SEPILOK ORANG UTAN SANTCTUARY

 

The Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilition Centre was set up in 1964 to rehabilitate orphaned baby orang utan.Set in the lush 4,300 - hectars Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve, the Centre under the administration of the wildlife Department of Sabah attracts tourist and researches alike, giving them the opportunity to watch the orang utan up close in their natural habitat.A boarwalk leads you to a viewing gallery and feeding platform where the apes are fed milk and bananas twice a day at 10.00am and 3.00pm by rangers.Feeding time also attracts long-tailed macaques to the area.

Getting There 
If you are not on any tour , public buses and taxis are available from Sandakan town.The Labuk Road Bus Company vehicles depart from the front of the Sandakan Town Councill ( Majlis Perbandaran Sandakan or MPS ) from 6.00 am onward.Fares are RM2.10 one way,but it will only stop at the juction to the Centre.You will have to walk about one and a half kn in.You can hire a taxi for return trip about RM100.00 negotiable.The distance between town and the Centre is approxiamately 23km.

Opening Hours
Security Gate:Daily from 8.00am till 5.00pm
Reception & Ticketing Counter:Daily from 9.00am till 11.00am and 2.00 till 3.30pm
Exhibition Hall:Daily (except Fridays) from 9.00am till 4.30pm
Centre:Daily from 9.00am till 12.00pm and 2.00pm till 4.00pm Fridays 9.00am till 11.00am,2.00pm till 4.00pm

Admission Rates:

                                                  Adult                   Below 18 years old

Mykad Holders                         RM5.00                RM2.00

Others                                       RM30.00              RM15.00

Use of Cameras, camcorders ,camera phone etc will be charged RM10.00

Address:
Batu 14,Jalan Labuk Sandakn Sabah
WDT200,90009 Sandakan Sabah
Tel:6 089 531180
Fax:6 089 531189
Email:sorc64@gmail.com
Webpage:http://www.sabah.gov.my/jhl/