Sepilok Nature Resort / Orang Utan Sanctuary Sandakan

After a quick breakfast we checked out of the Lodge and walked back up the road 500m to the Mt Kinabalu HQ where we waited for the bus to Sepilok. A fairly non-eventful ride ensued. It was amazing to see the hectares of palm oil plantation on the way. It stretched for kilometres along the road we drove in on, and spread out beyond that which the …

We arrived after a 6 hour bus journey in Sandakan in the far east of Malaysian Borneo and boarded another bus to Sepilok - home of the Orangutans.
The Malaysians love their 'junctions' and we were dropped at Batu 14 - in other words a large roundabout in the middle of nowhere. We met a lovely Dutch girl who was also looking for the same …

We spent the entire day at the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre today. We saw a male, a female and a mother and baby at the feeding sessions.

I have said before that we were spoiled for choice at Butik Lawang and I think we felt that too after Sepilok. Having said that, this is a much better organised and well-run centre and the …

Debo reconocer que con esto se me caerá el carnet y se darán cuenta lo viejo que estoy…la primera vez que vi el nombre de la ciudad…pensé que era Sandokan…como la serie india de hace como 30 años…sí…ya lo sé, estoy viejo…pero es Sandakan y no tiene ni una relación con la serie…

Bueno, Sandakan es …

Hotel Shangri-La

As we seem to have flash visited most destinations here, I think it's easiest to divide the Borneo trip into two entries, by province, first Sabah, where we had 5 stops and then Sarawak where we are heading to next.

We flew from Singapore to Borneo’s capital Kota Kinabalu (KK). We were due to join our tour …

After an awesome breakfast buffet (and whats not awesome about french toast, fried rice, pork buns, fruit and yogurt for breakfast!) we were picked up for our next mini tour taking the next 3 days. First stop the Sepilok orangutan park. We watched a video on the parks operation to rehabitate orphaned orangutans back to wild. They have to be taught …

On Tuesday this week me and the other volunteers went to Sepilok orangutan sanctuary in Sandakan. It was absolutely awesome.

Basically it is a rehabilitation centre where they take orphaned orangutans and try to reintroduce them to the wild. They also have a massive area of rainforest with various trails throughout it. Visitors are allowed …

I natt våknet jeg minst ti ganger. Ikke fordi aricondition stod på fullt og Ove snorket fornøyd i vei - men fordi i dag er dagen her.. Vi skal få møte orangutanger!!! Vi er med andre ord ankommet Borneo! HURRA!!! Reisen i går var lang, med tre flyturer og ditto flyplasser. Som reiseleder fikk jeg mange spørsmå …

We were up at 6am for an early breakfast then off back to Sandakan for the next stage of our tour - Sepilok.We arrived at Sepilok in good time, so we bagged a comfy seat for the video and learnt all about the orangutan santuary and the British Charity which also helps them. After the video we were taken to watch the feeding session. There were lots …

On the morning of the 8th I woke up in time for buffet breakfast at the hotel and caught a taxi to Uncle Tan's B&B, the jumping off place for my Jungle Camp tour!

When I arrived at their so called operations base, they offered me breakfast, gave an information package and told me my transfer to the Sepilok Orangutan Centre would be at …