Morning pick up from Sandakan airport or 0830 hours your hotel and transfer to the famous Sepilok Orang Utan Centre. Founded in 1964 the Centre helps once captive Orang Utans learn to climb and fend for themselves in the wild with the hope that one day they may return to the forest. The semi-wild Orang Utans may return to the platform provided by the Centre for milk and bananas twice a day during the process of returning to the forest. Visitors will get a close up view of these Orang Utans and have the chance to photograph them at close range. Witness the feeding of the orphaned Orang Utans., walk along jungle trails on board walk, visiting the information centre, exhibits and video presentation on the rehab of these remarkable primates.

Continue to the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre. You can now get close to the world’s smallest bear in its natural forest environment. These adorable Sun Bear is losing their habitat through deforestation. The mission of the centre is to promote sun bear conservation in Borneo through animal welfare, conservation, rehabilitation, education and research – giving captured sun bears a better home and restoring their right to live in the wild. Visitors will be able to peek in on their activity from the walkway as they lumbered and played in open-air forest enclosures.

After lunch, proceed to the Borneo Rainforest Discovery Centre. Upon arrival, walk along well marked jungle trails with experienced naturalists for four km through undisturbed riverine and lowland dipterocarp forest. This is the habitat of the orang utans that also supports many other animals that thrive in this rainforest. It is in this forest vegetation that the largest and tallest Borneo hardwood trees of millions of years old in certain species are found. Find out how this vegetation and animals in it coexist. A good chance to photograph wildlife in this pristine jungle vegetation and unlimited bird watching of rainforest species.
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