You’ll feel them before you see them – their warm, friendly eyes on you as you move through their jungle wilderness. Observing the gentle orangutan in the wild is a bucket-list activity for many, and the docile creatures are best explored in Borneo’s animal-rich equatorial rainforest. Humid, impenetrable, lush with foliage and colour: Borneo is blanketed by colourful rhododendron, orchids and lianas that flank the slopes of Mount Kinabalu. This is the land of longhouses and lowland forests, conservation versus deforestation and cultural riches galore.