Sepilok

Borneo – The Place You Have Not Considered – Beyonder

Borneo. Heard of it? Of course you have. Considered going? Probably not. And that, is precisely its charm.

I had heard of it too. Everyone has. It floats around in our collective imagination like a half-remembered bedtime story — dark rainforests, head-hunting tribes, orangutans swinging through mist, maps with more ‘green’ than roads. But travel there? Honestly, it...

Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre – A Visit – Beyonder

Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre is about learning how to leave things alone. There is a moment at Sepilok when you realize this isn’t about you. No sweeping music. No dramatic announcements. Just a wooden platform, forest all around, and the faint rustle of movement somewhere above. Then they appear. Orangutans do not make entrances. They arrive. The Sepilok Orangutan...

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