Tuesday, August 15, 2006
8/15/2006 08:03:00 AM

We went Kayaking and Saw Orang Utans …

posted by Francis Ho

We went kayaking at Borneo Highlands on Saturday and on the way down to Kuching we stopped by the Semengoh Wildlife Rehabilitation Center to see the orang utans there. Gotcha! What were you thinking huh? Heehee.

Semengoh Wildlife Rehabilitation Center which is about 40 minutes drive from town is a 740 acres sanctuary for a number of Sawarak's indigenous wildlife including the orginial "Borneo Man Of The Forest" - the unique and gentle Orang Utans which are the star attraction amongst the other wild animals there including bears, monkeys and hornbills. Most of the animals here have been taken from captivity and are slowly rehabilitated in order to return them to their natural habitat. The rehabilitated animals roam freely in the rain forest, and the orang utans often return to the centre at feeding times which is where visitors can get a chance to see them. And we were there at 3 pm and managed to see one adult!

A word of advice: it would be easier on your feet if you wear more comfortable shoes while walking through the rainforest! Would it be too long before I see our guest(s) wearing one of these for kayaking? Hmmm

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13 Comments:

introduce me to ur relatives!

  At Tuesday, 15 August, 2006 Anonymous Anonymous said:

Wuching? Isn't that you hanging on the tree? Sure looks like you leh :P
QV: aiya! ur looking in the mirror lah!

  At Tuesday, 15 August, 2006 Anonymous Anonymous said:

Hmph!! Now I CBC hahahaha...Hate wuching!! Boh Kah Si hahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahhaha

Hoo boy!! that sounds familiar!!

Very good bro..dnt know how to rebutt on that one..got stuck cos laughed my head off
hmmm strange day ...
the orang utans are commenting here! keke ;)

  At Tuesday, 15 August, 2006 Anonymous Anonymous said:

:P They burnt down our jungle mah... so come to the city and swing from blog to blog :P
that would make unker the monkeys unker! hahahaha..
Actually I'm a 'monkey' according to the chinese zodiac ... ;)

  At Tuesday, 15 August, 2006 Anonymous Anonymous said:

We two snakes eat u lor hehehehehe of course, i'm 12 years younger than Wuching...hehahahaha
oic! unker is 'su mu kung' or the monkey god! no wonder u r good with handling ur paddle like handling ur su mu kung rod!
hmmm... snakes and monkey fight

as usual... (according to the zodiac)
What a beautiful sight. This is eco-tourism at its best.

Unfortunately the bush fire and haze are anti eco-tourism.
I went there to have a look too during my stay in Kuching :)


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