The Great Orangutan Project, Sarawak, Malaysia
4.5 (164 reviews) Spent Ranking #13 in Kuching Nature & Wildlife Areas
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This 2 or 4 week multi award-winning orang-utan volunteer project, based in the Matang Wildlife Centre, focusses on the conservation and protection of Borneo's most fascinating and enchanting species - the orang-utan. Please Note: This page is solely in reference to the 2 or 4 week orang-utan volunteer project offered by The Great Projects
Address
Matang Wildlife Centre Kubah, Kuching 93200 Malaysia
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Website
http://www.thegreatprojects.com/projects/orangutan-volunteer-experience-borneo
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Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 22:59
User Ratings
4.5 based on (164 reviews)
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5jewelscatchew 5:00 PM Aug 7, 2016
Heartbreaking to see what we've done to the world.....
SAY NO TO PALM OIL. SAY NO TO SINGLE USE PLASTIC. Visitingthe Great Orangutan Project was heartbreaking, but also amazing. You get a chance to see these animals in a REAL REHABILITATION. Unlike others in the country that use Luring Tactics with food and bribes. These animals here are housed in cages, and in concrete pens....not ideal, but as we learned there is nowhere else for them to go. Corrupt Malaysian Government continues to use any way possible to make profit from these centers and even prohibits signage at the site showing the reasons these animals are bound to rehabilitation and captivity in the first place. Deforestation, Corruption, and Consumerism. It's all about money and it's all about marketing. If you go here, ask to speak to one of the full time workers/volunteers/founders of the project, and you'll get the best lesson in environmental activism you'll ever have. A real pleasure to meet this team and be involved in the project. Awareness and Education is KEY! Say NO to Palm Oil. Reduce the Meat you Eat. And REFUSE Single-Use Plastic Waste.
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5Mandy B 5:00 PM Dec 7, 2012
Best month of my entire life
I went there for a month in 2010 and can truelly say that it was best month of my life. I have never been so happy just leading a simple life helping the keepers. Whether it was cleaning cages, doing maintenance or enriching animals lives, every task was a joy. Made some amazing friends and had some brilliant laughs. I still think about Matang to this day and hope to return there some time. Experience honestly changed my life and I would recommend it to everyone. I cannot thank Natasha and Leo enough for allowing us volunteers to be part of something so rewarding.
