Upon arrival at Berau airport, your driver and guide will be waiting for you. You then drive to the village of Merasa in about 2 hours. In the village you will see the traditional local life of the Dayaks and their culture. In the evening dinner in a local restaurant, overnight stay in a local guest house in Merasa.

After a simple breakfast you sail up the Lesan river with a motorized canoe. During the 2-hour tour you can enjoy the landscape and the river banks with green lowland and towering dipterocarp trees that herald the entrance to the deep dark Borneo. Slowly you tour through the primary rainforest and reach the island of Bawan, the orangutan island. We make a simple jungle trek and, depending on the weather conditions and passability, you walk to the waterfall, an old Dayak grave and a limestone cave. At the end of the morning you sail back to Merasa and drive to the village of Benua Baru, a Dayak Kayan village. The Dayak Kayan tribe is known for their colourful art and wooden ornaments that reflect life in the rainforest. There are still a few elderly women in this village with long ears with rings and tattoos, which represent the last memorable Dayak Culture. Y continue your trip by car for about four hours to Talisayan, Lunch on the way in a local restaurant, transfer to hotel in Talisayan for overnight stay, dinner at a local restaurant.

After breakfast at the jungle lodge, cruise downstream to Merasa again and get in the car for the bumpy road to Benuaq Baru Dayak Kanan village. The patterns in the Dayak images and statues portray jungle life and are influenced by China and Vietnam. Some older ladies still have the traditional long ears and tattoos. After the visit, the driver will drive you to the coastal town of Talisayan. 1 night in Talisayan

After an early breakfast you drive to the port of Talisayan and sail with a local fishing boat to the fishermen where the whale sharks in the morning feast on bycatch. You can spot the whale sharks from the boat or snorkel from the water. Upon returning to the village you visit the Bajau village and get acquainted with the way of life of the Bajau sea gypsies. Then you drive to Labuan Cermin, known as the mirror lake because of its two types of water, with fresh water at the top and salt water at the bottom of the lake, where freshwater and saltwater fish swim in the upper and lower layer of the lake. After lunch you continue by car to Teluk Sulaiman, where you continue your trip on a dirt road through the dense forest to the Teluk Sumbang bay in the most southern part of Berau. Dinner and overnight at the Eco Lodge.

After breakfast you walk or sail through the mangroves (depending on the water level) where you can see the long-nose monkeys in the trees and you visit a Dayak village with traditional Dayak culture. Then you continue to the Bidadari waterfalls. Along the way you will see various monkey species, many bird species and small bears. Return to the resort in the afternoon. Lunchbox en-route. Dinner at the hotel. Overnight stay at Kaniungan

After breakfast, you kayak to the mangrove forest to view the proboscis monkeys and other wildlife. After lunch in the eco lodge we go into the jungle to see gibbons, honey bears (also called sun bears) and dragons. Lunch and dinner at the eco lodge

After breakfast you say goodbye to the people of the Eco lodge and drive back in some 4 hours to Talisayan. After check in into your hotel another goodbye to your driver and guide who will return home. The next days, the crew of Maratua Seaview resort will escort you in the Derawan archipelago. 1 night in Talisayan.