
NLK 04 - Sandakan Sightseeing (1/2 Day)
Tour Code NLK 04
Duration 1/2 Day (Half Day Tour)
Minimum 2 Pax
Pickup Point Airport/Sandakan Area/Sepilok Area
Drop Off Point Airport/Sandakan/Sepilok Area
About the package
Includes
- Road transfer as mentioned
- 1 Lunch
- Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre visit & entrance fee
- Driver cum guide
- Tour based on sit in coach basis
Remarks
- All tours are subject to weather conditions
We Recommend You To Bring
- Camera
- Personal Gear
- Insect Repellent
- Raincoat
- Hat
- Binocular
- Sunscreen
- Comfortable shoes, Cotton T-Shirts, Long Sleeve Shirt, Long & Short Pant
Pick up from Sandakan Airport (MH2042 @ 0750 hrs OR AK6092 @ 0750hrs)
or
Pick up from any hotels within Sandakan at 0800 hrs.
Transfer to Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Center. At this world renowned center, come face to face with human’s closest relative, the Orang Utans. Orang Utans share 97% of the same DNA as humans. The Orang Utans feeding time is at 1000 hrs. Also experience a walk in the tropical lowland dipterocarp forest. While Orangutan rehabilitation is still the primary goal at Sepilok, present aims include public education on conservation, research and assistance to other endangered species such as captive breeding of the rare and endangered rhinoceros.
At 1100hrs, depart Sepilok to the Sandakan Memorial Park. Located within the suburb of Taman Rimba, the site of a notorious WWII prisoner-of-war camp is about 11km outside of Sandakan.
The park, which includes a small museum, is a memorial to the thousands of Australian and British who lost their lives during the Japanese occupation. The rusting remains of an excavator, a generator and a boiler lie in their original positions, near steps leading up to a small Commemorative Pavilion
Proceed to the Hotel Sandakan for lunch (Buffet – Malaysian Cuisine).
After lunch, transfer to either hotel or airport for your flight (MH2047 @ 1400 hrs OR AK6097 @ 1425 hrs).).