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33 Orangutan holidays. No trip to Borneo would be complete without spending some time on an orangutan safari. See wild orangutans by the Kinabatangan River or visit the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre to learn about these endangered great apes. All these orangutan holidays support conservation of the orangutans’ forest habitat, raise awareness of the impact of deforestation or promote tourism as an alternative to unsustainable farming practise. Many orangutan holidays also include a contribution to an orangutan charity.

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These full and frank independent Orangutan holidays reviews are from travellers who have booked directly through responsibletravel.com. They are not edited by us or any of the companies we work with. Find the real story, from real travellers below.

Orangutans and Ibans tour to Borneo
Fantastic experience, unforgettable. It surpassed all expectations.  (more)
From £3750 including UK flights
Borneo holiday, Highlights of Borneo
Brilliant - a wonderful experience (more)
From £2395 including UK flights
Borneo tailor made holiday, wildlife & beaches
Most memorable? Diving with a dozen turtles off the coast of Sipadan and visiting the local villagers of Mabul. And then of course to see wild Orangutans in their natural environment.  (more)
From £2750 including UK flights
Indonesia holidays, tailor made, Orangutans & Komodo dragons
Really brilliant - it was our honeymoon and we really had a fabulous time. It was so well organised by the operator which took a lot of the stress out of travelling which was exactly what we needed with such a complicated itinerary. The hotels we stayed in were second to none - really fabulous and we were spoilt rotten!  (more)
From £3785 including UK flights
Orangutan photography in Borneo
Most memorable was getting close to the wildlife - particularly the Orangutans, but the brief encounter with a Black Handed Agile Gibbon was very special... Very, very good.  (more)
From £1545 - £1670 excluding flights
Orangutan conservation holiday, Borneo
I will never forget the beautiful things I have seen and hope to return to Borneo someday... (more)
From £2695 excluding flights
Sabah holiday, land beneath the wind
The guides were excellent and very flexible, willing to change schedules if possible to suit our needs, the transport always turned up exactly on time, the accommodation was exactly as described and the places visited were all breathtaking in their beauty and animal and plant life.  (more)
From £1080 - £1200 excluding flights
Borneo family holiday to see Orangutans
In Borneo we met and travelled with like minded families and individuals, who along with good humoured guides added enormously to the pleasure of the trip. It was excellent and would thoroughly recommend for those who are adventurous, like variety and don't mind a bit of roughing. (more)
From £1859 - £2279 including UK flights
Borneo small group adventure holiday
It was a fantastic holiday. Byron, our guide, made sure that everything ran smoothly. We saw some wonderful wildlife, not just the orangutans but also many birds, pigmy elephants, proboscis monkeys, and many others.  (more)
From £4100 - £4400 including UK flights
Orangutan conservation holiday in Borneo
Staying with the local tribe in the jungle was the most memorable part of the holiday...10 out of 10. (more)
From £1095 excluding flights
Sabah & Sarawak holiday in Borneo
There were many memorable moments. Too few to fully list out! One destination was the Gomantong Birdnest Caves. The main cave tests all your senses. Certainly a location for the next Indiana Jones film, not for flip-flop wearing tourists! (more)
From £2595 including UK flights
Borneo safari, rainforests, orangutans and beaches
Excellent! It was organised really well and our guide, Chris, was wonderful... I cannot isolate just one memorable or exciting part of the holiday - every day my husband and I experienced something amazing!... We will never forget any of it. (more)
From £2565 excluding flights
Borneo holiday, Mt Kinabalu, orangutans & rainforest
The climax of the holiday definitely was the final ascent of Mount Kinabalu, arriving at the summit at sunrise. Amazing feeling of being on top of the world - very beautiful and physically challenging. (more)
From £2579 - £2989 including UK flights
Borneo safari, jungle, mountain & beach
Unbelievable, fantastic, amazing etc. EVERY day was perfect. It was our honeymoon and so many little touches and extra effort was made for us. It really was magical. Thank you. (more)
From £2635 excluding flights
Orangutan volunteering in Borneo and Malaysia
Most memorable was helping to catch a Crocodile, and a 13 foot long python that had eaten a monkey.... Definitely not your average holiday, which is nice... (more)
From £1500 excluding flights
Borneo holidays, tailor made
Fantastic - the wildlife was amazing; watching elephants bathing in the river, snorkelling with turtles, scuba diving with sharks (small ones thankfully!), and the odd orangtan and probocis monkey! The people were extremely friendly and proud of their country. (more)
From £3150 including UK flights
Borneo holiday, Land below the wind
This was an amazing trip well paced and shows all of the best parts of Sabah, We were fortunate in that there was just the two of us so having Alex all to ourselves he made us feel like royalty. All the things we experienced just confirmed the need to help the local people in their quest to preserve this very special place. (more)
From £2575 - £2775 including UK flights
Orangutan volunteering in Borneo
Observing the Orangutans, a mind blowing experience. I have watched multiple DVD's and read many books on primates, but never did I anticipate such a surreal connection with these amazing ancestors of ours.  (more)
From £1250 excluding flights
Family holiday to Borneo, Land of the Orang Utan
Tour guide fab, accommodation better than expected. Good range of activities.  (more)
From £2150 - £2695 including UK flights

