Intrepid
Toursprovides
tours, accommodation, packages and transfers in North West
Borneo - Brunei, Sabah and Sarawak.
Tours
are designed for small groups,
families, schools, youth groups, individual visitors and corporate teams.
Based
in Brunei and backed by over 25 years experience,
Intrepid
Tours offers a unique
standard of service, safety and programme design.
Activities include diving,
dive training (PADI) walks, white water rafting, fishing, sailing,
sail training (AYF/RYA Yachtmaster scheme) team challenge
exercises, and water skiing. Our natural
heritage tours focus on rainforest, wildlife, rivers, mangroves
and islands. Our cultural heritage tours
include museums, mosques, palaces, water villages, longhouses, river
cruises, handicrafts, traditional technology and local markets.
Accommodation
can range from a six star resort hotel, a chalet on an
isolated island or deep in the jungle, a longhouse, a local
village home-stay, National Park bunkroom, or even a tent.
Venues and attractions include
Ulu Temburong National Park, Jerudong Park, Mulu caves, Mt
Kinabalu National Park, the Kinabatangan River, Sukau, Sepilok
Orangutan Sanctuary, Turtle Island, and Pulau Tiga. Wildlife
you can expect to see includes Proboscis monkeys, Orangutans,
monitor lizards, crocodiles, Hornbills and others.
Families, schools, companies and friends find
that Brunei is a convenient and safe place to
encounter the wildlife, jungle, culture and
activities of Borneo.
Intrepid
Tours
operations are backed by over 25 years experience with travel,
adventure, school tours, and corporate training. Our Australian
Managing Director has qualifications in education, plus a background
operating Outward Bound centres in Australia and Asia, and ten years
working in North West Borneo.
Intrepid's
tours and packages
focus on the unique cultural and environmental heritage of Brunei,
Sabah and Sarawak. Our travel experiences combine information,
activity, relaxation, education, challenge, family, friends, fun and
exploration.
Our tailor made
packages combine selected travel elements to give clients
their preferred mix of traditional lifestyle, local
practices, adventure, wildlife, cultural understanding,
shopping and luxury. By including contrasting activities,
accommodation and travel experiences, each day is different
and memorable.
Enjoying the
attractions also means experiencing the differences, the
special food, the local transport and the unique lifestyle.
Step outside the coach and hotel to really enjoy the area.
As
an independent and privately owned business,
Intrepid
Tours
provides discerning recommendations about accommodation,
venues and tours to suit spcific visitir and group
requirements
Intrepid's tours and packages do this, but with
the reassurance of our unique safety standards, tour
co-ordination, communication services and visitor support to
ensure a smooth and trouble free experience; after all, this
is a holiday.
Intrepid'sManaging Director established a
radio repeater site on a remote mountain in Brunei.
This facility hosts one
of
Intrepid
Tours'VHF radio repeaters. These
repeaters provide a unique safety and tour
co-ordination service in Brunei's isolated recreation areas.
The equipment is also
used for special events, such as fishing contests
and yacht regattas.
Intrepid
Tours
places a
strong emphasis on visitor safety, tour co-ordination and staff training.
Our radio communications
systems complements international standard safety equipment, boat and vehicle
carrying capacity standards, and general tour operating procedures.
This approach results
in a level of service, safety and personal security that is unique to
Intrepid
Tours. It is especially important for
clients visiting remote areas
where many of the best attractions are located.
As an independent and privately owned tour
operator, we provide discerning
advice, especially for visitors interested to explore the
culture, wildlife and environment.
We operate
our own tours, and select partner attractions, transport,
accommodation, staff and tour operators based on:
safety
and security for visitors and staff
local
community participation
preservation
of local community values and lifestyles
directing
tourism income to local people
directing
tourism income to the people who do the work
environmentally
conscious operations
Intrepid
Tours operations and activities are supported by a substantial
investment in boats, vehicles, rafts, helmets, initiative
activity structures and safety equipment. Our Bandar Seri Begawan
office is linked to operating staff via
our radio networks.
Our Managing
Director established tour operation standards, activities and
support facilities to assist visitors safely experience the
amazing Ulu Temburong National Park. This includes a number of
specially constructed visitor buildings complete with kitchen,
dining area, briefing room, equipment storage and maintenance,
plus shower and toilet facilities, for embarkation to and from
the park.
Enjoying local foods with afternoon
tea following a visit to Ulu Temburong National Park
Our working relationships with
local communities in Brunei, Sabah and Sarawak, allows
Intrepid
Tours
to pursue our
mission
of
supporting communities and visitor programmes which preserve existing cultural values,
the environment, and local wildlife.
Our tailor made Borneo
packages can include selected local
community accommodation and tour operations.
This gives visitors an immersion in the lifestyle and culture,
and directs tourism income to these communities.
Warm water, easy accessibility and a range of dive
venues - wrecks and reefs - makes Brunei and the
islands of Brunei Bay attractive for diving
and dive courses.
Visiting school groups can
include PADI dive
courses with island camping and other vacation and
educational activities.
Our radio systems mean no one is really very far
away.
Intrepid
Tours
has standard tours and packages covering cultural,
and wilderness attractions in Brunei, Sabah and Sarawak.
These tours can be
varied to suit group and individual interests and abilities.
We provide fully guided tours and services, or we can provide
"self drive" programmes with selected accommodation,
transfers and tours pre-arranged along the way. This option is
often chosen by visitors seeking the challenge
and local interaction of private travel, but who also want
the security and time efficiency of an organised tour.
Comfortable living standards
in Brunei means local wildlife is
not hunted for food. Wildlife can
be found living close to urban areas.
Intrepid
Tours
also
designs and operates specific interest programmes in Brunei and Borneo.
Educational tours for schools,
adventure and cultural discovery programmes for self
sufficient groups such as Scouts, and team building
experiences for corporate groups.
Borneo's contrasts
are what makes it so attractive.
A member of the:
Brunei Association of Travel
Agents (BATA) and the
Outdoor Recreation Industry Council of Australia
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For national parks, fishing,
rafting, sailing, diving, cultural heritage,
corporate teams, school & special programmes,
with island, rainforest and city accommodation Brunei, Sabah & Sarawak
INTREPIDTOURS
PO Box 2234
Bandar Seri Begawan BS8674
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
Phn: 673 2 221685/6 Fax: 673 2 221687
Unit 105, 1st Floor, PGGMB
Building
Jalan Sungai Kianggeh
Bandar Seri Begawan BS8111
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
