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close to wildlife, especially orangutans
Con
if you are not into wildlife, dont come here.
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Bird & Wildlife watcher's Paradise!
easterntrekker Says: After lunch we headed back to Sepilok. By now its raining harder and we wondered if the the feeding area would be open. No worries!! The feeeding continued , on time and with fweer visitors. We were delighted when we arrived to see a mother and her baby . The tiny baby was...
easterntrekker Says: Only a 20 minute walk from the from the Sepilok Orangutan Rehab center, but we had our driver drop us here on our return from the Memorial Site.This is a huge area with walkways through the rainforest. It would be paradise for botonists and bird watchers. The trees along the...
easterntrekker Says: We arranged to have a taxi pick us up at the entrance of Sepilok Orang-Utan Center and take us the Memorial Site for a cost of 80RM including the wait.The site was empty and so quiet when we visited. Its not a part of travel that I enjoy but I feel the need to come to pay my...
easterntrekker Says: Along the way ,as the rain pored down ,we spotted a Waglers Pit Viper .The snake was well camouflaged and we were lucky to see it at all. It was wrapped around a branch ,eye level to us. It is reported to be extremely venomous. Their venom is a strong hemotoxin, and is fatal...
Sepilok Orang-Utan Rehabilitation Centre
easterntrekker Says: The Sepilok Orang-Utan Rehabilitation centre houses injured or orphaned Orang-Utans, caring for them and nursing them back to health before they can be released into the forest. Many are orphaned babies that cannot survive in the forest alone.The center is literally next...
easterntrekker Says: We visited here during the monsoon .The rain started in early evening and it added to our atmosphere as we enjoyed a cold beer at the Banana Cafe before dinner . That night however the rain came down with a fury. It was the loudest and heaviest I’ve ever experienced. A part...
easterntrekker Says: As soon as we arrived we arranged to go here to see the 4:30 feeding. This is a private sanctuary owned by a palm oil plantation owner.There are about 300 monkeys in the sanctuary and we were thrilled to see at least 70 of them. Wow what an experience , we really got to see...
Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre
tangymp Says: Orang Utan is an endangered species of ape. It shared 96.4% of human genes. It was estimated that only about 15000 of them survied in the wild. Most of them live in the treetops of the Malaysian and Indonesian Rainforests. You'll appreciate the effort of the staff there...
balhannah Says: This is a large and very busy wet market in a double story building Sandakan city centre. This Market has everything! We were with a guide, so wandered around with him, having a look, asking questions, and getting to sample some of the unusual fruits (to us)There was a huge...
5 Reviews and 175 Opinions I stayed in this hotel for 2 nights for work. It is a 4-star hotel with nice swimming pool. When I...
5 Reviews and 52 Opinions Hotel Sandakan was the fanciest hotel in town, but that title has now gone to the Swiss Inn....
7-heaven dessert parlor: World class dessert
Ap25 Says: Fantastic dessert especially their frozen yogurt & home baked cheesecakes. Great ambient n reasonable price. You can't believe a great dessert place hiding here. Delicious low fat frozen yogurt and even their ice cream less sweet n great variety.
Heng Loong Restaurant: BEST Chinese Food in Sandakan
melvo Says: The Restaurant looks big and grand but suprisingly the price is cheap and the food is really fresh. They serve chinese food & steamboat. You will be able to catch it by the road side when you pass by mile 4. Check it out and i can ensure you that you will not regret :) Their...
Willettsworld Says: There's not a great deal to do here at night but we did find a bar along one street called Jalan Sekolah (just to the west of the Padang). Here we had 3 big bottles of beer for RM28. Also along this road are a couple of "nightclubs" run by portly Filipino woman which house...
lotharscheer Says: There is a Minibus leaving from Sandakan around 12 to 1 pm at the western end of the Minibus station area near Jl. Coastal / Jl. Singapora, RM 65 (touristprice? normal preise RM 35 ?).Package tour (from Sandakan agent, Kota Kinabalu agents probably similar priced) might be...
DSwede Says: There is a bus from the city center to the Orangutan Sanctuary for about 2 dollars. Most of the other things would then be accessible either by taxi or your own personal car.I personally found that if we had 2~3 destinations to visit in a day, it was better to rent a car. It...
DSwede Says: If you do not already have transportation, a rental car may be a cost effective alternative for you.If you go to Sepilok, there is an hourly bus (bus No 14 for 4MYR). However, if you wish to go anywhere else, taxi fees can add up rapidly. Take into account that foreigner...
V&C pharmacy healthy dispensary: Budget drug store
Ap25 Says: They sell many things western drug to Asian medicine as well. Licensed n proper. Best of all with friendly helpful staffs and very reasonable price. Can negotiate too:) Drugs, beauty products, sunblock... Even some jewelry accessories.. Even a single capsule of panadol...
Markets: Buy a wooden monkey for your Christmas tree!
CatherineReichardt Says: When your Christmas tree serves as the travelogue of your life, what do you buy from Borneo?Well, actually I bought this before I realised that my Christmas tree could serve this purpose, and in fact it may well have been the ornament that first gave me the idea, as it...
blueberrytoddy Says: DO NOT ASSUME THAT A SHORT WALK BY YOURSELF IS SAFE AT 320 IN THE AFTERNOON!!!!as i was walking down the 10 minute short but winding road from agnes keith house to the main road to make my way towards st micheals church, this guy that i assumed was a staff at the house cuz...
kyoub Says: One of the highlights of our trip was going out to Labuk Bay to see the Proboscis Monkeys.It is for sure off the beaten path. It is 38KM from the Sandakan airport and it takes a good hour to drive there. The roads are mostly gravel and jeep tracks, not to mention the truck...
Uncle Tan's Wildlife Adventures Tour
Willettsworld Says: My friend actually managed to book us on this 3 day/2 night tour whilst we were in Sandakan. The idea of the tour is to provide a way for those wanting to see jungle wildlife on a budget and to raise awareness against the relentless logging. By all accounts Uncle Tan was a...
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Sandakan - A nice town. - Sandakan, is also called 'Little Hong Kong' due to large cantonese-speaking people here and it looked similar to HK with a characteristic town-on-hillside look when viewed from the sea.
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Basically, the only reason to be in Sandakan is for the short distance to the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Center. This may be the best place in the world to get up close to these gentle...
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To reach Sandakan, we caught and Air Asia flight from Kota Kinabalu. The flight is short and quite scenic, especially looking over the ocean, and seeing all the islands.
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Sandakan is the second largest town in the state of Sabah, East Malaysia, on the north-eastern of island of Borneo. "Sandakan" derived from the Suluk word "sanda" meaning, to pawn and "kan" being the...
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Sandakan formerly known Elopura during the British occupation, was actually known as Little Hongkong when the town was boomed during mid 60-70s. Even now, it is a twin city of Zamboanga in the...
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