Any Orang Utans out there?

Trip Start Apr 28, 2012
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Trip End May 17, 2012


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Monday, May 7, 2012

Our luck with wildlife viewing did not improve all that much with only the one young orang utan coming out for a free feed from the ranger/carers at the Rehab Centre. The Centre adjoins about 4300 hectares of native forest so their failure to show, while disappointing to us, is a good indication that the rehabilitation process is going well for the orphaned orangs that have been released into the area.  A large bunch of macaques provide some somewhat aggressive entertainment for the significant and enthusiastic crowd of orang seekers.
The rest of the day was pretty full-on with a fantastic lunch at the English Tea House restaurant in Sandakan just before jumping onto a 3 hour boat ride up the Kinabatangan River. 
Liz visited the Agnes Keith House adjacent to the Tea House. It was lovely to see some of the rooms and places she mentions in her book.
Our little cottage at Sepilok
Our little cottage at Sepilok
Major bonus here with a small herd of about 20 elephants were spotted feeding right up close to the river bank so we were able to stop for about 30 minutes and lapped that up  As usual, the small ones and even a very young baby were the ones stealing the show while mum stood diligently on guard.
It was a joy to arrive at this Sukua Rainforest Lodge by boat.
We were welcomed wih a cold towel and a refreshing drink before settling into our room. A quick unpack and this time we were out in a long boat for a trip up the Kinabatangan River to see the wild life. We saw a great variety of birds (this is the place for twitchers) 3 out of the 8 Hornbills species, Proboscis Monkeys, Kingfisher.Back to the resort for dinner and their rule is "no sarong no dinner"....yes we did eat. I thought we looked quite cute!

We met a lovely Canadian, Leslie, who has been travelling throughout South East Asia alone for the past 4 months. She decided she wanted to do a boardwalk at night and invited us along.
With torches in hand we head off. It is very different going into the jungle after dark. We encountered a Praying Mantis, Bats and something with eyes. It was nice to get back to our room.


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Barbara Morton on

Hey those elephants looked great - baby so cute .
Not sure i would have done the night walk in the jungle!!

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