Private Tour

Mangrove Cruise with Fireflies Tour Including Dinner from Sandakan

Name: Mangrove Cruise with Fireflies Tour Including Dinner from Sandakan
Price: 64.11 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.36 (25 reviews)

Overview

Available languages

English

4 hours

Mobile ticket

Join this afternoon fireflies cruise with your friends and family. Also get introduction of local village and play with village kids which give you a great moment of the area. Round trip transfer is included from Sandakan

Additional Info

Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What To Expect

Sandakan Rainforest Park

Our driver pickup you at 4:40pm from your hotel in Sandakan. Head to Pangkalan B&B. Before proceeding for the cruise, you will having simple Tea at our B&B. After that, we will bring you to enjoy Local Village Games. One of the reasons we create this game it's to share the memories with our guest together with the village kids. After that, we will walk around the village nearby to experience the way of village people life and share the nature of mangrove information and give you the experience to throw Crab Trap and on the way back to jetty we will collect it. By 1800 hrs continue our cruise to Pamaguan Island to enjoy our Sunset view from the island (if weather permitted). Spend 15-20 minutes at island and after that cruise back to river to search a Fireflies along the Mangrove tree nearby the riverbank. Back to B&B for dinner. After dinner driver drop off you at your hotel in Sandakan with sweet memories

2 hours • Admission Not Applicable

What‘s Included

Round trip transportation by Car

Sharing Basis Mangrove Cruise

Buffet Dinner (Local Food)

English speaking driver

Other food & drinks

Any other things not mentioned

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Options

Mangrove Cruise tour

Afternoon Fireflies tour with Seafood dinner.
Pickup included

Reviews

4.36

25 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Definitely worth seeing!
Escape41018510649,,Dec 1, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We met Azrien - initially our taxi driver, now friend, by chance and he recommended this trip and it was amazing. If you want a chilled evening to catch the sunset with dinner sorted after, this is the tour to pick. Transport is sorted as well just whatsapp Azrien ( +60 13‑797 9018‬) and he’ll easily sort it out for you with a special price. We went as a group of four and it was smooth sailing. Managed to see proboscis monkeys, local macaques and even eagles!! The tour guide was also funny and you can’t go wrong with the local dinner.
nice boat trip on the river
deniz,,Nov 8, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Mangrove cruise was really nice. it was nice to be on the river in the dark. we actually got to see the fireflies this time. we tried to see them in Kuala Selangor but we saw nothing. the food was very nice. Abdul Qayyum + 60 11-1669 5114 booked everything for us. he's a nice fella and great company
Great river cruise with animals and fireflies
emilyi267,,Nov 2, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We had a great time, recommend! Saw proboscis monkeys and a hermit crab as well as the fireflies. Lovely staff and food also.
Highly recommend. Made our visit
M9685VKniamhm,,Oct 6, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We had an amazing experience! Our group was really friendly and chatty which always helps. The guides have great English and are funny as well as knowledgeable. We saw two groups and proboscis monkeys aswell as macaques, fireflies and a salt water crocodile! Really beautiful scenery 😍 we booked through the following WhatsApp number: +60 14-972 5651 Sepilok has the friendliest people we've met in 6 months of traveling asia.
Crocodile and fireflies
Climber13305648635,,Aug 30, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Our Mangrove cruise was fantastic. Thanks to Abdul, our travel manager (+60 11-1669 5114), we saw a crocodile, a lots of fireflies and all was incredible.
Fantastic evening
carolinemX6023UD,,Jul 26, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Abdul was fantastic! He picked us up and provided us with lots of knowledge and information. We were lucky to see proboscis monkeys and a massive salt water crocodile too, along with the mesmerising fireflies! Would highly recommend! :) His WhatsApp number is 60-11-1669-5114.
Great experience - book through Abdul
jadecW1545DD,,Jun 11, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Amazing experience, really enjoyed it! Got to see crocs, the fireflies & other great wildlife. The families are so nice and the homecooked meal was amazing. I called Abdul - +60 11-1669 5114 He got me booked in as a solo traveler and transported me there and back. He is very kind & professional. Highly recommend 🙂
Fireflies + more! Book with Abdul - +60 11-1669 5114
jacksB5554RI,,Feb 27, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Book with Abdul! - +60 11-1669 5114 Found Abdul’s number on trip advisor and messaged him on WhatsApp, originally planned to try to visit the Gomantong Caves, but he informed us it was quite far so we instead asked if the Firefly Cruise was available and he was able to book it for us on exactly the day we needed. Picked us up from our hotel, we had tea and cakes before the cruise where we managed to see some probiscis monkeys, macaques and a 2m crocodile only a few metres from our boat which was incredible! We stopped on a small beach for sunset and we’re shown a group of hermit crabs which was very cool - all these extra animals were an added bonus we didn’t expect. Then as it got dark we saw the fireflies, we must’ve seen at least 4 trees full of them, and they were amazing to see. Another bonus - we managed to see some glowing plankton in the water next to our boat. We then returned to the dock and ate a delicious curry, home cooked by one of the local people in the village next to the river. Abdul was so lovely and everyone else who came on the tour were too, Abdul even arranged for our airport transfer the next day! A pleasure to meet him and nice to take a trip that was more locally run, rather than through a bigger company.
Wonderful experience of cruise fireflies and crocodiles
X Z,,Sep 18, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Wonderful experience that we can explore the fireflies, and crocodiles. we cruise in the night to find the beautiful fireflies and also we have found a 1.5meters crocodiles. Also the island area that we take a rest has also a good view. Dinner is delicious and staff is patient, introducing us information about animals, plants. Our guide Azrien is kind and responsible, Nice experience !
Do not book!
786eleanorj,,Aug 25, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00
The tour guide did not show up! Viator have refunded us so no issue with them, but do not book this tour. If you want to do it, all of the grab drivers seem to know people who do a similar tour and you can pay in person when they show up. We sadly couldn’t do this because we waited for too long for the guide to show up and then all the other tours had already departed. A real shame!