Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary(西必洛人猿庇护中心)
The Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre was set up in 1964 to rehabilitate orphaned baby orang utan. Set in the lush 4,300-hectare Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve, the Centre under the administration of the Wildlife Department of Sabah attracts tourists and researchers alike, giving them the opportunity to watch the orang utan up close in their natural habitat. A boardwalk leads you to a viewing gallery and feeding platform where the apes are fed milk and bananas twice a day at 10.00am and 3.00pm by rangers. Feeding time also attracts long-tailed macaques to the area.
While orang utan rehabilitation is still the primary goal at Sepilok, it also focuses on public education on conservation, research and assistance on other endangered species such as the rhinoceros.
Visitors are restricted to walkways. Some orang utan have become familiar with people but touching them is strongly discouraged, and while the apes are naturally shy and gentle, the more mischievous ones may try to grab your camera or hat, in which case you should call for a ranger as trying to wrestle the 200 pound apes may not be a good idea. For the more adventurous, there is trekking through mangrove forest. As this is under the Forestry Department, you will have to get a permit from them before trekking the 5km trail which runs through Sepilok Laut. You can also arrange for a boat return or accommodation in chalets in the forest.
If you are not on any tour, public buses and taxis are available from Sandakan town. The Labuk Road Bus Company vehicles depart from the front of the Sandakan Town Council (Majlis Perbandaran Sandakan or MPS) from 6.00 am onwards. Fares are RM2.10 one way, but it will only stop at the junction to the Centre. You will have to walk about one and a half km in. You can hire a taxi for a return trip for about RM100.00 negotiable. The distance between town and the Centre is approximately 23km.
中心坐落在西必洛－卡比利的森林保护区（Kabili-Sepilok Forest Resrve) 内，向游客提供便利的条件去近距离观看人猿及亲近他们的自然栖息地。设有一条连通观赏走廊和进食平台的木板路，在那里游客可以观赏到管理员每天两次喂食人猿的情景，在此期间偶而还可以观看到长尾和短尾猴串跳于树丛中。人猿（学名Pongo pygmaeus），确实是沙巴最讨人眷宠的野生动物之一。它们的外形，与人类非常相似（令人更为惊讶的是，它们的基因有96.4%是和人类一样的），举 动十分讨喜。在西必洛人猿庇护中心所收留畜养的，多是来自森林划木区、种植园丘，或是被非法捕捉而受伤及落单的小人猿，它们在获得充分的护理和在野外生存 的技能训练之后，就会被回放到森林里。
占地幅员广达四千五百公顷，座落在原始森林保护区的西必洛人猿庇护中心，是于1964年创设。今天，游客们可以在每一天的喂食时段（上午十点和下午 两点）于特定的了望台前，近距离地观看看守员在喂食台上，耐心等候按时前来享用香蕉及牛奶大餐的人猿出现的情景。一般上，它们会由远至近，以斯文害羞的姿 态趋近，一些看起来对人类似乎存有戒心，而一些则看起来则已经老练得对人类见怪不怪。无论如何，没有人可以保证它们每天都一定会出现。除了人猿之外，了望 台附近有时也可以见到一些顽皮的小猕猴。
在观赏了人猿喂食情景之后，游客们在参观中心建筑主楼的同时，也能够在影音室内欣赏到播放的人猿记录片。西必洛人猿庇护中心的其他设施尚包括了餐 厅、礼品专卖店等。游客们亦可在中心外围的渡假村下榻住宿。西必洛人猿庇护中心距离山打根市中心，车程约四十分钟，您可以在山打根市中心乘搭德士或巴士前 往。
While orang utan rehabilitation is still the primary goal at Sepilok, it also focuses on public education on conservation, research and assistance on other endangered species such as the rhinoceros.
Visitors are restricted to walkways. Some orang utan have become familiar with people but touching them is strongly discouraged, and while the apes are naturally shy and gentle, the more mischievous ones may try to grab your camera or hat, in which case you should call for a ranger as trying to wrestle the 200 pound apes may not be a good idea. For the more adventurous, there is trekking through mangrove forest. As this is under the Forestry Department, you will have to get a permit from them before trekking the 5km trail which runs through Sepilok Laut. You can also arrange for a boat return or accommodation in chalets in the forest.
If you are not on any tour, public buses and taxis are available from Sandakan town. The Labuk Road Bus Company vehicles depart from the front of the Sandakan Town Council (Majlis Perbandaran Sandakan or MPS) from 6.00 am onwards. Fares are RM2.10 one way, but it will only stop at the junction to the Centre. You will have to walk about one and a half km in. You can hire a taxi for a return trip for about RM100.00 negotiable. The distance between town and the Centre is approximately 23km.
中心坐落在西必洛－卡比利的森林保护区（Kabili-Sepilok Forest Resrve) 内，向游客提供便利的条件去近距离观看人猿及亲近他们的自然栖息地。设有一条连通观赏走廊和进食平台的木板路，在那里游客可以观赏到管理员每天两次喂食人猿的情景，在此期间偶而还可以观看到长尾和短尾猴串跳于树丛中。人猿（学名Pongo pygmaeus），确实是沙巴最讨人眷宠的野生动物之一。它们的外形，与人类非常相似（令人更为惊讶的是，它们的基因有96.4%是和人类一样的），举 动十分讨喜。在西必洛人猿庇护中心所收留畜养的，多是来自森林划木区、种植园丘，或是被非法捕捉而受伤及落单的小人猿，它们在获得充分的护理和在野外生存 的技能训练之后，就会被回放到森林里。
占地幅员广达四千五百公顷，座落在原始森林保护区的西必洛人猿庇护中心，是于1964年创设。今天，游客们可以在每一天的喂食时段（上午十点和下午 两点）于特定的了望台前，近距离地观看看守员在喂食台上，耐心等候按时前来享用香蕉及牛奶大餐的人猿出现的情景。一般上，它们会由远至近，以斯文害羞的姿 态趋近，一些看起来对人类似乎存有戒心，而一些则看起来则已经老练得对人类见怪不怪。无论如何，没有人可以保证它们每天都一定会出现。除了人猿之外，了望 台附近有时也可以见到一些顽皮的小猕猴。
在观赏了人猿喂食情景之后，游客们在参观中心建筑主楼的同时，也能够在影音室内欣赏到播放的人猿记录片。西必洛人猿庇护中心的其他设施尚包括了餐 厅、礼品专卖店等。游客们亦可在中心外围的渡假村下榻住宿。西必洛人猿庇护中心距离山打根市中心，车程约四十分钟，您可以在山打根市中心乘搭德士或巴士前 往。
