHING “CAT” CITY TOUR
1000-1400 hrs - Discover the charms of this riverine city established by Sir James Brooke, the first White Rajah of Sarawak. See buildings dating back to the days of the White Rajahs, ancient Chinese temples and colorful markets displaying the produce that first brought traders to Borneo. A visit to Kuching will not be complete without making a stop at the Sarawak Museum. Completed in 1891, the museum has an excellent collection of Bornean ethnological and archaeological artifacts and is reputed to be the best in South East Asia. Rooftop dinner at seafood hawker stall.

DAY 9 - MONDAY, MAY 28
SEMENGOH WILDLIFE CENTRE
0830hrs/1400hrs - Depart for the Semengoh Wildlife Centre located a short drive from the centre of Kuching. Observe the feeding of orangutans requiring rehabilitation. The tour provides an opportunity of a lifetime to observe how the orang utans are being rehabilitated and trained to fend for themselves before being released into the wild. Visitors are allowed to study and observe the orang utans at a distance. Aftwerwards visit Jong's Crocodile farm towatch teh feeding of these dangerous reptiles. Afternoon free for perusing handicrafts on the main bazaar.

DAY 10 - TUESDAY, MAY 29
Check out from Kuching Hilton Hotel and transfer to Kuching International Airport for flight MH2507 at 11.05 am. Arriving Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 12:50pm.
Connecting flight MH94 to Los Angeles at 3:15PM.
Arriving Los Angeles at 6.30pm.