Semenggoh Wildlife Centre Tour: Discover Sarawak’s Orangutans

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Kuching, Malaysia

3 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Overview

Visit one of the main orangutan rehabilitation centers in Sarawak on this wildlife tour. Make your way in an air-conditioned vehicle with a driver to the Semenggoh Wildlife Center. Stroll the trails of the center and try to spot the orangutans. Witness a scheduled feeding of the animals that have not yet been released into the wild.

Travel comfortably in an air-conditioned vehicle
Ride with a driver
Spot rehabilitated orangutans
Wander the trails of the wildlife center at your leisure

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle
English Speaking Driver
Hotel or Port pickup & drop off (please select the correct pickup point during booking)
Admission to : Semenggoh Wildlife Center

Gratuities
Additional USD 40 surcharge for hotel pickup outside 1km radius from the city center is applicable.
Surcharge 30% to be applied during super peak / festive season & must be paid on the day of travel

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to your preferred meeting point, or request pickup.

Pickup points

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Pickup details

Free hotel pick up & drop off from your hotel located at Kuching City Centre (1km radius). An additional USD 40 surcharge for hotel pickup outside 1km radius from the city center is applicable and payable on the day of your activity.

Meeting points

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End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Semenggoh Wildlife Centre

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps

Most travelers can participate
Surcharge 30% to be applied during super peak / festive season & must be paid on the day of travel
An additional USD 40 surcharge for hotel pickup outside 1km radius from the city center is applicable and payable on the day of your activity.
Super peak / festive season will be during New Year's Day, Chinese New Year, Labour Day, Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Hari Raya Haji, Wesak Day, Gawai Dayak, National Day, Malaysia Day & Christmas Day
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Featured review

Richard_K

Wonderful tour guide, Eng. Very informative, on time pick up. Beautiful place and we loved the orangutans!

Reviews

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Wonderful day with Orangutans

Richard_K, Jul 2025

Wonderful tour guide, Eng. Very informative, on time pick up. Beautiful place and we loved the orangutans!

Great guide.

Andre_S, Dec 2024

Great guide! Highly recommended. Very Informative and reliable. Excellent english. Good and safe driver.

Best way to see orangutans up close in a short trip

Samira_B, Oct 2024

The guide is very knowledgeable about the centre and the individual orangutans, how they came to be there, the work of the rehab centre. It's not possible to see wild orangutans without a much longer overnight trip that hike into conservation parks, for a short trip, this is the best option. There are several viewing platforms, and the orangutans can be seen quite close up. There are plenty of opportunities to ask questions from the guide and rangers. Bring binoculars if you can -we saw orangutans in the trees feeding on figs and our generous guide lent us a pair! We thoroughly enjoyed this short trip, we learned a lot, and helped to support the work of the rehab centre.

Enjoyable & comfortable tour to Semenggoh

Sandra_J, Sep 2024

I was lucky to see 2 Orang Utans during their morning feeding time, also good timing due to no queues at the entrance and great sunny weather. Wesley as my guide and driver was very nice, knowledgeable and easy to talk to. He made sure that I was always informed about what's going on and gave me a lot of insight into the wildlife center as well as Malaysian and Borneo life. So I had a great, comfortable and interesting tour, I can only recommend :)

Wesley shared a wonderful introduction to Semengghoh

Brooke_B, Aug 2024

We had a great visit to see the Semenggoh orangutans! Wesley was an excellent guide. Not only was he knowledgeable and friendly, but he also gave great advise about where to spend our time, which gave us the chance to observe some unusually active and interesting behaviors.

Really the experience of a lifetime.

Morris_I, Aug 2024

Missed seeing any orangutans with morning rain. The park rangers were very professional and made the experience exceptional. Went back in the afternoon and was able to experience seeing a variety of eight different orangs.

View in awe

David_M, Apr 2024

Seeing these glorious creatures even though they have been attracted by artificial feeding but as the fruiting season had ended in the forest it is the next best thing

Don't bother in the fruiting season

Anita_M, Jan 2019

The guide was great and very knowledgeable. The park is very nice; however following an incident a while ago you can't walk through the park and can only walk to the feeding zone.We didn't see any orangutan's as it is the fruiting season in the forest. Why come to a human feeding station when you have a buffet of fruit around you in the forest.If I had understood the implications of this I won't bother with this tour in January or the end of December.

Great experience to see the...

Lindsay_P, Mar 2026

Great experience to see the primal utangs, you notice that the staff have hard for the animals! We have therefore been 2x

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Elisa_C, Aug 2023

La nostra guida è stata fantastica. Prelievo e trasporto dall'hotel al parco e ritorno con viaggio perfetto. Abbiamo visto 4 oranghi da vicinissimo, nonostante fosse già iniziata la stagione della frutta. Consigliatissimo!