Orang Utan Borneo, Travelogue and spa Review

My family and I had been here before when I was in elementary school, and there was an orangutans wrapped around me because I was injured.

Walk into the wild to observe the orang utan. You will not be disappointed if you walk straight to the nursery area to see them. Easy to get there and wheelchair friendly too

A disappointing experience, no information about animals, or the work of the centre. You just watch them being fed and that's it.

Ticket only rm5 for Malaysian adults. Can see orang utan

Natural jungle space with typical animals, well attended

A place to watch Orang Utan under rehabilitation before they put back in jungle and back to their nature.

Come up close to orangutans! Great and organized place.

It is best to come at 10 am feeding time if you want to have a close encounter with the orangutans. The place is well taken care of. The longer observation room at the nursery has an air conditioning and nice seats for resting.

Wonderful sanctuary! Get there by 10:00 for the first feeding if possible. When we went there were 3 orangutans. At the 3:00 feeding no apes showed up.

I like the state of the jungle and the watching the bearrrrr

If you are in Borneo, you should definitely have the Orangutan Rehabilitation Center in Sepilok on your screen, because it is an absolute highlight to watch wild orangutans feeding how they swing down from tall, hundreds of year old rainforest giants, sometimes only half a year Meters from the tourists. We have now looked at this uniqueness twice and are thrilled every time. You can take pictures without having to pay for it. You don't have to watch the half-hour video, we missed it on the second visit and spent more time with the monkeys.

It is a disgrace that we need something like that as we destroy the wildlife day by day. Area is in good condition. Be quiet when you wanna see real life animals!

The place of Orangutans! Very nice place.. Cozy and very quite and a cool place to visit

It was so cool seeing the orangutans. It is definitely a great place for orangutans to get rehabilitated. But beware it is definitely touristy!

We had a great time at Sepilok. The sanctuary is great as it allows you to see the orangutans up close enough but without disturbing them in their rehabilitation. The feeding platform is hot so make sure you wear a hat. we managed to see 5 orangutans the day we went and we had a fantatstic visit.

Had a superb guide to show us around. Superb sanctuary.

A unique experience. Where else can you be within touching distance of a free-roaming orang utan.

Wonderful and life affirming place. Nice to see the "nursery" with the little orangutans and the larger area of "teenagers" who can just leave the area when they feel like and / or get tired of the diet.

Mesmerising to see the orang utans closeup. Unseen behaviour not often seen on tv or documentaries. Worth very minute of your time

The orangutans can be seen at close distance during the feeding time at 10.00 AM - 12.00 PM and 2.00PM - 4.00PM. It takes about twenty minutes to reach the feeding location by walking. The walking path built with hard wood is located in the virgin jungle. Variety species of jungle trees can be seen along the walking path. The trees have been growing there for hundred and even thousand years.

A slightly different orangutan regeneration center than Semeggoh. In my opinion, animals are becoming too humanized. Group kindergarten, rangers who guide you by the hand isw. Still worth a visit.

Orangutans appeared at the beginning of one but unfortunately I did not have time to look until the time was up due to the demands of nature

Whatever the management explains well during the briefing session.

The best place to watch wild orang utan, sun bear and elephant.

Great place to encounter orangutans unfolding in front of your eyes

Not great but ok.u get a chance to see only baits not mothers

Hard to explain how important this centre is. It s an extremely crucial to visit and support. The centre opens in the morning, closes for lunch and then opens again int he afternoon. There are 2 feeding times, one at 11am & the afternoon one is at 3pm. We went in the afternoon session and started in the nursery area observing the younger Orangutans playing and then being feed. At around 2.40pm you can then head over to the adult feeding station. The food is placed on the platform at 3pm and you stand opposite. Be aware that this area will get extremely busy as everybody wants to get prime view and that perfect Instagram picture. The orangutans don t show up like clockwork, these ones are semi wild and are probably feeding somewhere else but be patient it s worth it! Don t forget the Sunbear centre though aswell. These are also incredible!

Awesome place! Its nice to have the animals roaming free and people in a box instead. Lockers are included with the price of admission and they are in a person-guarded room staffed by park workers. 2 things to note: No bags/purses permitted into the park and there is an extra charge per camera/phone brought in. We took an uber here from Sandakan, i cant remember the price but it was half the price of a taxi flat rate in December 2017.

Fabulous place, saw wild orangutans at the back of our chalet. Pick room 23, which is your own little chalet, closest to the jungle
Fantastic place. Highly recommend.

Great facility doing important rehab work for the orangutans. This place is well done with great board walks through the forest where you can spot many types of wildlife along side the orangutans. I came here in the afternoon so the activity level was lower but still really enjoyed supporting this organization. The film is also totally worth checking out when you are there.

In my eyes rip-off, I just hope that the entrance fees benefit the animals.

Kids enjoys seeing monkeys here especially the Orang Utans.

Worth seeing place. We've skipped morning feeding and just went to afternoon. Saw around 10 orangutans.

This is definitely the place to visit if you want to get up close, perhaps too close in out case, to some wonderfully curions (and Dangerous) Orangutans.

When we were there, they would actually let the Orangutans simply wander around the sanctuary; our group nearly walked into a big one

Admission fee :Rm5 for malaysian adult
Feeding time is 10am and 3pm, should come during this time to see the orang utan, u need to walk like 1km inside the jungle to the nursery and feeding site,
Bags/kids stroller is not allowed,
They provide u with free locker at entrance

Brilliant. Very clean well looked after. Worth a day out

Nice but outdoor nursery building really hot. .. didn't concentrate to see the orang utans eat.

