Guest Comments

Guest comments (Feb- Nov 2004) for BRL website

Pensa-Hedstrom, Sweden
February 2004
‘Very nice staff. Everybody from our driver to the manager has been welcoming and has made our stay pleasant!

Gerry and Sue Worth, England
February 2004
‘Thank you for allowing us to share your rainforest. We are indeed privileged, don’t change anything’

Shuttle, England
April 2004
‘Thank you for a wonderful stay. Elephant and orangutan were marvelous. A real credit to you’

Sim Kah Chine, Singapore
April 2004
‘All your staff are friendly and helpful, bravo’

Amber Reynolds, Australia
April 2004
‘It was absolutely fantastic… we cannot wait to come back’

Sue Crawford and Geoff Stocker, West-Malaysia (ex. pat UK)
May 2004
‘The facility is outstanding, the staff are excellent and friendly. The rainforest was everything we expected, the price was fair.’

Mark Brombal, Australia
June 2004
‘Borneo has held a sense of mysticism for me. After experiencing it first hand here at the lodge, my desire for conservation and study has increased enormously. I would love to learn and study here in the future’

Ray and Sheila Murray, Scotland
July 2004
‘Stephen, our guide was excellent, knowledgeable and friendly’

Sonja and Sam Hickson, Australia
July 2004
‘A very special thanks to Denny, who made our stay very special and a time we will always remember. Many thanks to the friendly, attentive staff. We had a wonderful stay’

Tom and Barbara Danielsen, U.S.A
August 2004
‘We loved the Canopy Walkway and the friendly staff of the hotel, thank you and good luck’

Chris Jones, UK
August 2004
‘A wonderful experience, especially for the children’

Mrs. M Jones, UK
August 2004
‘An excellent visit, revived memories for myself, son and daughter, introduced rainforest to my grandchildren, after us telling them many stories about our experience in working in Sabah Forest Research 1980-1985’

Sarah Eliassen, Brunei Darussalam
August 2004
‘Sabah needs more places like this! Thanks for your hospitality!

Mary Barkworth, UK
September 2004
‘Thank you all very much for my lovely birthday surprise yesterday. I couldn’t have spent my day in a more beautiful place’
‘I shall always remember my birthday spent at the Borneo Rainforest Lodge. Thank you once again’

Brielle, Australia
October 2004
‘Very pretty place, lovely place, thank you’

Alan Kreppel, Wales
October 2004
‘We have really enjoyed our stay and have learnt so much’
‘The most important factor is to have a good guide and we found that Rafel was very knowledgeable and excellent’

Dunning, Germany
November 2004
‘This is the best place we have ever been in 15 years of travelling’

Additional comments from observation book

29-03-02, Robert J.
‘We saw orangutan, maroon langur, western tarsier, clouded leopard, long-tailed macaque, stork-billed kingfisher, sambar deer, and a lot of birds and other mammals. Our excellent guide Wangkong was great, we will come back again next year’

Dec, 2001, Miwa Kuwajima, Tomoko Sambe, Rika Izumi (Japan)
‘We came here 4 times, it is a beautiful space, so we will come back again!! We saw a lot of animals, we had a great time with the staff, I love Danum Valley!’

20-10-01, Robert Kaling, Carina Bergguist (Sweden)
‘Gibbons, bearded pig, sambar deer, red leaf monkey, flying lemur and squirrel, rhinoceros hornbill and perfect Stephen of BNT who’s so marvelous! Thanks to everyone especially the chef for the great food! Excellent experience, we’ll be back!!

October-01 W. and S. Jones
‘Thanks to everyone, especially the chef for great vegetarian food, and to our guide who is marvelous. Fantastic views today of Great Argus Pheasant preening itself. We hope to be back’

03-03-03. G. Shorrock (UK)
‘Eye level views of Bornean bristlehead, dusky broadbill and whiskered treeswift, both philentomas, chestnut necklaced partridge, argus, 4 pygmy white eyes (30 m from this book), Chinese Goshawk, black-throated babbler and a blue-headed pitta. However best of all was a one-hour spell yesterday morning where I had a fantastic view of a Giant Pitta down to 7m, soon followed by similar views of Blue-banded Pitta at about 18m. Top whistling by Wangs.’

27-07-02 Smith, Australia/Denmark
‘Truly an excellent place- Stephen an impressive guide. Highlights were Bornean Bristlehead, a Gould’s Frogmouth and Argus Pheasant. About 45 bird species seen in 3 days (plus animals of course).’