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I can't answer your question directly, but one way to get around the problem is to wear one pair of socks as normal and then put on a second pair of thick, long walking socks that you can tuck your pants into. Then, if possible, wear a garter or tie a piece of string around your leg near the top of the outside sock to stop any leeches getting down.
I have been to Sandakan city but have not gone jungle trekking. I googled and found this FAQ online and copied and paste for your easy reference. It all depends where you go, near wet areas, season, - the local guide will be able to tell whether there might be leeches. Insecticide spray your shoes may help. I have observed the Orang Asli who walks barefoot just flick off any leeches that lands on his feet.
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Leeches can be removed simply by scraping or yanking them off. There is no pain involved, and they do not leave behind any mouth parts on your skin (contrary to popular belief). If you can make them drop off, this is even better of course. Here is a partial list of anti-leech substances:
As far as I am concerned, leeches are my only pet peeve whenever I go jungle trekking. Here, prevention is always better than cure. The best way to stop leeches is to not let them bite you in the first place. And the best leech prevention method is by wearing leech socks. Better still, leech socks soaked in salt+oil+tobacco mixture. Oil keeps the substances from being easily washed off in streams or rivers.
We had an aboriginal (Orang Asli) guide, and he wore no socks at all, and those rubber kampung shoes that cost 10RM. The leeches attacked him alright, but the lack of socks (and possibly the smooth less textured quality of the shoes) made it very easy for him to sense them and flick off as soon as they went for his skin. He did get a few bites over the 3 day hike, but waaay less than us.
Mosquitoes are not a huge problem in most parts of Borneo, thanks in part to the millions of insect-eating bats that inhabit the island's countless caves, but you are likely to find yourself in a battle of wits with two varieties of leech. First is the ground-dwelling brown leech, notorious for its painless bites (you won't know you've been tapped until you see blood soaking through your socks). The other is the tiger leech, which drops onto passing humans from overhead branches, inflicting a bite that stings like some ant bites.
Foot care is essential so after you take off your boots and peel off your soaking socks, completely dry your feet and then apply anti-fungal cream or powder as needed. Ask your doctor about bringing along a just-in-case supply of broad-spectrum antibiotics - and the conditions under which they should be used.
The leeches in the rainforest are particularly "vicious" and really blood-thirsty. As you make your way in the wet rainforest trail, you will realise and learn how just how blood-thirsty they are. There are leeches just about everywhere, somersaulting and quivering in all direction. Leeches have heat-seeking sensors that are pretty perked up and sensitive to human body heat. If you are standing still to take a breather, you would find at least two or three leeches somersaulting up your pants, or dropping themselves from the overhanging leaves (sound scary).Leeches will crawl into places of maximum warmth before biting. The ankles are the most common places for bites since the leeches generally are quite low when you pick them up, and they can also bite through the loose weave sock material. Leeches are inchworm-sized creatures that stay on low lying bushes and the forest floor waiting for unsuspecting warm blooded creatures to pass by. They then latch on for a meal of blood, letting go when they are fully engorged. What is a Leech?There are two types of leeches - neither of which is poisonous or carry disease. You cannot feel when brown leeches bite as they inject a kind of anesthetic when they attach. The tiger leech has a small bite that you can feel. Both inject an anti-coagulant, so the blood continues to flow for some time after the leech drops off. Unlike the old wives tale, you can pull leeches off in mid-feed in a panic, although it is easier to nonchalantly roll it around until it lets go, and then flick it off.Leeches are responsive to light and mechanical stimuli. First, they can detect movement. So if you brush against a tree and tread heavily they will feel, rather than hear, you coming. Secondly, they can detect you by your body temperature. They have heat receptors. Leeches easily dry out and go into a torpid state if they do. But add water and they will rapidly spring into action.Leeches are clitellate when breeding and are derived from some oligochaete ancestor. They attach to their hosts and remain there until they become full, at which point they fall off to digest. Leeches' bodies are composed of 34 segments. They all have a ventral sucker formed from the last six segments of their body, which is used to connect to a host for feeding. They use a combination of mucus and suction (caused by concentric muscles in those six segments) to stay attached.To counter this problem.
The last time I was attacked by leeches I thought I'd taken enough precautions such as pulling my socks over my trousers and avoiding walking through particularly wet areas or long grass but I still got them sucking on my ankles. What are the best methods to prevent them finding you interesting in the first place? And what will stop them finding your skin if they do take an interest?
Use salt as it helps remove leeches. ( I know it works I have personally seen it work and it honestly does dry them up.) You could also just leave them to fill up and fall off and then they are gone. The biggest worry though is probably infection for incorrect methods of removal.To prevent leeches I recommend leech socks or pants as they really work but are a bit uncomfortable. Also use stockings (wear stockings). And spray yourself with insect repellent and eucalyptus oil.
From my personal experience trekking in the jungle, if the path you are walking on is infested with leeches, there is no way you can avoid them.Leeches get excited with the vibration your foot steps create, and will hang onto your shoes when they get the opportunity. Then you absolutely do not feel them climbing on your skin, nor feel them biting you.Socks are absolutely helpless. I have tried wearing 2 pairs of socks. High shoes or boots are helpless too.I found salt didn't work.What worked well was spraying this mosquito repellent on the leech. It was a spray I got from the supermarket. It has citrus juice in it and that is what repells leeches away I believe.Spraying twice would make them drop their grab. You then only bleed a little.Also you should not panick having leeches on you as they are said to suck out the toxines you have in your blood. They are said to bring good to your blood. You won't die from leeches bites.The thing to avoid is to panick and attempt to pull out the leeches with your fingers. This is based on my personal experience (in south east asia). Leeches were small.Now there might be some nasty leeches in other parts of the world (south america) more difficult to handle.
Hi Laurence,Thanks for the great information! We are planning to travel from Krabi to Khao Sok and then maybe on to Surat Thani. We would like to stay overnight on the lake but also want to do some hiking (we will bring leech socks as we are going in May). How many days/nights do you think we need? The trip to the lake seems like a full day each way, Are there full day hikes or are they all a couple of hours?Thanks!
Since Nokrek is a humid, marshy land, be sure to carry leech and mosquito repellent sprays and wear covered clothes to prevent leech bites (preferably, wear anti-leech socks; also available in Decathalon). 041b061a72