1Family Visits Matang Wild Life Centre
Sarawak tourism Map.....Please refer to the map for location of Matang Wild Life Centre
Friday, 27th November 2009
I've been staying in Kuching for more than 10 years but I had never visited all the interesting places in the outskirt of Kuching such as Jong Crocodile, Sarawak Cultural Village, Santubong beach and many more.
But a suggestion by our youngest female members to visit Matang wild life centre had recieved an overwhelming response from all 1Family members. So we agreed to visit the centre on Friday, 27th November 2009.
Introduction to Matang Wild Life Centre.
The Matang Wildlife Centre is about 35km from Kuching. Located in Kubah National Park, this large enclosed area of rainforest is home to endangered wildlife. There is a training programme here that teaches Orang Utans, who have been orphaned or rescued from captivity, how to survive in the wild.
Other than these adorable primates, there are also Sun Bears, Sambar Deer, Civet cats as well as three large aviaries that house Sea Eagles, Hornbills and other birds in Sarawak.
The latest attraction in the centre is a crocodile.
Besides seeing the wild animals in captivity, the visitors to the centre can also do Jungle trekking. There are four jungle trails here, the Pitcher Trail (takes about 2 hours), the Sungai Rayu Trail ( about 3 - 4 hours), the Sungai Senduk trail (about 1 hour) and Sungai Buluh trail (about 2 hours). Picnic spots, an information centre, accommodation facilities, a car park and a small canteen are available at the park HQ.
We started our journey by our Avanza (thank you to our Avanza) at 1000AM (eventhought we had agreed to start at 0800AM). We took a road from Mile 7th bypassed 4th Mile Satelite town-Green road-Crossing Sarawak River Bridge-Matang Road.
Before reaching Matang new township we saw the new supermarket, the e-Mart. Since we had never been to e-Mart so all of us agreed to stop here for lunch. We reached e-mart at about 1030AM.
At first we had decided to have our brunch at the cafeteria but cancelled at last minute as most of the stalls were closed, probably due to the Hari Raya haji public holiday, as most of the stalls owner were muslim. We then had our brunch at Merry Brown.
After finished our brunch we rounded some of the shops that were opened. Nicole and Manding had managed to influence me to buy them the watches. Let see how long will the watches last.
We left e-mart at about 1230PM.
After about 30 minutes drive, we reached the centre at about 1.00PM.
When we reached the Centre, we were stopped at the gate to buy the tickets. The tickets cost us only RM40 ( RM10 x 2 (Adults) and RM 20 (for students a group of 5).
1Family at the Entrance to Matang Wild Life Centre
Before we were allowed to enter, I was given a short briefing. As for today, the bathing spot was closed..
See the rest of the photos taken during the visit.
Everyone is eager to encounter with the animals..especially Leonnard Morris
Our First encounter with animals..
The orang Utans..
Our visits were quiet late and not during feedings time. According to a friend of mine, the best time to visit the centre is during feedings time .During feeding times, the keepers of the reserve call the Orang Utans, and they descend to their food platforms by brachiation along a suspended network of ropes and cables. Visitors are reminded to stay well clear of the Orang Utans because they are known to throw things at human visitors. The young Orang Utans tended to stuff as much food as possible into their mouths before retreating higher into the trees to eat.
The dominant male Orang Utan, called Ritchie, who appeared to be more relaxed, and remained on the feeding platform .....
Bugak is not in the picture as he is still phobia of being attacked by the monkey.
It was in 1994 in PD when he was slapped by the monkey on his face and injured his left eye..but luckily the injury was not serious
The youngest member of 1Family outside the eagle cage....Olivero Manding
We left Matang Wild Life Centre at 2.00PM
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