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5 stars
I am reborn! Simply the best holiday I have ever been on
4 stars
Some great stories to tell the grandchildren. Would recommend to a friend
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Very enjoyable
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A bit disappointing really

Orangutan Holidays and Orangutan Tours

Orangutans are large apes that live in Southeast Asia and mostly live in the trees. The word orangutan means ‘man of the forest’ in Malay language. Orangutans are native to to Indonesia and Malaysia and orangutan holidays can only be taken on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra holidays, where they can be found living in the rainforests. Orangutan tours are popular in Borneo as they are fascinating animals to watch – they are very intelligent and have been known to use objects as tools such as using leaves as umbrellas to keep them from getting wet. There are only two surviving species of orangutan, both of which are endangered; it is worth choosing an orangutan holiday which contributes to their conservation. You can take an orangutan tour which donates money to the Orangutan Foundation and thus to their rehabilitation. Wildlife tours in Borneo are not complete without an orangutan tour to a nature resort or sanctuary where you can watch these loveable creatures, with their long reddish-brown hair and long arms, swing elegantly from branch to branch. There is no better place than Borneo to go on an orangutan holiday and see them in the wild but this is not the extent of it – a wildlife tour to Borneo can also give you the chance to see an abundance of wildlife including crocodiles, pygmy elephants and proboscis monkeys.

Orangutan Volunteer Holidays and Borneo Volunteer Travel

Volunteering in Borneo means you will make a real connection with the people, the landscape, the culture and the environment. You can really make a home there and enjoy the stunning surroundings as much as the people who live there do. Borneo volunteer travel means experiencing jungle, mountains and tropical islands. You can live amongst different indigenous tribes, help teach kids, build community centres, and learn how to scuba dive before helping protect the reef, turtles and dugongs. Many people volunteering in Borneo, however, choose to take an orangutan volunteer holiday which helps the experts in the rehabilitation and release of orangutans back into the wild.

Want to know more about Orangutans before goign on holidays?

Find out more about orangutans by reading these orangutan articles.

Tourists warned to avoid resorts which offer the chance to have their photo taken with orangutans. "The orangutans are not allowed to behave naturally. It is not rehabilitation, neither is it educational. It is exploitation." Read the rest of this eye opening orangutan article by Stephen Brend, 'It shouldn't happen to an ape'.

"In the last three years the history of orangutan conservation in Indonesia has been very sad. It is clear that their situation is closely correlated with the complex political and economic situation in Indonesia. During this time, local and central Government have paid little attention to conservation." Read the rest of the orangutan article 'A new breed of ape men' by Mr Zaqie head of Yayorin, the Indonesian Chapter of the Orangutan Foundation - an NGO working to protect Indonesia's orangutans.
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