Maliau 6 days

This trip is for regular trekkers to whom Maliau Basin needs no introduction. One has to be fit or has to get fit to endure the long hours of jungle trekking. Group will buy/cook own meals. For this purpose, a separate Group Fund of Rm150 will be collected. The group fund will also be used to pay for the food porters if needed and the optional night drive Rm150 per vehicle for max 8pax.

Details for Flight Bookings
27April AK5152 LCCT/TAWAU 0720/1005
2 May AK5155 TAWAU/LCCT 1800/2045

Day 1 Agathis Camp: Fly Air Asia 720AM from KLIA arriving 1005AM Tawau. We go to the local market for seafood. We also visit the supermarket to buy our provisions for the duration of this trip. Its 300km 4.5hr to the security gate of Maliau Basin Conservation Area. After registration, we travel another 20km to Agathis Camp. This good sized camp has flush toilets, cold showers, hammock beds, kitchen and dining areas and generators for lighting at night.

Day 2 Camel Trophy Camp: After breakfast, we trek 7.5kms (4-6 hours) through steep hills, as we will ascending to the highest level of the Basin. Built in 1993 by the participants of the Camel Tropy Sabah Expedition 1993, camp has two flush toilets, two cold showers, mattress in bunk beds, small kitchen, small dining area and solar-powered florescent lighting at night.

Day 3 Camel Tropy Camp: We visit the Giluk and Takob Akob waterfalls, located some 3.6km 1.5hr easy trek. There are a total of 10 listed waterfalls on the toporaphic map of Maliau. A visit to the nearly heath forest is also recommended. Overnight Camel Trophy Camp.

Start at Agathis Camp / Camel Trophy Camp

Day 4 Ginseng Camp: Its 9km 4hr trek to Lobah Camp to replenish drinking water. We pass through the previous day beautiful heath forest with moss-covered ground, abundance of wild orchids and pitcher plants - a photographer's paradise. There are virtually no trees with diameter exceeding two inches as the soil is thin and nutrients deficient. We are now in the midst of what is know as the "Lost World of Sabah". From Lobah, it is 2.5km 1hr to the spectacular 7-tiers Maliau Falls. Daredevils can swim accross the 50 meter pool at the base of the falls. We backtrack 4.5km 1hr to the Ginseng junction and then another 1km 40min to Ginseng Camp. This is a newly constructed raised camp with excellent facilities - flushed toilets, cold showers, big kitchen and dining areas, bunk beds with mattresses and generator lights.