Sandakan Trip Overview
Visit endangered orangutans in their natural habitat and discover the rehabilitation work accomplished at Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre. Take a leisure walk to the Sun Bear Conservation Centre. Then visit the city of Sandakan’s main attractions, including serene temples, lively markets, and museums.
– Encounter with orang utans in their natural habitat
– Educational tour at Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre
– See the world’s smallest bear in its natural environment.
– Comprehensive Sandakan city tour
– Natural & panoramic drive across Sandakan’s landscape
Additional Info
Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Sandakan, Malaysia
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
Visit endangered orangutans in their natural habitat and discover the rehabilitation work accomplished at Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre. Take a leisure walk to the Sun Bear Conservation Centre. Then visit the city of Sandakan’s main attractions, including serene temples, lively markets, and museums.
– Encounter with orang utans in their natural habitat
– Educational tour at Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre
– See the world’s smallest bear in its natural environment.
– Comprehensive Sandakan city tour
– Natural & panoramic drive across Sandakan’s landscape
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre, Sepilok Malaysia
Pick up from your hotel in Sandakan, drive to Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre.
1000hrs, witness the orang utans in the forest, watch the scheduled video programme about the Orang Utan (25mins) at the Nature Education Centre; pay a visit to the Exhibition Hall. Lunch enroute at Sabah Hotel.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre, Jalan Sepilok located in Sepilok, Sandakan 90000 Malaysia
After Sepilok, we take a leisure walk to the nearby Sun Bear Conservation Centre to see the world’s smallest bear in its natural environment. Then, we go for lunch.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sandakan Memorial Park, Mile 8 Jalan Labuk Taman Rimba, Sandakan 90702 Malaysia
Afternoon, Sandakan City Tour includes a visit to Sandakan Memorial Park, which is adjacent to the site of the original Sandakan Prisoner of War (POW) Camp. The park commemorates the sacrifice and suffering endured by both Australian and British soldiers who were held by the Japanese as Prisoners of War between 1942 and 1945
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Puu Jih Shih Buddhist Temple, Sandakan Malaysia
The Puu Jih Shih Buddhist Temple, located on a steep hill top where you can have a magnificent view overlooking Sandakan Bay and the Town Centre
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: The Parish of St Michael and All Angels, Jalan Puncak, Sandakan 90000 Malaysia
Then, continue to one of the oldest church in Sabah, St. Michael’s Church.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Agnes Newton Keith Home, Sandakan Malaysia
Drive to the Central Market where you can see the local produce and fresh seafood being sold. Visit to the Agnes Keith Museum to learn about the life in the colonial days on Agnes & Harry Keith. Harry was the first conservator of the Forestry Department in Sabah and Agnes was the author of the three famous books called Land below the Wind, Three Came Home and White Man Returns. Stop at the nearby English Tea House where you may have another spectacular view of Sandakan Nature City. Here, you may have your own choices of refreshment (own account).
After tour, transfer back to Sandakan airport or City Hotel.
Duration: 1 hour
