Uncle Tan's Wildlife Adventures

Trip Start Sep 18, 2007
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Monday, June 2, 2008

Sepilok is near the town of Sandakan in Sabah. We stayed in Unlce Tan's B & B before and after our 3 day / 2 night trip to the jungle, which is also run by Uncle Tan's. Just down the road is the Orangutan rehabilitation center. We stopped there before heading into the jungle.
The best preparation for the uncle tans jungle trip is goin to Electric Picnic or some other festival like Glastonbury where you get all sweaty, dirty and don't wash for a few days. The bogs are definately on a par.
Anyway, two hours driving from Sepilok and a one hour boat ride take you to the camp on the Kinabatangan river in the jungle. From there, you do walks and boat rides to spot everything from big stuff like orangutans and crocs to scorpians and frogs. To see nocturnal wildlife you do a 2 hour night river safari and a 2 hour stroll in the jungle another night. In total, it was about 10 hours in the boat and 4 hours walking.           
 
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