Only the female with the baby appeared, later a male joined for a while before all of them disappeared in the jungle. We were able to observe these beautiful animals for the next hour. When we were walking up a small hill to the feeding platform, a female orangutan suddenly appeared about two metres from us, holding a baby and stretching her long arm for bananas that the guide was carrying – at that moment, we were completely astonished by the big relative! ![]() The day that we went to the feeding platform, a local guide accompanied us and told us a lot of interesting facts about orang-utans. They come to the feeding platform on the days when they don’t find enough food in the jungle.īohorok Centre in Gunung Leuser National Park is one of the best places to see orangutans in Sumatra, Indonesia. Twice a day (8.30-9.30am and 3-4pm) the centre allows visitors to come and watch the semi-wild orangutans that come to the feeding platform in a jungle. Today, about 16 orangutans live in the area none of them stays in the centre permanently, however, some of them return to the centre because of food if they don’t find enough in the jungle. ![]() More than 200 orangutans have been released into the forests. Since 1996 this centre has no longer operated as a rehabilitation centre for orangutans because there has been no funding provided and the forest has already been saturated with orangutans. The main purpose of the centre was to take care of and teach basic survival skills to orangutans who had been kept as caged pets or displaced due to forest clearing. The staff of the centre taught them how to find food in the wild, build nests, climb trees and other essentials for survival in a jungle after release. It’s a centre in Bukit Lawang, Sumatra that was established in 1973 by two Swiss zoologists, and in 1986 was taken over by the Indonesian government. We visited Bohorok Orangutan centre in Gunung Leuser National Park in Sumatra. These apes are native to Borneo (both Malaysian and Indonesian side) and Sumatra in Indonesia. ![]() Do you know that there are only two places on the earth where you can observe orangutans?
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