Jungle Trekking to Usun Apau - Heart of Borneo 2025 - Sarawak, Borneo скачать в хорошем качестве

Jungle Trekking to Usun Apau - Heart of Borneo 2025 - Sarawak, Borneo

I have been exploring the terrain and satellite maps of Borneo's interior, seeking virgin areas that would be potencially highly interesting to document sounds of. When I came across some flat area with cliff edges on the terrain map, positioned deep in the interior, it instantly caught my attention. On satellite imagery, it was all jungle, which made me further intrigued. Not many (or any) areas left in Borneo have flat terrain and haven't been logged yet. The more I explored and learned about this place called Usun Apau, the more fascinating and mysterious it became, until I finally decided I needed to go there no matter what. This remote plateau covers 471.22 km² and sits about 1,000 meters above sea level in Sarawak, Malaysia. It's a legendary place of the Kenyahs and Kayan of Borneo, where "Usun" means "on top of" and "Apau" means "plateau" in the local dialect. It was once a sacred place of the former Kenyah shamans and said people descended down this mountain originally. The journey was pretty intense, starting already with just getting there. An 8-hour drive from Miri to Julan Bridge on wet, slippery roads, followed by a challenging trek to the plateau. Most of the trail wasn't really a trail at all, just bushwalking and steep climbs until I finally reached the top. There, the path opened into a beautiful mossy ancient forest. At the plateau's edge, there are many huge waterfalls like Jula, dropping 100 meters down cliff faces. These falls feed three major rivers - the Baram, Balui, and Tinjar. Many of them seem still not discovered. I spent three nights camping in these primeval forests, recording the sounds of one of Borneo's last truly untouched areas. Only a few scientific expeditions have been here before, each making new discoveries like finding orangutans where they weren't thought to exist. This journey covered 140 kilometers of driving on logging roads and 25 kilometers of trekking over three days. It was hard, but this remarkable place will stay deep in my heart. Join me while I'm collecting sounds of true wilderness.