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Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre (Sabah, Malaysia)

Description: Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre in the Malaysian Sabah District of North Borneo was founded in 1964, to rehabilitate ... more

Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre (Sabah, Malaysia) ... orphan orang utans. The site is 43 sq km of protected land at the edge of Kabili Sepilok Forest Reserve. Today around 60 to 80 orang utans are living free in the reserve.

Newest Review: ... plans, apart from the Pac-a-Mac's - an item I honestly believed I'd left behind when I graduated from the Cubs to the Pubs. Bloodstream boosted and bags bulging, we were finally ready for the Monkeys. And Apes. But no snakes please. Since Palm Oil has become the new Black Gold, and Malaysia provides around 85% of the worlds supply, Borneo has been somewhat forced to turn to the very ... more

... 'On-Trend' Eco-Tourism trail to make the unspoilt Rainforest area a more valuable cash asset than the very spoilt palm plantations that are being carved out of the habitat at a rate that is so fast that the world media has had to turn to the unit of 'foo...more

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Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre (Sabah, Malaysia): In The Jungle, The Neon Jungle. (2323 words)
by - written on 21/07/09 (Very useful, 205 readings)
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Back in England, one week before our wedding and impending subsequent departure to the other side of the world, I decided somewhat foolishly you might think, to carefully read some of the literature sent by Kuoni, our Tour Operator, about the items we should take with us and the health requirements when we visit the Sepilok Orang-utan Sanctuary in the Sabah region of Borneo. I already knew intimately well about the extra costs of the recommended injections, we'd been regular visitors to GP clinics to receive our Hepatitis A and B, Tetanus booster, and Typhoid jabs - some of these injections clearly being so complicated that the scientists haven't figure out ... Read the complete review

A fantastic place to go, if you are in the area its not to b ... (243 words)
by - written on 16/01/09 (Useful, 8 readings)
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I first went here a couple of years ago, and will be going back later on this year. My dad lives near Kota Kinabalu and we drove to Sandakan where this centre is, it was a VERY long drive but totally worth it. I was quite surprised that you can only see the orangutans at set "feeding times", which there is one in the morning and one in the afternoon, for about 45 minutes each time. You get to stand on a viewing platform and watch the orangutans come for their food, which was milk and bananas! It was amazing to see these beautiful creatures in the flesh, and they swing on ropes to the feeding platform and a lot of them stopped halfway to look at all the people ... Read the complete review

Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre (Sabah, Malaysia): The Wonderful Work At Sepilok (1322 words)
by - written on 23/02/07 (Very useful, 154 readings)
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I travelled to Borneo in October 2006. I chose this destination as I am fascinated by animals and this country seemed to offer lots of wildlife trips. Sepilok Orang-utan Rehabilitation Centre was one of the trips I took part in. Where Is It? Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre is in a place called Sepilok which is in the Sabah District of Borneo. We had this trip included as part of a three day excursion so all our travel was arranged for us. I think most people that visit this centre do it on some kind of excursion so travel arrangements shouldn't really be a problem About Sepilok The Rehabilitation Centre consists of 43 square kilometres of ... Read the complete review