Malaysia

Danum Valley in Sabah Malaysian Borneo protects 438 square kilometres of ancient lowland rainforest and is one of South East Asia's most extraordinary wildlife destinations sheltering orang-utans pygmy elephants clouded leopards and an astonishing diversity of birds within a largely pristine and tightly protected wilderness.

We returned to the Kinabatagan River for the second time to complete a journey that got disrupted five years earlier when I had an accident and had to be evacuated from the rainforest.

A Kinabatangan River cruise in Sabah Borneo delivers an extraordinary journey through ancient rainforest where proboscis monkeys orangutans pygmy elephants and hundreds of bird species thrive along one of South-East Asia's most celebrated wildlife corridors.

The Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre in Sabah is a world-leading sanctuary dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating sun bears — the world's smallest bears — offering visitors an intimate and educational wildlife experience deep in the heart of Borneo's rainforest.