Camp Borneo

Kampung Tinangol

Kampung (Kg) Tinangol sits in the north western corner of Sabah, very close to the Northern tip of Borneo. It is a traditional Rungus ethnic group community not far from the town of Kudat. Camps International has teamed up with PACOS Trust to work in a number of communities across Sabah in order to help them accomplish their aims as well as to provide assistance with larger projects, through both funding and volunteers. In addition to helping PACOS, volunteers at Tinangol will get the opportunity to experience Sabahan hospitality and life at first hand. Sabahans are extremely welcoming and friendly people and would share their last grain of rice with a visitor. Living amongst them will provide visitors with a truly memorable and humbling experience. You will also get dragged into local celebrations and parties, play sport with them every evening and learn to dance like a local!

Batu Puteh

Our wildlife and environmental project takes you to the community of Batu Puteh on the mighty Kinabatangan River.  This chocolate brown tributary flow from the very heart of North Borneo and along its banks is home to a plethora of animals, insects and communities.  The community of Batu Puteh has developed a mini eco tourism project here and as well as developing this they are working hard to preserve and re-generate a nearby forest reserve.  Along the banks of the river you will see crocodiles, up to 8 species of ape, wild boar, occasional elephants and numerous bird and aquatic life. The project work at Batu Puteh is centred around their efforts to re-generate the surrounding forest. Although in areas the forest is dense and healthy, in other areas due to flooding, poor soil and some human impacts, the forest has de-generated and allowed secondary growth of smaller plants. These plants have restricted larger trees from taking root and hence the programme aims to help these trees to re-claim the area.