Interesting Places in Sandakan

  Sepilok- Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre 

           Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre is located in the Sepilok Forest Reserve - Kabili, 24 km from Sandakan. The centre is dedicated to the preservation and study the endangered orang utan species in the world. Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre, which opened in 1964 and administered by the Sabah Wildlife Department under the Ministry of Tourism Malaysia. This central area including its save forest is 4294 hectar and began to open to tourists visiting in 1964.
           Today there are 300 species of the living orang utan in nature, be fed, bred, and housed here from other places. According to the study of the Sabah Wildlife Department, there were 13,000 orang utan in sabah. Therefore, the selection of the Sepilok as Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre is very timely.
                       
                                 

Sandakan Crocodile Farm

                                                                  

           The Sandakan Crocodile Farm is Malaysia's largest with over 3000 of the reptiles. It is located about 9 km from the town of Sandakan, at Labuk Road. The original stock came from wild crocodiles found along the Kinabatangan River.

           Besides offering visitors an up-close look at Sabah's biggest reptiles, the farm hosts several other attractions as well, including crocodile and snake shows. It also features a mini zoo with a 100kg Amazonian fish, and a children's park. The drive from Sandakan to the farm takes about half an hour.

                                      
                                       crocodile shows

                                      
                                           Koi fishes

                                                        

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