Pick up from Hotel at 6.00 am and transfer to Kota Kinabalu airport for early 7.20am morning flight from Kota Kinabalu to Sandakan. From airport we transfer to Sandakan Memorial Park, the site of the Sandakan POW Camp, we then visit the World Famous Sepilok Orang-Utan Centre. After lunch at a local restaurant, we drive along the original Death March route from Sandakan to Telupid. Along the way we see the locations that both Owen Campbell and Dick Braithwaite escaped.

Today our tour will take us to Bauto Hill, this was the area that Sandakan Death March survivor Botterill witnessed the murder of two Australian POW’s. We continue our Tour along the Labuk River, through Ulu Tapaang, drive up to Taviu and onto Mungkadai and enter the Village of Miru with its towering hills and cliffs surrounding this delightful and traditional village. Our Tour passes through forested and cultivated land the route across to Miru is scenic with stops in delightful Villages. The local kids and villages are very excited to meet us and are all smiles as we visit their villages.

Tonight we are entertained with a local feast and traditional Gong dancers.

Today we depart Miru and drive down the beautiful Liwagu Valley to Tampias. Our journey today is past forest and a mixture of cultivated land. At Tampias we continue by vehicle to Nalapak and walk up to Sabah Tea for our overnight accommodation. On the way to Sabah Tea we stop at Paginatan and visit the house of the “Ring Lady” and the area that the POWs were buried. Paginatan was also the area that the rice carrying parties operated.

Transfer to Muruk village by bus before we commence a steep ascent up Marakau Hill. Marakau Hill is also known as Botterill’s Hill, named after Sandakan Death March survivor Keith Botterill. Botterill trekked up this hill 6 times lugging 20kg bags of rice to keep himself fit and also gave him a chance to pinch some rice to help his escape. We then drive a short steep trek through jungle, before descending and crossing Ranau Plain for lunch and pay our respects at the Ranau POW Camp sites 1 and 2. We then visit the magnificently restored Kundasang War Memorial to participate in a service to remember all those who gave their lives for Australia and those that lost their lives on the Sandakan Ranau Death March. We have some time here to watch a video and reflect as we walk through the various memorial gardens. We then transfer back to Kota Kinabalu for celebration, shower and relaxation for overnight stay at Hotel.

After an early morning breakfast we depart by plane from Kota Kinabalu to Labuan Island to pay our respects to our fallen heroes.

Our Tour of Labuan Island includes the following;

• Tour of Labuan Island, visiting surrender point, Australian Memorial, Commonwealth War Cemetery, Water Village.

We then depart Labuan around midday and catch a fast boat to commence our drive down the Liberation highway through Klias and Beaufort.

Along the way we visit the areas that our special forces operated in during operation Stallion and we visit the areas that Jack Sue operated.

Our tour also includes visits to;

•The Graves of the Borneo resistance Heroes including Albert Kwok.

• The Japanese Kempetai HQ.

 • Kota Kinabalu Wild Life Park. Pygmy Elephants, Orang-Utans plus much more.

We return to Kota Kinabalu around 5pm and overnight at your 4 star Kota Kinabalu Hotel.

 After breakfast your tour ends