Interview With Jessie, Our Orangutan Enrichment Competition Winner, About Her Time At The Samboja Lestari Orangutan Sanctuary!
Interview With Jessie, Our Orangutan Enrichment Competition Winner, About Her Time At The Samboja Lestari Orangutan Sanctuary!

Interview With Jessie, Our Orangutan Enrichment Competition Winner, About Her Time At The Samboja Lestari Orangutan Sanctuary!

Samboja Lestari Orangutan Volunteer Project

Samboja Lestari Orangutan Volunteer Project

12 - 26 Nights from $1,944.00

Work on enrichment for 112 orangutans and 72 sun bears at the world-renowned Samboja Lestari Rescue Centre

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Watch Six Orangutans Take Their First Steps of Freedom

Watch Six Orangutans Take Their First Steps of Freedom

After more than 20 hours of travelling by land and water, six orangutans were released into their new wild home, fittingly on Earth Day! Watch Sie-Sie, Mikhayla, Bugis, Uli, Siti, and Mori step into freedom in today's blog. 

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The Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Sanctuary Season is Back with a Bang

The Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Sanctuary Season is Back with a Bang

The Nyaru Menteng season is back, and our first groups have hit the ground running. Take a look at what volunteers have been up to and hear from volunteer coordinator Matt about a special current project!

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Wild Aspirations: Meet the Orangutans Ready for Life Beyond Samboja Lestari

Wild Aspirations: Meet the Orangutans Ready for Life Beyond Samboja Lestari

Six orangutans from Samboja Lestari are being released into the wild. Meet the newest forest-bound adventurers and join us in celebrating this inspiring milestone in orangutan rehabilitation!

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Posted by Connor Whelan on 26th May 2017 1 min

With Jessie having the chance to see her winning orangutan enrichment idea come to fruition in the wilds of Borneo, we thought it would be the perfect time to sit down with her and learn a little more about her highlights of the project and what it was like the first time she saw the apes using her enrichment idea! Sit back and watch Jessie's infectious enthusiasm for the orangutans come right through the screen!


If you have been inspired by Jessie's words about the project, then why not take a look at the project page and become a volunteer yourself! Spaces fill up very quickly so if you want to help the orangutans at Samboja then get in touch soon!

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