Sepilok Orang Utan & Bornean Sun Bear Centre with Sandakan City Tour with Lunch

Overview

Available languages

English

8 hours

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This is the world's largest sanctuary for orphaned or captured young orangutans and where they are slowly reintegrated back into the wild. You have the opportunity to witness the animals at feeding time in their natural habitat and enjoy watching their antics.

Its onward then to see the Malayan sun bears, the smallest bears in the world which are only found in Southeast Asia. These bears continue to be threatened by forest degradation, illegal hunting for bear parts and poaching to obtain young cubs for pet trade.

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

What‘s Included

Lunch at local restaurant

Sales and service tax

Entrance fees where stated

Transfers and Sightseeing as per itinerary

Meet and Greet

All air fares, travel insurance etc

Camera, Video Cam fee charged by National Parks or Parks

Alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, Juices or any drinks that required payment during meals

Gratuity to Guide/driver

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

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What To Expect

Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre

Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre is located about 25 kilometres west of Sandakan in the state of Sabah, Malaysia. 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.

2 hours • Admission Included

Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre

The Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre is a wildlife conservation and research centre for improving animal welfare and rehabilitation of the Malayan sun bear. It also aims to raise public awareness about the plight of the sun bears and to raise conservation awareness about this species.

1 hour • Admission Included

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Sepilok Orang Utan & Bornean Sun Bear Centre with Sandakan City Tour with Lunch

Pickup included

Reviews

4.57

7 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Great day out
Ingrid M,
Jul 3, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Bring as little "luggage" asotherwise you have to put ina locker as you can only take your camera in. Takes incl lunch only 6hrs not as advertised
The best hotel near Sepilok center
Innnnnnnnnnnnna,
Apr 22, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00
Such a beautiful hotel, there is a feeling that you stay in botanical garden. 5 mins walk from Orangutan’s center, which is super handy. Fantastic lake view at restaurant area. Food with a twist, which is very rare. The only weird thing was a service at restaurant. All personal was very friendly but there was something missing, we had a feeling that it was something wrong in the team. Be aware, the restaurant is closed at 2100 and no more service of any kind.
Must see
MelisaA2077,
Apr 18, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Great place to see orangutans and sun beards up close. The orangutans run free within the jungle and come to the reserve for food. The beards live in the reserve but the centre do a lot of work to rescue them from humans and prepare them before release them into the wild.
Sepilok Nature Tour wth Private Chauffeur
Lindalmp,
Oct 3, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Spend 3D2N visiting Sandakan Sepilok - Lubuk Bay (Proboscis monkeys), orang utan rehabilitation centre, sun bear & Kinabatangan river boat wth small detour to small cave Agop Lintangan. We are 4 adults wth our friendly & patience private driver, Rahim @rahimpati2009. He brings us around including to local restaurants for lunch & stop over at small pasar malam (night market) for us to pack some local food for dinner. We love the private arrangement where we can b rest assured of transport & no rush. It can b challenging to get Grab here in Sepilok. Highly recommended if u r here for this nature tour, Rahim 017-8322285 provides airport transfer & we end up using him for our whole tour here.
Excellent just an Excellent experience
andrewspiers,
Mar 18, 2020
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
What a fantastic place this is, such a worthwhile sanctuary these beautiful creatures look so happy, a good mix of young babies and young adults to be seen here, from the feeding tables and to seeing them in the trees above. We were lucky enough to see them for two feeding sessions one in the morning and one later in the afternoon , less orangutans in the afternoon but caught a great video of mum with her baby eating a coconut. There are also three areas opposite of sun bears, not so easy to see, but eventually we did see them.
Superb!
B7529BXangelan,
Jan 4, 2020
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Couldn't ask for the best tour ever. Our local tour guide Mr. Darwis and driver Ah Fat, were just so knowlegeable. He kept us informed on any activities of the Orang Utan. Was told not to have high expectations of seeing Orang Utan that day, but we did. It was unusual they were few of them on that day. We seen couple of sun bears and went on to The Buddhist temple on top of hill and last stop was fishing village. Overall it was a great day. Thank you again to our amazing tour guide for making our trip a great one! Terima Kasih.