3 of the Big 5

Happy birthday Julie!!
I made her wear a big birthday badge today so everyone knew it was her birthday and also snuck into the us to stick up a birthday banner - hahahahaha!
Breakfast was great, right on the waterfront. We even had green bread (not mouldy) which was quite delightful. First stop today was the Orangutang Sanctuary. We spotted our first one on the way to the nursery. How amazing!!
The sanctuary is not “closed in” and allows the animals to come and go as they please. But orangutans that have been mistreated and rescued or orphaned before they are self-sufficient are taught how to forage and fend for themselves. The programs they run are phenomenal with so much success. Watching them play at the nursery was mesmerising and of course I took waaaaay too many photos and videos. As we headed to the feeding platform we saw a couple just roaming around alongside us and couldn’t believe our luck!!
Whilst the sanctuary is for orangutans there were heaps of other monkeys there too, swinging around the trees and stealing the food which made the orangutan’s pretty mad and provided some good laughs for us.
Next we went to the Sun Bear Rescue & Sanctuary with the same concept. These bears are the smallest in the world and looked to be about the size of a large wombat. We saw a fair few of them too happily exploring and eating. The grounds are magnificent and the jobs these people do in protecting the animals is amazing.
We also spotted a yellow viper snake 🐍 in the tree not to far from us. When Brendan (our guide) told us that there are also flying snakes I was not at all impressed and luckily for everyone around us, we didn’t see one.
The humidity has been a real killer but we have been absolute troupers and soldiered on!!
Lunch was fabulous and topped off with everyone singing Happy Birthday to Julie and Brendan organising a cake for her!!!
Our last stop today was the Rainforest Discovery Centre where we walked through the canopy and across a suspension bridge. The plants and trees were absolutely spectacular and we were even lucky enough to see the elusive The Rhinoceros Hornbill bird making it 3/5 of Borneo’s Big 5 in one day!!!
No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t get a photo of the bird with my phone. The photo here is “loaned” from Google.
With swollen and tired feet, we treated ourselves to a foot massage when we returned to our hotel. Bliss.Leia mais