The Great Orangutan Project
The Great Orangutan Project
7 - 28 Nights from $994.00
Volunteer with orangutans on this award-winning orangutan project at Matang Wildlife Centre in beautiful Borneo!
Have you ever wanted the experience of working with orangutans? Play your part in wildlife conservation and join us at The Great Projects on one of the many orangutan volunteering projects we have to offer! Borneo and Sumatra are the only places on earth that this beautiful Great Ape can be found in the wild, and they are classified as a critically endangered species. Unfortunately, the entire orangutan population now stands at less than 100,000 so they are in dire need of some positive human intervention!
Working with orangutans in Borneo gives you the chance to assist with orangutan rehabilitation so they can be released back into the wild wherever possible. You will be helping to provide them with enrichment activities, such as collecting leaves to encourage natural behaviours like nest building in the stunning creatures. As many orangutans become orphans due to the pet trade and poaching, they do not have mothers to teach them these natural behaviours and without learning them, they are unable to survive independently, but teaching the young orangutans these behaviours will increase their chances of having a life in the wild.
We do not promote human contact with the apes as this can cause them to become too domesticated and prevent rehabilitation, however, you will certainly play a huge role at any orangutan project we have, and your efforts will make the world of difference to these innocent animals.
What are you waiting for? Secure your place to work with orangutans today!
Volunteer with orangutans on this award-winning orangutan project at Matang Wildlife Centre in beautiful Borneo!
Work on enrichment for 112 orangutans and 72 sun bears at the world-renowned Samboja Lestari Rescue Centre
Travel with your family to Borneo, and see how you can aid orangutan conservation whilst meeting indigenous tribes-people on this exciting wildlife safari!
Help to restore Borneo’s rainforest and provide a safe home for wild orangutans and pygmy elephants.
Help to rehabilitate the largest number of captive orangutans in the world at this world-renowned orangutan sanctuary in Borneo!
On this 3 day trip, you will get the chance to meet the Iban, the once ferocious head hunters of Borneo!
Get a taste of working with orangutans before being immersed in tribal life in 2 national parks!
The Bornean and Sumatran Orangutan are both considered critically endangered by the IUCN. They were once free to roam across South East Asia, even reaching northern China. However, as population numbers have declined they are endemic to only the islands of Borneo and Sumatra.
Around a century ago, the orangutan population was 230,000, however now, it is less than half of that. It is said there are just over 54,000 Bornean orangutans remaining, and 6,000 Sumatran. It is known that few other species have suffered a drop in numbers as drastic as this.
By working with orangutans in Borneo, you will aid their conservation and thus contribute an invaluable effort to providing them with a sustainable future for generations to come.
The orangutans need protecting urgently, and it is up to us humans to help them.
Orangutans face several threats, some natural, but many are caused by human activity. These include: