Borneo's Secret Kingdom

screenable online: 3 episodes

The Kinabatangan River is at times a destructive torrent, and others, a gentle stream. From the mountains, to its meeting with the sea, the river is flanked by mysterious jungle. Borneo stands at a triple junction of three tectonic plates and at the crossroads of two oceans . The river is home to 50 mammal species, 200 types of bird, and countless insects . Fuelled by yearly monsoons, it courses through a hub of diversity. From source, to sea, and back again…this is Borneo’s Secret Kingdom.

Episodes:
1. Forest of the Flying Snakes
2. Empire of the Sun
3. King of the Swamp

The Kinabatangan River is fuelled by yearly monsoons as it courses through a hub of diversity. The crocodile has a close association with the river that has earned her a totemic status. In shallow…

The waters of the Kinabatangan River have passed over rapids, through hilly country, and into floodplains. But this is an El Nino year and the rains are late spreading famine and relentless heat,…

The Kinabatangan-Segama Wetlands is one of the largest and most pristine coastal ecosystems in South East Asia . But the wet-season is shaking things up. Proboscis monkeys squabble for control over…

Forest of the Flying Snakes (Episode 1)

Empire of the Sun (Episode 2)

King of the Swamp (Episode 3)