SEPILOK ORANG UTAN REHABILITATION CENTRE /COLONIAL SANDAKAN TOUR
Morning, pick up from your hotel in Sandakan or from Sandakan Airport and transfer to the famous Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre. Founded in 1964, the Centre helps to teach once captive, injured or abandoned Orang Utans to learn and fend for themselves again, with the hope that one day they may be returned to the forest. The semi-wild Orang Utans are fed twice a day with milk and bananas during their rehabilitation process. Watch the feeding of the orang utans. Walk along a jungle trail and observe the tropical lowland rainforest.
After lunch, drive to the famed Agnes Keith’s house that has been recently restored to its former glory and is now a museum. Learn about life in the colonial days for Agnes and Harry Keith who was the first conservator of the Forestry Department in Sabah who had been instrumental in the formation of Sepilok Orang Utan Centre. Agnes Keith has written many books on early life in Sabah during her stay in this house before the war. Her books had since become part of Sabah’s history. Proceed to the nearby English Tea House and Restaurant for afternoon tea and scones, in the same setting as Agnes Keith’s days. Enjoy the tranquil surrounding and the spectacular view of Sandakan town or play a game of croquet. Visit the Australian POW War Memorial Gardens and Remembrance displays situated on the site of the original Prisoner of War Camp. This is where the infamous Death Marches commenced in 1945. A commemorative pavilion holds educational material and includes a scale model of the original POW camp. A path winds through the park past preserved wartime relics and towards the obelisk of black granite, erected to commemorate those who died. After tour, transfer to your hotel in Sandakan or to the airport (L)
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