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First glimpse of Borneo rainforest

A travel blog entry by deerhunter

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... t see the crocodiles and pygmy elephants also in the area but felt lucky even so.

To see the Orang Utans so high up in the trees was amazing and I couldn't get enough. They have the biggest arms ever and are hairier than me. Also they are the ultimate in nochalance!

In the evening I took a night hike through the forest and saw loads of ...

She Sells (Monkey) Sanctuary

A travel blog entry by alanhopkins

... stop and let them off, it will then drive for about 20 seconds and then pick up someone. It's like 60p though. Oh and it stopped to refuel as well.

We had missed the bus that took us close to the sanctuary so we had to get out and walk the last 2.5k, it wasn't too bad as it was shady most of the way. There's a fair bit to do in this area if you like monkeys and rainforests. There are 4 Orangutan sanctuarys in the world, this one is the busiest and sees more visitors than ...

The Corridor of Life

A travel blog entry by bahra

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... saplings already planted. So part of our duties will include clearing a 1 meter space around the saplings of any overgrown weeds and grass. This will be to prepare the way for hired labourers/ villagers to clear the whole of the grasslands. In the past and last time the villagers did not fully recognise the saplings and unfortunately there was a mortality rate of 87 saplings cut down of the original 286 planted hence the volunteer involvement.
The trees ...

Christmas trees in the jungle?!

A travel blog entry by lady_ives

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... track and not another boat or building to be seen. Pretty flippen awesome!! Tea cups emptied we headed back in the direction of the lodge looking for crocodiles as we went. A few shiney red eyes were sparkling in the torchlight which the driver immediately pulled over towards. A bit hairy when we were only about 30cms out of the water in a very unstable open boat!! Thankfully when we got there the owner of the red eyes had gone! Off we went again down the river ...

Into the Wild

A travel blog entry by jac_rob

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... to eat a meal.

They really aren't attractive, but there was something quite endearing about them.

The Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre, located in the forest, is the main attraction in the area. The centre rescues sick and injured orang-utans and helps rehabilitate them before returning them to the forest. The work they do is fantastic.

We saw seven beautiful orang-utans, five adults and two babies, which is ...

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