I skipped the drugs and chose instead to be vigilant. People react differently to all the drugs, so discuss your options with your doctor. Some tablets are taken weekly, some daily some you start two to three days prior to your trip, others start a week or two before. The only way to avoid dengue is to use bug repellant, but there are a variety of drugs to prevent malaria. Map out your anti-mosquito strategy ahead of timeīoth malaria and dengue are a concern in parts of Borneo. Here are a few facts and travel tips that I (and a few of my fellow travelers) wish I’d known before arriving in Borneo. And while I’d thoroughly prepared by reading the provided packing lists and travel information, I was still in for some surprises. I recently returned from an 11-day trip to some of the island’s rivers and jungles with the luxury travel company GeoEx. Geography experts or no, people from all over the world journey to this jungle destination in hopes of glimpsing rare, critically endangered, or threatened animals such as orangutans, pangolins, rhinoceros hornbills, and Borneo pygmy elephants.īut the island is so much more than rain forest creatures: It also encompasses parts of three different countries, hundreds of cultures, and one of the most biodiverse environments on the planet. Hint: It’s in Southeast Asia, just east of the Malaysian Peninsula. Borneo is the third-largest island in the world, but even seasoned travelers may need a minute or two to find it on a map.
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