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Sandakan Attractions: What to do & Places to Visit in Sandakan
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RDC is first and foremost an environmental education centre managed by the Sabah Forestry Department. It has been operating...
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RDC is first and foremost an environmental education centre managed by the Sabah Forestry Department. It has been operating since 1997 but mainly for school visits and organising events for school students and also teacher training courses on environmental education.It was later developed for visitors mainly to sustain the environmental education programme for the future. We formally opened to visitors in August 2007 and is open daily from 8 am to 5 pm. However, visitors are allowed to stay until 7 pm for viewing of the flying squirrels at the 343-m long Canopy Walkway, the only such structure in Southeast Asia.The newly revamped Birders Rest is now with a 90 m-long walkway, an open hall, a small centre and toilets. Also recently completed is the carpark and the outdoor stage.
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"This is the place you just have to visit when you are in Sandakan. The sanctuary is a wonderful place to visit even if you don’t see any Orangutans. We visited both in the morning and in the afternoon and both visits were magical (but different). We saw about 8 orang’s in the morning and the same..." number in the afternoon and I could have gone back many more times. Please visit this place and give generously to keep it open.
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"Very well kept home. Nice to see all the old decor and the pictures of the old sandakan. It reminded me of old english houses. Very very nice. I would recomend it as it is like stepping back in time"
"This island is absolute paradise. We stayed one night and took our snorkelling gear - we spent the afternoon checking out all the fish that we in water that was about knee deep! The huts were basic but that is to be expected when you're away from the mainland - we had everything we needed.
The i..."sland is wonderfully small, so we sat and watched the sun go down and pottered on the warm sands in the evening. After dinner, the ranger came to get us, to lead us down to the beach. A turtle was laying her eggs and the rangers were collecting them to burry them in the hatchery. It was a unique and humbling experience - in the darkness, with the sea rolling up the shore and this wondrous animal laying her eggs. The rangers work hard to balance tourism and nature - ensuring that the tourists understand WHY the park is protected and importance of protecting the turtles.
Later in the evening, we released some baby turtles into the sea. I'd like to take my family back to witness this experi...
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