This was my second visit to sepilok, having visited 2 years ago. Due to my past experience of overcrowding at a morning feeding I decided to instead visit the afternoon feeding this time. As suggested in lonely planet, this was a much nicer experience, with far smaller crowds. As it turned out, only 2 young apes turned up for feeding (fruiting season has just begun meaning orangutans can find plenty of food without needing to return to sepilok). The jungle gym was a joy, watching young apes learn how to cope in the wild. The problem with this is that you watch from an indoor enclosure through glass that hasnt been cleaned for quite some time, meaning getting good photos can be an issue. My only criticism is the price, much more expensive than semenggoh and watch out, they charge you to take a camera!

Great place to see orangutans and they are doing some great work at the centre. So a worthy cause to support. Can be quite busy, so a very different experience to seeing a truly wild orangutan, but a whole lot easier!

It is a nice place to see the Orangutans. It's a rehabilitation center (?). You pay the entrance, you visit in an hour / hour and a half. There are two times a day when they feed the orangutans (in the afternoon it's 3pm). But don't expect too much. Outside a small restaurant bar (with free wifi useful for calling a Grab). Walkable from the Sepilok jungle hotel area. Adjacent is the Sun bear conservatory park. If you are in Borneo it is worth going there ...

Amazing place! Definitely worth a visit. Only irritating thing is the human noise, lots of Chinese tourist who don't know how to stay silent! Scaring away the Orangutans. I am not picking on Chinese only some dumb Europeans as well. Respect your surroundings.

These guys deserves a clear cut 5 star for the work they are doing. Rehabilitation of endangered and mistreated orangutangs right in their natural habitat. Amazing experience. Saw feeding at 9.30 and the late afternoon. Morning by far the best for us.

Such a spectacular place offering the chance to see wild Oranguatans in a rehabilitation centre that works incredibly hard in conservation. A real once-in-a-lifetime, bucket list trip and worth every penny.

Great experience! The orangutan feeding was wonderful, and the baby orangutans playing in the nursery were adorable. The entire organization has a very important and respectful mission, and it's amazing to help and support it. It is quite hot and you aren't able to bring water with you, but that's a policy for the good of people and animals alike, so it is more than reasonable. There are free lockers for bags and drinks before you enter the center.

Very disappointing for 70 Rm. The orangutans did not come to feed. The kindergarten is logically behind the glass due to infections.

You're assured of seeing these lovely primates as this is a sanctuary and they have a dozen of them in a nursery where you view them through huge windows. There are also feeding platforms outside of the nurseries where you may get a bit more of a wild experience however the best way to see the orangs is if you happened to catch one coming down when you are on the paths leading from the nursury to the feeding platform, in this case it seems like a proper wild encounter. We were very lucky to experience this when one of the apes came down right in front of us. I was able to get some video with just the orangutan and the natural jungle, nothing artificial such as ropes or other people in the shot at all, it looks great.

In contrast to Kuching, it is definitely possible to see orangutans here - as there are also a lot of animals here that do not yet live very independently.

Great experience to see orangutans. They are really cute and funny

Well organised with friendly staff. Orang utan seem in good health and obviously enjoy their meals. Not strictly rain forest, but fine for a quick visit
Tip! Hang back at feeding times. These animals are leisurely diners. At first there are hordes of noisy, camera toting tourists. After 10 mins or so, they get bored and melt away. This leaves time and space to enjoy the animals who munch away unconcerned for at least half an hour

Very high quality lodge. Beautifully designed. Large rooms, luxurious.

We loved it here and visited twice on our stay in Sepilok. We were really lucky to see orang utan's on our first visit, one at the morning feeding and another in the afternoon feeding with her baby. It was amazing to see. On our second visit we were not so lucky, but that's ok as it is a good sign that orang utan's are successfully providing for themselves in the forest if they do not rely on the feeding at the sanctuary. We were also lucky in our 5 days to see 3 orang utan's in the wild. Two at kinabantan river and 1 at the RDC on the canopy walkway who seemed to want to play with us but we kept our distance. I would recommend that numbers are reduced for feeding times, there are signs up for silence which no body seemed to take any notice of, which was a shame.

Perfect place to see orangutans, sun bears and even wild pit vipers and squirells! Also a good place to wait for Mr Aji's tours!

Lots of efforts have been invested in sepilok n it's really worth u holiday to spend here

Cute and well cared for ... orangutans are free and not caged ... worth a visit.

I expected more orangutans during feeding time (15:00) but it was ok

I enjoyed my time sitting watching the Orungatans very pleasant

Very good ....
But if you want to wear sports shoes ...
Long arm to avoid mosquito bites ..
Can standby towel n extra shirts ...
Get out of the forest for a refreshing bath ....
Feed time ut org forest kul 3pm ..... or 10 am ....
If you feel like you're just standing in the nursery there's a forest but baby .... there's ok to sit down there's aircon .....
But if you want to go natural in the forest area .... just the weather is rather hot

Very well worth a visit. Loved how the orangutans freely walk among the people and your entry supports the maintenance of this very important program.

A wonderful experience. Could have watched the orangutans all day. Expect to pay small fee for cameras. You aren't allowed to take bags in due to the monkeys. Locker storage is available at entrance.

If you want see people - go here. If you want to see animals it s wrong place to be