Monkey Business
I was travelling around the Malaysian part of Borneo, which I had been looking forward to for years, ever since I saw a documentary on the place so I was fairly surprised when I arrived as it was nothing like the fantastic place I saw on TV, in fact I found it fairly boring.
On the search for something to do in Kota Kinablu I came across Sepilok Orangutan Reserve. I don’t agree with Zoo’s, I find that going to see animals that have been taken from their friends and families and away from all that they know to be imprisoned for us humans to gawk at pretty sickening, but Sepilok Orangutan sanctuary aims at increasing the orangutan population and making them fend for themselves its like they are in the wild.
The orangutan reserve is very conscious of the orangutans welfare so they feed them the same foods all the time so they get bored and find their own food so they will be able to survive better in the wild, although there are a few monkeys and orangutans that visit each time, feeding time is the best time to go and see them. The orangutans get as little human contact as possible. The whole sanctuary is set out in a part of the jungle with small wooden walkways. It’s amazing to see them in a fairly natural habitat and close enough to get some fab photos. It was a brilliant day out and there is plenty of other weird and wonderful creatures to see as well; from fluffy caterpillars and huge bugs to lizards and birds.
You can get there by public transport, make sure when you know when the last bus back is though, so you don’t get stuck there!
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