The Orangutan Sanctuary in Sabah is an amazing place to visit. It is only twenty-five kilometers from Sandakan. Sepilok has a small visitor center with photos and information about the orangs and the program. Beg un in 1964, the sanctuary has forty-three square miles of virgin rain forest and is home to countless orangutans. There are twice daily feedings of the semi wild orangs who come out of the forest to feed on platforms built around trees.
Spectators can v iew the feedings from their own platforms which are in a very open area of forest.
Because of the area, this is a wonderful photographic experience. Some of the orangs will even join the spectators on the platform although the rangers ask you not to tou ch them, for fear that disease will be spread. Sepilok also has a couple of the highly endangered Sumatran rhinos and occasionally you'll see elephants. You will most likely hear their trumpeting through the forest.