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Orangutans of Borneo May 2012 > Expedition Overview

Project Supported : Participants in this expedition are expected to help raise funds (a target of AUS$1300 per participant) by getting friends, family and colleagues to adopt orphaned Orangutans as well as help protect the habitat of this endangered species through on the ground foot patrols that prevent poaching and illegal logging. Details of how to achieve this goal and further info will be sent once you have booked. The group will also provide much needed vitamins and medicines for vet services in the Tanjung Puting National Park.

This Expedition is run by Orangutan Odysseys, a sister company of No Roads Expeditions.

Click here to download our Sponsors Letter that will help you raise money for this much needed cause!

Keen Australia have also jumped on board to help us Save the Orangutans. They are not only adopting some Orphaned Orangutans but for everyone who books on this trip, they will receive a free pair of Hybrid Sandals like the Newport or the Whisper. Awesome for trekking or sitting around on the boat. Thanks Keen!

HIGHLIGHTS
-Sleep aboard and travel through the jungle on our river klotok (boat)
-Visit an Orangutan Rehabilitation Center
-Travel up jungle rivers to witness Proboscis, Ebony and Grey Macaque Monkeys
-Help save the Orangutans from extinction
-Optional trip extension to the mighty Mt Bromo and Ijen and White Water Rafting

OVERVIEW
There really is nothing like giving back. That's right, in this specially crafted expedition you will visit the habitats of humanities closest relative, the Orangutan.

No Roads Expeditions has teamed up with Orangutan Odysseys to bring this awesome trip to you. Orangutan Odysseys has been established to help save the Orangutans through tourism. They are focused on just Orangutan trips in both Malaysia and Indonesia. Since 2009 they have helped raise over $60,000 for the Orangutans in the Tanjung Puting National Park with donations to the Australian Orangutan Project (AOP). 

This expedition is divided into 2 sections. The first and major section is a visit to the Orangutans. The second is an optional adventure up and around Mt Bromo and Ijen in Java as well as a spot of whitewater rafting.

Our first destination is the jungle of Borneo to see the Orangutan in its natural environment. We may happen across Tom the dominant male or the world famous intelligent Princess down on the pier. We will see both reintroduced and wild Orangutans as well as a host of other awesome rain forest creatures. 

The Tanjung Puting National Park is home to rare and interesting species including the Proboscis monkey and the false gavial, a strange looking crocodile.

But it is the Orangutan that most people come here to visit. It's sheer beauty and passive demeener endears one of our closest relatives to our hearts. We will see both wild and rehabilitated Orang-utans and have the opportunity to get close to these magnificent creatures.

After visiting the Orangutan's natural environment, we will head back to civilization and visit the Orangutan Orphanage and Care Centre near Kumai. This, for many, is a highlight as you will come into close contact with many young Orangutans and garner a deeper understanding of their plight. If this visit doesn't move you nothing will!

While we will have the opportunity to see these amazing creatures we will also be helping their plight. Through this expedition we will be delivering much needed supplies to the Orangutan orphanages, each participant will be adopting an Orangutan and we will be protecting land that ensures the habitat of the Orangutan remains intact. Further, a direct donation to the Care Centre in Kumai will be presented to them from funds raised by this trip.

After Borneo, we head back to Bali. For those that want an adventure on the way back, we will climb the famous and dramatically beautiful Mt Bromo and Mt Ijen and do an afternoon of whitewater rafting.

If you are interested in adventure and giving back to the world at the same time, then you have got to be part of this expedition.