Jungle Trekking 9 days of trekking through the jungle in the sweltering heat trying to count Orangutan nests… That means looking up and not where you are putting your feet. Other danger include snakes, spiders and LEECHES… We didn’t see any snakes or spiders and luckily we had James (our ranger) and a bottle of Dettol. Before I continue I would like to write about leeches. There are 2 types of leech. Brown leeches – these are pretty boring, looking a ...

Jungle Trekking 9 days of trekking through the jungle in the sweltering heat trying to count Orangutan nests… That means looking up and not where you are putting your feet. Other danger include snakes, spiders and LEECHES… We didn’t see any snakes or spiders and luckily we had James (our ranger) and a bottle of Dettol. Before I continue I would like to write about leeches. There are 2 types of leech. Brown leeches – these are pretty boring, looking a ...

Feeding platform (9 days) 8pm we got to the clinic to get a bag of fruit each to take to the platform or sometimes an Orangutan that had wondered back to the clinic. After a 15 minute trek (30 while trying to get an Orangutan to follow) we would arrive at 'platform 4'. This platform is where the Orangs are introduced once they have been through quarantine and jungle gym. We fed the Orangs making sure everyone got their fair share. If we didn't give someone enou...

Induction day We all got up bright and early and raring to go. Ellis the head keeper had asked us to meet at the clinic for 8:15am. We were all very excited about actually getting to meet the Orangutans. 6 of us would be in the clinic feeding the baby orangutans and cleaning their cages. The other 6 would be at platform 4 feeding the older ones. Then in the afternoon we would swap. Our group nominated to do the feeding platform first and save the clinic until t...

Sepilok (One week before work) After a few days hanging around (in a 5* resort!!!) we arrived at Sepilok Orang-utan Rehabilitation Centre. 12 very excited volunteers were excited about meeting their first Orang-utans. So we dumped our bags and rushed to the feeding platform - just in time to see the afternoon feeding. There were 5 Orang-utans (2 babies – so cute, 2 females and 1 very big male). We stayed for about 1 ½ hours before 12 very happy people decide...