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Turtle Island + Sepilok +
City Tour
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Duration: 2 Day / 1 Night
Day 01: Sandakan Airport / Selingan Turtle Island (L,D)
Meet your guide on arrival in Sandakan Airport and transfer to jetty
to board the boat to Selingan Island or also named Turtle Island. The
boat journey takes approximately 1 hour. Register at the reception and
check into a chalet. Rest of the day free at own leisure. After dinner,
wait for the Park Ranger to give the signal for turtle watching. Observe
the turtle laying eggs process until the nest is covered with sand. The
Rangers will tag the turtles for record purposes. Then the eggs will be
transferred to the hatchery. If there are young turtles hatchlings, then
you have the opportunity to observe the hatchlings being released to the
sea. Overnight at Selingan Chalet.
Day 2: Selingan / Sepilok / City Tour / Airport (B,L)
Depart Selingan after breakfast. Proceed to Sepilok Orang Utan
Rehabilitation Centre, the world's largest rehabilitation centre.
Experience a close encounter with the 'Wildman of Borneo'. These Orang
Utans were once orphans and the centre reformed their skills to survive
in the wild again. A video on the centre and the Orang Utan
rehabilitation program is shown at the visitor's reception centre. After
lunch, continue with a city tour of Sandakan with a visit to a Malay
fishing village and Chinese Buddhist Temple situated above a 300 meters
high hill that oversees a panoramic view of Sandakan Bay. Transfer to
hotel or airport.
Proposed flights: BKI/SDK MH2042 0700/0740
SDK/BKI MH2065 1730/1810
Inclusive of:
All transport between each destination
All entrance fees or permits.
Accommodation and meals as stated in the itinerary.
English speaking guide.
Not inclusive:
Flight tickets.
Camera fee in Sepilok (RM10)
Things to bring:
Good walking shoes.
Dry clothes and toiletries.
Insect repellent and sun block.
Binoculars / photo or video
camera.
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