Sights in Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre
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Rainforest Discovery Centre
The Rainforest Discovery Centre, about 1.5km from Sepilok Orang-Utan Rehabilitation Centre, offers an engaging graduate-level education in tropical flora and fauna. Outside the exhibit hall, a botanical garden presents varying samples of tropical plant life, with the accompanying descriptions every bit as vibrant as the foliage. There’s a 1km lakeside walking trail as well. A series of eight canopy towers are being built – three have been completed. Paddleboats (RM5) are available to ride around the inviting lake near the centre’s entrance.
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Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre
With up to 800 visitors daily, Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre (SORC) is the most popular place on earth to see Asia's great ape in its native habitat, and second only to Mt Kinabalu as Sabah's favourite tourist attraction. Founded in 1964, SORC occupies a 40 sq km corner of the Kabili-Sepilok rainforest reserve about 25km north of Sandakan.
The reason for its popularity is the abundantly endearing orangutan, humankind's closest redheaded cousin. Whether scampering along a rope hand to foot while eating a banana or gazing with moist soulful brown eyes, orangutans are charmers, though humans' affection and interest has proven something of a fatal attraction.
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