Region

Sepilok

Places to explore

Our guides to this region

Orangutan at the feeding platform, Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre

Sepilok

Orangutans, sun bears and a canopy walkway — all 30 minutes from Sandakan airport

Travel guides

Read before you go

Kinabatangan with kids
Travel Guides

What to Do in Borneo with Kids

Sabah with children, sorted by age: the minimum ages on our trips, what works for under-5s, what to skip, and how to pace a family week between river, reef and rainforest.
orangutan for homepage
Travel Guides

Best Places in Borneo to See Wild Orangutans

Sepilok or the wild? We rank the Kinabatangan, Danum Valley, Tabin, Deramakot and Sepilok by your real odds of seeing an orangutan, and say how many nights each needs.
Orangutan at the feeding platform, Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre
Travel Guides

Sepilok Orangutan Centre: Feeding Times, Fees and How to Visit

How a morning at Sepilok's orangutan and sun bear centres works — the 10am feeding, the nursery, entrance fees, and how it fits into Sandakan trips.

Trips

Trips that visit this region

Orangutan

3D2N Sepilok & Kinabatangan River Safari (Hornbill Lodge)

3 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 1,590
Selingan Turtle Island

4D3N Turtle Island, Sepilok & Kinabatangan River Safari

4 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 3,090
Aerial view of Selingan Turtle Island, Sabah

2D1N Turtle Island (Selingan) & Sepilok sanctuaries

2 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 1,790
Kinabatangan bird watching at Sukau Rainforest Lodge

3D2N Sukau Rainforest Lodge - Deluxe room (overland)

3 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 2,650
Sukau Rainforest Lodge

3D2N Sukau Rainforest Lodge - Borneo Villa (by boat)

3 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 3,950
Turtle Island Selingan

4D3N Turtle Island & Sukau Rainforest Lodge

4 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 4,700
Pygmy elephants in Sukau

5D4N Kinabatangan & Deramakot Wildlife Safari

5 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 5,080
Kinabatangan

5D4N Kinabatangan river & Tabin Wildlife Safari

5 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 5,540
Orangutan sheltering from the rain at Sepilok

5D4N Sabah Highlights (Kinabalu Geopark, Sepilok & Kinabatangan river)

5 days
Departs Kota Kinabalu
From RM 3,070
Danum Valley mist

5D4N East Coast Wildlife Adventure

5 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 5,190
Sunrise from Mount Kinabalu, Sabah

7D6N Sabah Adventure (Mount Kinabalu, Sepilok & Kinabatangan river)

7 days
Departs Kota Kinabalu
From RM 5,750
Borneo Rainforest Lodge

5D4N Jungle in Style (Hornbill Lodge & Borneo Rainforest Lodge)

5 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 8,040
Pygmy elephants

8D7N Ultimate Sabah Wildlife Adventure

8 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 9,015
School of bumphead parrotfish at Sipadan

10D/9N Reefs & Rainforests

10 days
Departs Sandakan
From RM 9,990