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Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary, Perak, is situated in eastern Malaysia on the Sabah Island.

The sanctuary was set up as a rehabilitation center for the baby orang utans who had either been orphaned or have been delivered from lumbering sites, plantations and from being exterminated by the illegal hunters.

Since its inception in 1964, Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary, Perak, has continued to train the orang utans to survive on their own after which they are set free. They are lovingly taught to climb, swing, identify and scrounge to feed themselves.

It is a sort of an introductory crash course that helps these creatures to make a confident re-entry into the place where they belong.

Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary, Perak, is a popular tourist attraction in Sabah.

Though many are drawn to this place by the orang utans and spend about half the day watching their antics and being amused by their mannerisms, there is certainly something more to Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary, Perak, that just these animals.

It is also a rainforest reserve where you can come across myriad other animals like the snakes, hornbills, lizards, tortoises, spiders and bugs that you might not see elsewhere.

The Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre was set up in 1964 to rehabilitate orphaned baby orang utan. Set in the lush 4,300-hectare Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve, the Centre under the administration of the Wildlife Department of Sabah attracts tourists and researchers alike, giving them the opportunity to watch the orang utan up close in their natural habitat.

A boardwalk leads you to a viewing gallery and feeding platform where the apes are fed milk and bananas twice a day at 10.00am and 3.00pm by rangers. Feeding time also attracts long-tailed macaques to the area.

While orang utan rehabilitation is still the primary goal at Sepilok, it also focuses on public education on conservation, research and assistance on other endangered species such as the rhinoceros.

Visitors are restricted to walkways. Some orang utan have become familiar with people but touching them is strongly discouraged, and while the apes are naturally shy and gentle, the more mischievous ones may try to grab your camera or hat, in which case you should call for a ranger as trying to wrestle the 200 pound apes may not be a good idea.

For the more adventurous, there is trekking through mangrove forest. As this is under the Forestry Department, you will have to get a permit from them before trekking the 5km trail which runs through Sepilok Laut. You can also arrange for a boat return or accommodation in chalets in the forest.

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