Where can I volunteer with baby orangutans?
Where can I volunteer with baby orangutans?
If you want to volunteer at an orangutan sanctuary, the island Java is a great option. You will find rescue centers and orangutan sanctuaries outside their natural habitat because illegal trade is still very common.
How can I help the orangutans?
There are many ways to get involved, and each one helps us save the orangutans.
- Adopt an Orangutan.
- Donate.
- Protect the Bukit Tigapuluh Ecosystem.
- Plant Forest.
- Orangutan Adventure Tours.
- Business Partnerships.
- Bequests.
- Volunteer.
Can I hold an orangutan in Borneo?
Unfortunately the tourists are kept in a cage while the orang utan roam around so you cant touch them. There is a nursery where you can see the baby orang utans up close – and they are very cute – but not touching.
Can you see wild orangutans in Borneo?
Covering 3,040 km2 of lowland tropical rainforest and peat-swamp forest, Tanjung Puting National Park is one of the most important sanctuaries for wild orangutans in Borneo. Made famous by the long-term research carried out by Dr Biruté Mary Galdikas at Camp Leakey, the park is now home to over 5,000 orangutans.
Can you adopt an orangutan?
Orangutan adoptions are US $15 per month (when made in 12 monthly payments for a total of USD $180) or USD $150 per year (when paid up front). Learn more about the adoption process. Please Note: ADOPTIONS ARE VIRTUAL! The orangutans stay at the care centers in Borneo & Sumatra!
Are orangutan monkeys?
Orangutans are great apes, as opposed to monkeys, and are closely related to humans, having 97% of DNA in common. Orangutans are extremely patient and intelligent mammals.
Where to volunteer for orangutan conservation in Malaysia?
This volunteer program is especially suitable for: Visit the award-winning Matang Wildlife Centre in Malaysian Borneo to aid conservation and protection of one of the world’s most fascinating and enchanting species: the orangutan.
What does Matang Wildlife Center do for orangutans?
The Matang Wildlife Centre is a refuge for orangutans which have been left injured, orphaned or likewise, usually as a direct result of these threats. The centre works tirelessly to reverse this trend in a number of ways and is thoroughly enriched by the involvement of the volunteers.
What can you learn from volunteering in Malaysia?
When you volunteer for a conservation program in Malaysia and Borneo, you’ll learn about wildlife protection in a key area of the world with critically endangered ecosystems and species.
Where can you find Bornean orangutans in Borneo?
The Sumatran orangutan can be exclusively found on Sumatra which is a large island in western Indonesia. Their habitat is restricted to the north of the island, namely the Aceh province. The Bornean orangutan lives on Borneo, both on the Indonesian and on the Malaysian parts of the island.
