Your adventure begins with a journey to Orang Utan Island, a sanctuary dedicated to the conservation and rehabilitation of orangutans. Situated on an island in the middle of a lake, this sanctuary provides a natural habitat for these intelligent primates. Here, you'll have the opportunity to observe orangutans up close in their natural environment, learning about their behavior, conservation efforts, and the challenges they face in the wild.
* Day trip to the Orangutan Island sanctuary in Bukit Merah
* Fascinating firsthand experience of Malaysian orang utans
* Experts reveal the lives & behaviors of the smart creatures
* Chance to capture photos of playful apes swinging in trees
* Visit Perak Tong Cave Temple
Posted By : Samantha_R
The orangutan sanctuary is a must do! The guide was well informed and passionate about the animals. Be warned, the drive from KL is long (nearly 3hours one way!) if you’re going to Penang it will be quicker to hire a driver and go from there.
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Posted On : 2023-07-31 23:20:50 
Posted By : Jaap_Schlejen
We (family of 4) booked a trip through TripAdvisor to visit the recovery center. First of all: booking through TripAdvisor was very easy and we were well updated regularly. I also believe the price was competitive.
We did not know what to expect from this trip and worried about the distance from KL to the center. True, the trip is long (2x 3-4 hours), but it is well worth it. The local tour operator and driver were very professional, well informed and the car was specious for 4 tall adults).
Arriving at the ferry to the center, it looked a bit surreal: there is a large lakeside landing and infrastructure, but it was empty and there were almost no people. We took the ferry and once we arrived at the recovery center (group of around 10 persons), we got briefed by our tourguide. We walked in a cage tunnel complex (a reversed Zoo: the apes are free and we were in cages) to see the apes; we were allowed to help feeding them and got amazingly close by the orang utans. There are about 15 apes, including some cute young ones. Our tourguide explained what they do to return the apes back to the wild: most apes are abused animals, recovered from poachers or were used as pets. They all do this without any goverment funding and depend on private donations, struggling to get by.
So we really recommend to go on this tour through TripAdvisor, if you are not afraid of a 3-4 hour trip (both ways): go there and donate to the Urang Utan recovery center.
Also: on the way back to KL, you visit a nice Buddhist cave temple with huge Buddha's with a long climb to the top.
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Posted On : 2023-05-24 19:09:14 
Posted By : Chris
Our trip to Orang Utan island was really good, our driver Rajan was great. On the drive was grave us a lot of information about the history of Malaysia and what we were seeing on the way. He explained all about the palm and rubber trees and the different caves and temples. We were lucky enough to see 8 of the 16 orangutans on the island, we learned a lot about there habits and personalities. The Perak Cave Temple was really cool, lots of different paintings on the wall caves, and statues, the 450 stairs to the top was quite a workout but worth the view once you made it to the top. Overall real good trip.
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Posted On : 2020-03-07 15:40:12
Posted By : 31kimny
We were lucky not only to see to see the orangutan but to get up close and feed them. The people were helpful and uninformative
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Posted On : 2019-12-23 21:10:30
Posted By : rycbn
We had a amazing trip to see the Orang Utan And then stop on way home to see the temple at Perak Tong. The driver was excellent. It is highly recommended. Ask for “Wan” - he was our driver and excellent.
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Posted On : 2019-12-19 01:33:15
Posted By : P I Rajendra k
Lovely trip. Well planned and arranged. We were picked up at our hotel and taken to Orangutan island and the Cave Temple and we enjoyed every minute of it. Kindly plan on weekdays and weekends have extremely heavy traffic.
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Posted On : 2019-08-14 03:27:59
Posted By : Stephen H
It was a great day out. A reasonably long drive at nearly four hours each way from The Federal in KL. The Oranga Tangs were great and was nice to here what the program is all about. It was shame our driver didn't speak much English but he certainly knew how to beat the traffic jams.
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Posted On : 2019-08-01 15:12:48
Posted By : Taylor K
Amazing experience seeing the most beautiful creatures in the world! Had an amazing day and an amazing tour! highly recommend !
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Posted On : 2019-04-29 17:47:29
