Borneo

August is a month where you have a choice to make. You either have to watch everyone around you skip off on holiday while you stay at home being jealous and picking up the extra workload in the [...]

Those who have been following our month-by-month guides to visiting Asia may have noticed how much we love the variety Asia has to offer – and July is another brilliant example!   How [...]

June might mean all the great things about summer have arrived in the UK and Europe, but it’s a beautiful time to visit Asia too. Here’s our round up of where we would head in Asia [...]

Welcome/ Welcome back! It’s time for our tips about where to go in Asia in May, and spoiler alert, it’s a great one. We have some new countries featuring for the first time, we have [...]

Typically I’m quite spontaneous with my holidays but April is one of those months where it pays to be a planner and take advantage of a little trick to maximise your holiday time.  By using just [...]

Welcome back! Asia is really varied in March, there is definitely something for everyone. Like February,  there are lots of festivals and activities to follow and the weather continues to be [...]

As it happens that some of us here at Fleewinter have recently become parents, we have realized even more how difficult it can be to find accommodation that caters to families: some only accept [...]

Disposable plastic water bottles: We’ve all seen them washed up on beaches, bobbing in the oceans, bays, and rivers of Southeast Asia. They aren’t pretty and the problem isn’t [...]

Why did we decide to write a blog about the best eco resorts in Asia? When it comes to luxury holidaying, we could see in the past years that for our clients it has become increasingly important [...]

Nearly twenty years ago, I read an account of climbing Borneo’s Mount Kinabalu and although I can’t recall where I read it, I do know that it fueled a burning desire to follow in the [...]

Okay, we are now two weeks into this lovely new year of 2018, and I would love to know just how many people have managed to successfully keep all those resolutions that were so earnestly made [...]

As the boat sped across the Celebes Sea, a smile tugged at my lips and I shimmied into my wetsuit. We were on our way to Sipadan, an uninhabited island off the east coast of Malaysian Borneo. [...]

For many visitors to Borneo, a few nights on Gaya Island is the ideal end to the trip. A short boat ride from Kota Kinabalu, the island is covered in rainforest and surrounded by coral reefs and [...]

Are you also one of these people for whom a holiday is not complete without a native wildlife encounter? We are too! Are you also worried that you might step into a tourist trap and pay money for [...]

This is a post by Marbree, a member of the Luxury Travel in Asia team. Despite being pictured here in Namibia, she spends most of her time in Asia. Marbree just finished a research trip in Borneo [...]