22nd September
It was so nice to sleep in our air conditioned cabin last
night. We are staying at Sepilok B & B and the rooms are way more spacious
and luxurious than we were expecting. Sat up talking with Amal last night till
midnight – so interesting to speak with a local and to hear about their
different lifestyle. Slow walk this morning to the Bornean Sunbear conservation
Centre which is 1.5km down the road from our accommodation.
It was great to see the young sunbears, and one of them called Furlong climbed a tree right in front of us. Great photo opportunities. A little later two Macaques came along to scavenge off the Sunbear food. They are quite aggressive so we have to keep away from them – but they look so harmless and cute.
From there we had a great lunch at a local roadside cafĂ© and then went to see the Orang-utan feeding at 3pm at the Sepilok Orang-utan Sanctuary. Not only did we see a mother and her baby come for the feeding – there were 2 other mature orang-utan and two adolescents. The sanctuary staff bring fresh fruit and vegetables to the platform and the orang-utan come right on time. Towards the end of the feeding time – heaps of Macques come to eat what is left. They are hilarious with their antics – stealing food off each other and running away, jumping on each other and mothers trying to groom their babies. We could have sat their watching them all day. The kids were walking along the boardwalk when one of the older orang-utan comes walking along the handrail in front of us. It is nice to be so close to them – but we have been warned that they can be aggressive (they are wild animals after all).
From the park we bought some souvenirs and then went to meet up with my cousin Rebecca, her husband Jon and kids Lachlan & Oscar who are also travelling through Borneo. The kids all enjoyed catching up, although I don’t know if the restaurant enjoyed their vocal card game of ‘Poo Face’.
A
nice shared dinner and then a walk back home along the extremely dark road (no
street lights). Another comfortable nights sleep in air-conditioning. Best to
enjoy it while we can.
It was great to see the young sunbears, and one of them called Furlong climbed a tree right in front of us. Great photo opportunities. A little later two Macaques came along to scavenge off the Sunbear food. They are quite aggressive so we have to keep away from them – but they look so harmless and cute.
From there we had a great lunch at a local roadside cafĂ© and then went to see the Orang-utan feeding at 3pm at the Sepilok Orang-utan Sanctuary. Not only did we see a mother and her baby come for the feeding – there were 2 other mature orang-utan and two adolescents. The sanctuary staff bring fresh fruit and vegetables to the platform and the orang-utan come right on time. Towards the end of the feeding time – heaps of Macques come to eat what is left. They are hilarious with their antics – stealing food off each other and running away, jumping on each other and mothers trying to groom their babies. We could have sat their watching them all day. The kids were walking along the boardwalk when one of the older orang-utan comes walking along the handrail in front of us. It is nice to be so close to them – but we have been warned that they can be aggressive (they are wild animals after all).
From the park we bought some souvenirs and then went to meet up with my cousin Rebecca, her husband Jon and kids Lachlan & Oscar who are also travelling through Borneo. The kids all enjoyed catching up, although I don’t know if the restaurant enjoyed their vocal card game of ‘Poo Face’.
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