Challenge level: 3 out of 5
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7 April - 17 April 2023 | On Sale | |
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22 September - 2 October 2023 | On Sale | |
Duration | 11 days |
Get ready to go bananas on this stunning trek through the mountains and jungles of Borneo, finishing at an awesome orangutan orphanage.
Starting with a flight to Koto Kinabalu, we'll trek from the foothills of Mount Kinabalu through lush jungles, bursting with amazing Malaysian wildlife. Bring your binoculars and look out for elephants, proboscis monkeys and orangutans. We’ll venture through rolling rice paddies, mountain valleys and rainforest.
Along the way, we’ll encounter small villages with friendly locals, stay in beautiful jungle camps and cosy homestays and learn about the charming Sabah culture.
The rugged and sometimes slippery terrains may be challenging, but the views more than make up for it and we’ll conquer our trek with unforgettable memories and a bunch of new friends made.
As if that’s not enough to go ape about, we'll also see an awesome cultural show in Kundasang and visit the baby orangutans in the invaluable Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre. This amazing orangutan orphanage is dedicated to raising and rehabilitating the orphaned apes, while minimising deforestation. What a way to end our adventure!
Why not jump on the opportunity to extend your stay in Malaysia to explore the paradise island of Mabul? We can arrange this for you upon your request.
Giving back to the planet
We have picked suppliers local to the area and we're off-setting the carbon of the domestic flights and all ground operations for this challenge; so rest assured that we are minimising the impact of your trek!
What's more, the orangutan orphanage we visit use their profits to help the animals in their care and save them from extinction.
Pay your registration fee and your challenge costs yourself.
£2,350
Pay the balance
Pay your registration fee and raise the minimum target for your chosen charity.
£4,700
Minimum sponsorship target
Trek Borneo is not designed for Olympic athletes – it is designed for people looking for an amazing goal to train and get fit for. A number of the people who will take part in this trek will have a low level of fitness when they sign up.
This challenge is the perfect motivation to get fit, while exploring one of the world's most beautiful countries and supporting the charity of your choice.
We do strongly recommend you train for the trek and we'll send you a fantastic training plan once you sign up. This training plan builds up as time goes on, so you'll be ready and raring to go ape by the time we jet to Borneo!
Please don't be! The majority of people will sign up on their own and our Dream Challenges are renowned for the amazing camaraderie and life long friendships made as our groups take on these incredible feats together.
Once you've signed up for the challenge, we'll send you a link to a private Facebook group for everyone registered for Trek Borneo 2023.
Please feel free to use this space to swap questions, advice and updates with your fellow trekkers on your training and fundraising. You may also want to reach out to the fellow participants in this group to see if there's anyone in your local area you can meet up to train and fundraise with.
Absolutely not! One of the amazing things about the challenge is that people of all ages will come together to do something very special.
Everyone who is at least 18 years old by the challenge date is more than welcome to join this awesome trek in Borneo.
If you would like to enquire about someone under the age of 18 accompanying you on the challenge, please get in touch by emailing us at events@dream-challenges.com or call us on 01590 646410 (Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm).
You will of course need a pair of walking boots and you'll also need to bring your own three-season sleeping bag.
We will supply you with a comprehensive list of everything you will need to take on the event well before your departure date.
We stay in a range of awesome accommodation on this trek on a twin-sharing basis, including three-star class hotels, comfortable jungle camps and homestays.
All camping equipment, except for your sleeping bag, is provided and already set up for us upon our arrival at each camp.
*Please note, accommodation is included on a twin-sharing basis. If you would rather pay for a single supplement and have a room/tent to yourself, we can arrange this for you for an additional cost of approx. £100.
Please email us at events@dream-challenges.com if you would like to do this at least fourteen weeks before the challenge starts.
Yes of course! We're delighted to offer you the opportunity to fly to the stunning paradise island of Mabul on Day 10 with an optional later international flight on Day 13.
We can arrange this for you upon request (at an additional cost).
Please get in touch and let us know if you’d like to do this at least 14 weeks before the challenge by emailing us at events@dream-challenges.com.
Your registration fee of £349 per person is used to administer the challenge, pay deposits with local suppliers and secure your seats with the airline.
Your challenge costs of £2,350 (ie. 50% of the fundraising target if you choose the Sponsorship option) cover:
*Accommodation is included on a twin-sharing basis. If you would rather pay for a single supplement and have a room/tent to yourself, we can arrange this for you for an additional cost of approx. £100.
Please email us at events@dream-challenges.com if you would like to do this at least fourteen weeks before the challenge starts.
**Please note, the optional stay on Mabul Island at the end of our adventure is not included in the challenge costs.
In addition to paying your registration fee (£349) and either paying your challenge costs or raising the minimum sponsorship target, you'll need to budget for your:
The group size for this challenge is likely to be around 25-30 people.
You will need to take out your own personal travel insurance covering health, accident, loss and repatriation. Dream Challenges has a policy, which also covers you for cancellation due to medically-diagnosed COVID-19 and we will send you details of this once you sign up.
You can, however, take out your own insurance, providing it covers you for a charity trek in Borneo.
Please ask the insurer about the nature of the cover. It is your responsibility to ensure you have adequate cover for your challenge.
Currently, GB citizens don't require a visa to enter Borneo, but we'll let you know if this changes.
The Dream Challenges team are here to help you achieve your challenge and will support you all the way. We are on hand from the minute you sign up to answer any questions that you may have about your training or the challenge itself.
Once you have registered, we will send you a realistic training programme to help you get fit for the challenge. The programme builds up gradually as the event gets closer.
During the trek, we'll have at least one UK doctor with expedition medicine training, from the get go and at all times throughout the challenge, along with a team of experienced challenge guides and porters.
We’ll have an event leader and a group of first-aid trained challenge guides, plus at least one UK doctor with expedition medicine training, who will be with the group the whole time.
As we're not medically trained, we're afraid we can't offer you advice on this. We recommend you contact your GP or your local travel clinic, who will have the latest travel health advice.
We also recommend you visit the NHS Fit for Travel website here, to keep up to date with current travel health news and advice on staying healthy abroad.
NHS Fit for Travel website: https://www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk/home