• Sunrise over the verdant tea plantation is stunningly beautiful, a moment we can savor while enjoying an early breakfast.

• Following breakfast, we set off by bus for the short 30-minute drive to Poring Hot Springs, part of Kinabalu National Park and World Heritage Site. Nearby is a local school where we will have session teaching world geography and English language skills to the rural children as part of a community service project. School supplies, maps and visual aids encouraging language learning and conservation can also be presented to the school at this time.

• When the students break for lunch, so do we -- dining at the nearby Poring Hot Springs’ Rainforest Restaurant.

• Following lunch, our first study focus and adventure of the afternoon will be exploring the lowland forest searching for rafflesia in bloom - the world’s largest flower. These spectacular blooms can only be found in lowland forests of Southeast Asia, forests that are characterized by huge flared root bases on trees, large woody liana vines and enormous epiphytes.

• We will have the opportunity to explore this forest from ground to canopy level as we climb up to a canopy walkway 41-meters high and literally walk through the treetops on a series on securely connected suspension bridges.

• Our next adventure is a 90-minute trek through the forest to the beautiful Langanen Waterfall. There will be time here to frolic in the falls, discover the lush vegetation growing in the perpetual mist and investigate the many invertebrates that support a healthy stream ecosystem.

• It’s another 90-minute hike back to Poring Hot Springs where everyone can enjoy the comfort of geothermal waters to soothe sore muscles before transferring by bus to Celyne Resort.

• Perched like an eagle nest on a high ridge overlooking two spectacular valleys, Celyne Resort offers some of the most dramatic views of Mount Kinabalu to be found.

• Following an excellent dinner buffet, we will enjoy an evening of local music in the open-air pavilion of the resort.

Overnight: Celyne Resort, Kinabalu