Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre

The site is 43 sq km of protected land at the edge of kabili sepilok forest reserve.

Sepilok orang utan rehabilitation centre. Multi day extended tours. The appeal strives to protect remaining wild populations of orangutans by providing support and funding for projects across malaysian and indonesian borneo. The forest reserve provides an ideal environment for rehabilitating the orangutans with the more mature orangutans living free in the reserve. Our most popular tours and activities.

Sepilok orangutan rehabilitation centre is located about 25 kilometres west of sandakan in the state of sabah malaysia. The sepilok orangutan rehabilitation centre was set up in 1964 and is the best known of the four orang utan rehabilitation centres in the world. The orphaned orangutans are trained to survive again in the wild and are released as soon. It was founded in 1964 in order to rehabilitate orphan orang utans.

This centre was established in 1964 to help rehabilitate orangutans which had been orphaned. The orangutan appeal uk is a registered charity based in the south of england dedicated to the rehabilitation and preservation of orangutans and the conservation of their habitat. Get the full experience and book a tour. Today around 60 to 80 orangutans are living free in the reserve.

Nature education centre a worthwhile 20 minute video about sepilok s work is shown six times daily 9am 10 30am 11am noon 2 10pm and 3 30pm in the auditorium opposite reception. Just like a human baby the orphaned young orangutan which would normally live with its mother for 5 6 years needs to be taught how to cope in the wild. Strangely the impact of palm oil plantations which have supplanted much of the orangutan s habitat is not specifically mentioned. 4 258 reviews 1 of 2 things to do in sepilok.

The sabah government established the sepilok orangutan rehabilitation centre in 1964. Sepilok orangutan rehabilitation centre in the malaysian sabah district of north borneo was founded in 1964 to rehabilitate orphaned orangutans. The sepilok orangutan rehabilitation centre provides medical care for orphaned and confiscated orangutans. In addition the site is 43 sq km of protected land at the edge of kabili sepilok forest reserve.

Sepilok orangutan rehabilitation centre is located within the kabili sepilok forest reserve which covers an area of 4 294 ha 10 610 acres much of which is virgin rainforest. Sepilok orangutan rehabilitation centre. Sepilok lays in 4294 hectares of protected rain forest and its main aim is to care for abandoned orangutan orphans and help rehabilitate them so that they can return to the wild. And by raising awareness of the plight of this great ape.

As a results around 60 to 80 orangutans are living free in the reserve. The centre opened in 1964 as the first official orangutan rehabilitation project for rescued orphaned baby orangutans from logging sites plantations illegal hunting or kept as pets. Nature wildlife areas.