Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia and Borneo

For those wishing to combine the grandeur and comfort of a fully fledged, luxury five-star resort with a truly wild setting, Shangri La’s Rasa Ria, outside Kota Kinabalu, is the perfect choice. Beautifully laid out around landscaped grounds, behind a beach of velvet-soft sand, the property is surrounded by 400 acres of primary rainforest and even boasts its own orangutan reserve and canopy walk. Everything you could possibly want or need for a perfect holiday is on-site, and delivered with unfailing good humour by the resort’s enthusiastic staff. Optional activities range from jungle walks to fishing trips, and being royally pampered in the top-notch spa.