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| Days | Activities For The Day(s) | Food & Accomadation |
| Day 1 | Arrival in Amman airport Jordan. Early birds can visit Lambir Hills National Park or explore Miri. Miri is the gateway to remote parts of Northern Sarawak, Borneo. It is a hive of local activity and has some thriving fish and fresh produce markets and many of the rural population use it as their main hub for selling their produce. | Miri Hotel |
| Day 2 | Safety brief and kit check. A group safety brief will be given covering everything about the trip. The group leader will show all of his personal kit that he is taking into the jungle. At the end of this session there will be time for people to purchase any missing items that they feel they need for the trip. You will be given a full jungle kit list before hand in the U.K. | Miri Hotel |
| Day 3 | Head to the jungle – Penan village. Catching a morning twin otter flight we head into the Sarawake jungle. On landing we transfer to 4 x 4 jeeps for a two hour journey followed by a one hour canoe ride to the Penan village. On arriving at the village our guide will introduce you to all the key people, he will take you on a short tour of the village and ensure you get to know your local staff team. This is also a chance to acclimatise to the heat and humidity of the jungle. | Penan village. Sleep in village , dinner with Penan family. |
| Day 4 | Head deeper into jungle – main jungle camp location. Today we travel deeper into the jungle by dug out canoe until we arrive at our jungle camp. Here you will be taught how to live and operate in the jungle safely.Once camp is established we will head out on a local walk through the jungle. Along the way our local Penan guides will show you all that they know about how to survive in the rainforest. What plants to eat and what plants to avoid.This evening will be your first night in this amazing environment. Dinner will be around the camp fire. | Main jungle camp Jungle routine sleeping in hammocks. Diner around camp fire. |
| Day 5 | Fire and shelter day. Today we learn about making fire with the bare essentials. This all important skill will be practised throughout the trip. Following on you will be shown by the Penan how to make an off the ground shelter using only what the jungle provides. | Main jungle camp Jungle routine sleeping in hammocks. Diner around camp fire. |
| Day 6 | Tracking and traps day. Today you will start to learn how to spot animal tracks and bird calls, and as a result there is no doubt that you will start to become at one with the forest as you trek through an incredibly remote area. Whilst doing so you will learn how the Penan make traps to catch wild pigs. You will have time to set some traps yourself. Main jungle camp | Main jungle camp Jungle routine sleeping in hammocks. Diner around camp fire. |
| Day 7 | Forest sign language day and trek to Penan village Today you will learn the traditional way the Penan communicate through leaving jungle signs. This fascinating language can tell you many things such as who is hunting in the area and where they are heading to. All of this can be learnt by understanding the complex arrangements of cut twigs and folded leaves. Whilst learning forest sign language we will be trekking to a different Penan village.Arriving at the second Penan village you will be able to make comparisons to the first village and see how in tune the locals are to the environment. | Main jungle camp Jungle routine sleeping in hammocks. Diner around camp fire. |
| Day 8 | Blow-pipes and fishing day.Today we understand more about the Pean way of life. You will learn how to make several blow pipe darts from scratch followed by how to effectively use them with a blow- pipe.In the afternoon you will learn to fish the Penan way using fish traps and throw nets. After some successful fishing we will move onto fish preparation for our evening meal. | Main jungle camp Jungle routine sleeping in hammocks. Diner around camp fire. |
| Day 9 | Trekking day. Today we will trek to giant waterfalls, followed by wild camping next to them. You will be able to spend some time exploring classic forest waterfalls and really go back- to-basics and understand what life is like as a semi-nomadic tribesman. | Wild camp location Jungle routine sleeping in hammocks. Diner around camp fire. |
| Day 10 | Trekking day. After a morning breakfast by the waterfall we will head back to our main jungle camp and relax for the remainder of the day , in preparation of tomorrows solitude survival experience. | Main jungle camp Jungle routine sleeping in hammocks. Diner around camp fire. |
| Day 11 | Solitude Survival experience. For the next 48 hours you will put your new found survival skills into action by spending 48 hours alone in the jungle with the bare minimum of items. You will need to build your own Penan shelter , catch your own fish , collect edible plants and set traps for pigs. You can chose to do this alone or your can pair up with someone on the trip. Throughout this experience our Penan guides will be on hand to offer advise only. Alternatively you can rest and relax in the main camp. | Survival experience. |
| Day 12 | Solitude Survival experience continued. | Survival experience. |
| Day 13 | Move back to Penan village. End of Solitude experience A.M On completing the solitude survival experience in the morning we will pack up everything in the jungle camp and head back to the first village we stayed in by dug out canoe. After a spending time in the jungle you will have a better understanding of the Penan way of life and how the Penan use the jungle to their advantage. | Penan village. Sleep in village , dinner with Penan family. |
| Day 14 | Last day of the expedition Leaving the Penan village early in the morning we will head back to the original airport using dug out canoes and 4x 4 jeeps. With time to spare we will say goodbye to our Penan hosts and fly back to Miri and stay in the same hotel as on our first night. Tonight we will have a group meal in Miri. | Fly back to Miri and check back into original hotel. |
| Day 15 | End of the expedition End of expedition. Check out of hotel. Depending when your flight is you may choose to shop. Alternatively you may choose to stay to discover more sites of Borneo, of which we will gladly point you in the right direction for this. | International flight from Miri to home. |
