Hi. I did this trip in Nov 2017 and it was fabulous... I hope you’ll love it too. The weather was hot and humid and inclined to sudden torrential downpours. We were on the Kinabatangan river during one such episode and the boat owner was bailing the water out with a bucket! So... clothes... I took loose cool clothing and to keep the mosquitoes off, I took long ‘trekking ‘ type trousers that zip at the knees... these were very useful in the jungle as they are quick drying. Quick dry t shirts useful too. A waterproof cagoule or better still cheap poncho are really useful...i took a couple and they were well used, but the weather soon dried up and heated up again!
Shorts, non iron tops, flip flops, trainers, something casual for evenings.
Jungle formula strong due to Zikavirus, dengue... I used it constantly except for one morning and within half an hour I had a bite.
I took a sweat shirt as it was cooler in the mountain.
It’s all very casual. Food is cheap and I think I only took £300, which for me, was enough.
I recommend going to the early evening fish market for a meal in Kota Kinabalu.. so fresh, fab atmosphere and really good value. But... no loo as is outside!
All in all a fabulous place, wonderful people and for me the orangutans were magic and I absolutely could have stayed in the jungle lodge for weeks.
Enjoy!!