Sandakan

Private Full Day Sepilok Orang Utan, Bornean Sun Bear and Rainforest Discovery Center Tour

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Full Day Sepilok Orang Utan Bornean Sun Bear and Rainforest Discovery Centre Tour Including Local Lunch
  • 7 to 8 hours
  • Pickup offered
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

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Overview

During this full day eco-tour, journey into the super-diverse Bornean rainforest near Sepilok, home to thousands of species of plants and animals. Visit three conservation centers in the area to learn how local people are fighting to preserve Borneo’s natural environment and return native fauna to their natural habitats. This private tour offers a chance to get up close with Borneo’s unique wildlife away from the crowds of a zoo or wildlife park.
  • Make the most of your day: avoid waiting on other visitors with a private guide
  • Discover the rainforest without the hassle of organizing your own transport
  • Support centers that rehabilitate captive orangutans and sun bears
  • See a wide variety of rainforest flora with a guided plant discovery walk

What's Included

  • Round Trip transportation by Car/Minivan
  • English Speaking Licensed Tour Guide
  • Local Lunch
  • Goods and services Tax
  • Other Food and Drinks
  • Any other things not mentioned in the itinerary

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

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Start time

08:00 AM

What To Expect

Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Sandakan Rainforest Discovery Centre (RDC)

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • A discount price is available for children.
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
Operated by MAM Holidays Malaysia

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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worthwhile trip if you are in Sandakan
RADHAKRISHNAN_M, Mar 2024
A good trip to understand the Rain Forest and spend time with Orangutan and Sun bear in captivity, but free roaming. The guide had knowledge about the park and its habitats. Lunch was fine. It was not a full day trip, but about 5 to 6 hours including lunch.
Disappointing.
Chris_W, Jan 2024
Feeling like I was being stalked by a taxi driver (who had cancelled the previous days tour when we said that we wouldn’t use him because we had already booked. He then rocked up to the hotel to say he had done so now he would take us) he then turned up the next day to take us on this tour. I was really annoyed as I didn’t particularly like him and I didn’t like that he had taken it upon himself to dictate how we should spend our time in Sepilok. Even down to my travel arrangements, he was following me on Grab telling me that the taxi driver I had used didn’t have a good enough car for our journey and we should cancel and use him. The tour guide talked throughout the experience, we wanted an opportunity to see animals and that won’t happen when tour guides are constantly talking (we know this from other tours) it didn’t feel like a family day out at all. I felt that this particular taxi driver ruined our whole trip to Sepilok and we returned to kota Kinabalu early because of it. Eventually I had to block him on WhatsApp. He had taken my details from this company and proceeded to message me directly after a discussion in the taxi with my husband. We only realised when he said that he hadn’t given him my number. Finally, the tour ended at 12pm, all of it done in less than 4 hours. We were taken to a restaurant where it there was the same offer of food from the previous evenings offerings (just at a different place) of curried chicken, a fish dish and veg. I’m not looking for a host of offerings but to have a choice would be nice, especially as I have food allergies. He had to tell him over and over to just drop us in the city centre so that I can find something to eat, he just kept on telling me I can eat it, I was getting annoyed because I should be able to decide if I want to eat something or not rather than being a grateful animal served a plate of food he had offered up. He took us to the most inappropriate place, he just kept on telling me I can eat there and then go to that shop and he will drive. I just wanted to be away from him, I asked for the city centre and he took us to a market where people were just staring at us and laughing at us. We ordered another taxi who was shocked he actually dropped us off there. Worse time of my holiday. Had I known, I’d have just done it myself. It would have been cheaper, would have spent the time as a family and maybe had seen something we went to see.
So many monkeys! And bears :)
Tobias_B, Nov 2023
Great day. Our guide new to explain everything about the jungle and local wildlife and we were lucky to see many different animals on our trip. Lucky with the weather as well. Overall, we couldn’t have asked for a better way to experience sandakan since we only stayed for one day
Great to see nature up close in semi-wild environments!
Rhea_S, May 2023
Saw wild orangutan and gibbons in the discovery centre - which was incredible! Ended up doing the proboscis monkey sanctuary additionally at a extra cost, definitely worth it to complete the trilogy in Sandakan. You have a private driver and ‘tour guide’ - ours was lovely and friendly but more of a person to escort us round the places and keep us to timings to stop us missing out on anything. Really good day trip!
A superb day
Steven_P, Jul 2022
Guide & driver were excellent, they made our trip superb by being helpful, informative and flexible with the timings to fit everything thing. Seeing Orangutans & Sun Bears was so wonderful & to understand the work of Sepilok was very heartwarming.
A day in Sepilok
Lontoo, Nov 2019
Efective way to see orangutans, sunbears and the jungle highway. I had very good guide, and fully enjoyed of the day
Nice trip into the rainforest of...
William W, Feb 2018
Nice trip into the rainforest of Borneo. Our guide was very knowledgeable of the wildlife, flora and fauna

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