This tour is also known as Klias Wetland Adventures
Klias River is near Beaufort about 100km from Kota Kinabalu city.
The cruise is conducted at the calmer lower reach of the Klias River. It allows
you to catch sight of the bizarre long-nosed monkeys, called the prosboscis
monkeys. The only place where these monkeys are found is at the Borneo Island.
They normally live in harems consisting of one male, one to eight females and
their offsprings. These forest dwellers frequently come together by the river
side especially in the evening looking for food.They have a special liking towards the young shoots and ignore the hard,thick grown leaves.And they always come back to the same trees to feed,therefore not surprisingly, there can be seen certain trees along the river bank which have scanty leaves.
By 6:00pm in the evening,each family would have picked a tree to spend their night, hence this will be an ideal time to observe them for a longer period, no worrying that they will disappear into the jungle again.
Adult prosboscis has huge pendulous fleshy nose while the female's is fairly short and snubby. Also you may be able to spot other animals during the cruise such as long-tailed macasques,monitor lizards,water buffaloes,egrets kingfisger and hornbills. At the night there are thousands of fireflies flashing their lights and decorating the tree tops,turning them into Christmas trees!
At the end of the cruise you may head home straight away because the journey
back to Kota KInabalu takes only about 1 1/2 hours drive.
Things to bring :
Binocular,insect repellent,hat,drinking water,camera or video camera.
Accommodations :
None
Tour operator :
Summer Cruise
Sabah Sightseeing
Starcruise
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