We drove right in from the main gate, and could park our car at a designated visitors' car park. It was after 3.00 p.m. already when we reached the Centre .... and we were greeted by a ranger who told us that feeding session was about to commence. However, no orang utans were in sight yet. We were told to trek about 2 minutes to the feeding area.
Poor Sil had to carry Sleeping Berry while she navigated the trail. Luckily it was not a difficult trail to walk. We found that there was already a group of audience waiting to watch the orang utans. Many were armed with cameras or just their phones .... and some with binoculars.
The feeding platform where the ranger was still calling out to the orang utans .... Sharp and loud calls were made to notify the animals of the feeding time.
The rangers called for about 15 minutes but no orang utans appeared. The rangers then asked everyone to walk back to the Centre ..... and there, to everyone's delight, the orang utans slowly appeared for the fruits offered ....
A huge orang utan making its way to the feeding platform ....
A playful one clinging onto the tre
We managed to see about 5 - 6 animals that afternoon. Feeding time ended at 4.00 p.m. and soon everyone dispersed.
Berry was awakened when the Rangers called out loudly to the animals .... he was too young to know anything and the apes did not seem to interest him. Lol.
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