Sabah is the heavyweight: orangutans at the Sepilok sanctuary, pygmy elephants along the Kinabatangan river and, offshore, the coral gardens of Sipadan — routinely ranked among the world's top dive sites. Add Mount Kinabalu's granite summit for the ambitious. June to September gives the best wildlife odds. It's a trip that rearranges your sense of what 'nature' means.
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