Ihastuttavassa viidakkoympäristössä oleva mukava bungalowhotelli. Kiva pikku ravintola, hauskat huoneet.
Ihan lähellä Sepilokin luonnonpuistoa ja orankeja. Jaana kävi täälläkin tutustumassa Lankayanin sekä Turtle Islandin jälkeen.
Mukavat bungalowit ja rauhallinen ympäristö saavat erkanemaan hetkeksi kiireestä.
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Yhdistetään kaksi Sandakanin eri puolta, ensin pikkusaari ja sitten Nature Resort, ihastuttava kolmen päivän retki, suosittelemme!
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Hidden amongst a veritable treasure trove of tropical plants and grasses, hug trees and spectacular orchids in bloom, the quaint bungalows of the Sepilok Nature Resort are within walking distance of the world-famous Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve, precious home of the last wild Orang-utans of Northern Borneo.
The resort offers all the comforts and amenities needed after a long wet day spent trekking in the forest: all the timber chalets-sitting by a beautiful natural lake - have attached bathrooms with hot and cold water, shower and bathtub, ceiling fan and air-conditioning. Meals are served in the central building under coved terraces, and it is not uncommon at all to wake up in the morning with an Orang-utan or a few pig-tail Macaques sitting on the verandah.
Besides being the ideal staring point for most other wildlife land destinations in Sabah, as the fauna-rich Kinabatangan river and the surrounding Sukau area, the Sepilok Nature Resort also offers the perfect setting for relaxing after a long plane trip, before continuing on a diving holiday to Lankayan.
Resort Facilities
A little patience will repay the visitor with extraordinary gifts. And after having experienced the tropical forest in its full complexity even the orangutans will appear in a new, full, more complex dimension, encomprising their role in the ecology of the forest and their extremely difficult situation at the present time, when their survival in the wild is severely endangered by logging, mining and general habitat encroachment by human beings. Theirs is a complex problem, and one which touches us all: the preservation not of single species but of full habitats is rapidly becoming one of the most important concerns of the new century.
So, to take the time needed to fully appreciate the ancient rhythms of the forest, the best thing one could do is staying at least a few days at the Sepilok Nature Resort, a most beautiful compound bordering on the protected area (it is actually not uncommon to have orangutans or pythons wandering around among the chalets) and perfectly integrated with the surrounding forest.
We offer all the amenities of a tropical resort
Set in a spectacularly landscaped private area of manicured lawns and rolling hills, the fully air-conditioned (and very comfortable) twin bed chalets feature beautiful lake or jungle view verandahs and private bathrooms with hot water; the surrounding garden - which would take half a day to explore - offers and amazing array of tropical plants and grasses and a collection of more than one hundred and fifty different Asian orchid species.
The Orangutan Rehabilitation Center (where young captive or abandoned orangutans are being helped by a highly trained and motivated staff to readjust to a life in the wild, and where a Sumatran rhino breeding program is in progress) and the actual Sepilok Forest Reserve are just a few minutes' walk away, and the Resort staff are happy to organize birding, trekking and river trips to the neighboring areas (including the fauna-rich Sukau area along the Kinabatangan river).
Before venturing further away, however, one should first take advantage of the comforts offered by the Sepilok Nature Resort and fully explore the natural wanders of the Sepilok Forest Reserve, which has enough to offer to keep one busy for months: here insects, amphibians, reptiles and birds abound, the trails are very will marked and the local guides are friendly, reliable and extremely knowledgeable.
The biggest mistake one could do while visiting the Sepilok lowland tropical forest would be watching the orangutans -- watching only the orangutans, that is: because this formidable stretch of wilderness-wisely preserved just a few miles from the modern bustle of Sandakan-offers and unequalled opportunity to observe in comfort the utterly complex mechanisms of nature at work in the tropics.
After having admired for as long as needed the delicate grace of the big red-haired apes, their extraordinary prowess in tree-climbing and upside-down vine-dangling, and after having been dutifully moved to the depth of their heart by their soulful gaze (no other primate looks at you like and orangutan does), the visitors should stay a little longer in the forest, to take a leisurely stroll along the well marked trail in the company of a biologist and guide from the Rehabilitation Center.
It is then - and only then - that one will be able to hear the hypnotic, cycada-like song of the tree frogs, the booming, cackling call of the great hornbill, the soft rustle in the dead leaves on the forest floor at the passing of a bronze skink. Only then the metallic shine of spider eyes will be apparent, only then the dead brown little branch will start walking with the hesitant steps of the stick insect, and it is only then that the bright green leaf buds on a low shrub will suddenly take the coiled shape of the pit viper waiting in ambush.