Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre

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The Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre was set up in 1964 to rehabilitate orphaned baby orang utan. Set in the lush 4,300-hectare Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve, the Centre under the administration of the Wildlife Department of Sabah attracts tourists and researchers alike, giving them the opportunity to watch the orang utan up close in their natural habitat. A boardwalk 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.

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Getting There - If you are not on any tour, public buses and taxis are available from Sandakan town. The mini bus number 14 (Sepilok) depart from sandakan town from 9.00 am onwards. Fares are RM4.00 one way, that takes about 45 munites. You can hire a taxi for a return trip for about RM100.00 negotiable. The distance between town and the Centre is approximately 23km.

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Opening Hours:

Security Gate: Daily from 8.00am till 5.00pm

Reception & Ticketing Counter: Daily from 9.00am till 11.00am and 2.00pm 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 

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Admission Rates:    Adult   Below             18 years old

MyKad Holders         RM5.00                      RM2.00

Others                      RM30.00                    RM15.00

Use of cameras, camcorders, camera phones etc will be charged RM10.00

Address:

Mile 14, Jalan Labuk,

WDT200, 90009 Sandakan,

Sabah, Malaysia.

Tel : +6089-531180

Fax : 6089-531189

Email : soutan@po.jaring.my