Sakau River Safari

We woke up at 4.30am in Kota Kinabalu for the long day ahead. Firstly we caught the 7am flight to Sandakan where we were transfered directly to Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre just in time to watch the orphaned orangutans arrive at the feeding platform 🙊. This was our first sighting of orangutans in Borneo and we could have watched them swinging through the trees all day! We also got the chance to visit the outdoor nursery where the baby orangutans are being encouraged to learn to climb, swing and play as they will do once released into the wild. One cheeky Orangutan just wanted to do rolly pollies on the lawn and one of the centres workers had to chase her about 😁.
After this we also visited the Sun Bear Rehabilitation Centre where the sleepy bears were in the trees or foraging.

In the afternoon we continued to Sakau Greenview Lodge, situated on the banks of the Kinabatangan River. This was home for the next few days. On arrival we were told of our action packed itinerary for the duration of our stay💪.

At 4pm we were to take our afternoon boat cruise for our first river safari! During our stay we had 2 early morning cruises, 2 afternoon cruises and 1 night cruise. We were on the river for 2 hours at a time on the look out for wildlife, along with our guide Jeffery 😎,who had eyes like a sniper! He could see things a mile off which always impressed Steve and I. Other activities included a jungle trek and a night trek.

Unfortunately we didn't see any Pygmy Elephants because the heard had migrated down stream 😔🐘🐘🐘.

I could talk to you about this place all day long 😀(and I'm sure I will when I'm home!). The few days spent here has definitely been one of the highlights of our trip so far! Some of the animals we saw included a Cat-Snake, Monitor Lizards, Probosis Monkeys, Long-Tailed Makaks, Grey Leaf Monkeys, a baby Crocodile, Hornbills, Blue Kingfishers, Green Lizards, Serpent Eagles, stick insects and of course Orangutans. 🐍🐒Read more