A visit to the orang utan rehabilitation centre of sepilok. Taxi to labuk bay and sandakan sandakan forum tripadvisor. A recommended taxi driver is mr lai on 0198 699 789. Van hire with driver sandakan message board tripadvisor. Sandakan to sepilok 3 ways to travel via minibus, taxi, and car. Take the sandakan bus and ask the driver to let you off at sepilok.
If you intend to do more sight seeing around the sandakan area you could negotiate a deal with a taxi. You can take a plane from kk to sandakan and then get a taxi to sepilok. Services depart five times a day, and operate every day. Taxi from sandakan to lahad datu sandakan message board. Im hoping there is drivers offering tours or driving us for the day and getting us back to airport for our 18. May 21, 2019 yes from sepilok taxis are available, if not ask staff and they will call one for you, but, ask a mini bus driver if he will take you, for a small fee you jump into the tour bus and arrive in sandakan airport, where you want to go. There are 4 ways to get from sandakan airport sdk to sepilok jungle resort by taxi, car, towncar or shuttle. I got off at the turn off to sepilok and had the lodge i. I decided to just deal with it when i got to sandakan. Also, take note that grab works best with active mobile data roaming service on your home country sim or a locally purchased sim. Advice on dealing with sandakan airport taxi drivers. Oct 25, 2017 transport to the sepilok orang utan rehabilitation centre. And most people do tip their sandakan, sabah taxi driver. Our trip was made so much more enjoyable thanks to our taxi driver mr arshad b gabun.
Otherwise it is quite easy to get an uber and im sure you will find a driver who will be willing to take you all the way to sepilok orangutan sanctuar or even sukau kinabatangan river for safari. Prepaid taxi coupons are available at the sandakan airport taxi desk for trips into the city. Asia sandakan, malaysia taxi driver next month, a wellregarded taxi driver has agreed to pick me up at 8. Its quite easy to do all three sunbears sepilok rdc in one day, if you do the morning feeding at labuk, and the afternoon feeding at sepilok. Sepilok is a small town in sabah, borneo that is 26 km from sandakan. Sandakan is an important town to australian and british wwii history with the death marches which started here in 1945, there is a memorial park dedicated to the soldiers who lost their lives. I plan to go to the sepilok orangutan sanctuary, rdc and sunbear center. Sandakan, malaysia taxi driver sandakan forum tripadvisor.
Take a local bus or taxi and decide for yourself how long you want to. Sandakan airport taxi service is readily available outside of the arrivals hall. I can highly recommend him to anybody who is looking for a taxi driver for a day or more days around sandakan. If you intend to do more sight seeing around the sandakan area you could negotiate a deal with a taxi for a fixed period. I am travelling to kota kinabalu in may and want to visit the orangutans at sepilok, flights on air asia are really reasonable and was wondering if anyone has hired a taxi at the airport to take them around for the day to see the orangutans, monkeys and maybe the rainforrest discovery centre then return to the airport in the afternoon for a 5pm flight back to kk, if so roughly how much would. Rasa ria resort is at tuaran it is a 50 minute drive north from the kk airport hire your own vehicle or take a taxi will be mr from the airport to get to sepilok you will need to return to kk airport and get a internal sabah flight to sandakan sepilok is a 45minute drive away again hire a vehicle or use a taxi or book via a tour operator.
Four points is the tallest building in sandakan and is a very nice hotel with a great view depending on the room. It seems to be a frequent question on this forum, yet theres almost zero useful information as to where to find a reliable driver with a car to get around sandakan in one day see sepilok, sun bears, proboscis monkeys sanctuary etc. There are 4 ways to get from kota kinabalu to sepilok by plane, bus, taxi or car. The number of uber grab drivers in the sandakan area is very.
Check this in advance, before you choose to travel to the rehabilitation centre in a different way. This bus drives directly to the orangutan and sun bear sanctuary in sepilok. How to get from sandakan airport sdk to sepilok jungle resort by taxi, car, towncar or shuttle. From the city center you can also take buses to the airport, sepilok, buli sim sim and many other places. The centre is about 4 km down the road and costs 35 myr pp by taxi to get to drivers will be waiting at the bus dropoff. I am not sure of our exact agenda, but i would like to visit the sepilok orangutan center, the agnes. Seeking driver and itinerary advice for sandakan malaysia. Taxi from sandakan airport to sepilok jungle resort. Getting from sandakan airport to sepilok orangutan centre.
Is it possible to pre book a car for the journey from sandakan to lahad datu. Tripadvisor private full day sepilok orang utan, bornean. Our reliable sandakan airport service will take the stress out of your journey. Hello everyone, i am flying into sandakan airport at 7. If you add a tip of 20% to the sandakan, sabah cab fares, uber looks like an even better deal and beats out other sandakan, sabah taxis prices. Oct 04, 20 sepilok orangutan rehabilitation centre. The night walks at the orangutan sanctuary are quite good and not advertised so you are. The distance between sepilok and sandakan airport sdk is 12 km. But if you book a river safari most of them will pick you up at the airport. Starting point of the atrocious japanese death marches during world war ii, this park is located only six miles from the city center. We have just returned from a three day tour to sabah, sandakan. But the only thing worth going to the mall for is the grocery store.
Hi we are going to go to sepilok for the day in june and was wondering if anyone has used taxi s or driver for the day we would be looking to also look round different places such as sun bears and monkeys. Sepilok is halfway between sandakan and the airport. Select an option below to see stepbystep directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in rome2rios travel planner. Rdc is 1km from sepilok so a short taxi ride if its too hot to walk.
A visit to the orang utan rehabilitation centre of sepilok justgo. Sandakan airport sdk to sepilok jungle resort 4 ways. He speaks good english and enroute we found out many interesting things about life in sandakan. Please inform the bus driver to stop you at sepilok junction. In august we spent a day with mr arshad, and yes, we were very satisfied with him. You can fly to sandakan direct from kuala lumpur, kota kinabalu or tawau. Semporna to sepilok jul 2017 malaysia lonely planet forum. Grab operates in the city and from the airport it costs 18myr oct18.
Rdc canopy walk,labuk bay and sandakan war memorial. Sandakan to sepilok 3 ways to travel via minibus, taxi. Unfortunately i only have a few days as i leave malaysia on the 23rd so i would really like to get to sepilok straight after the hike, my other option is the flight first thing in the morning to sepilok. And might you know the price of this taxi from semporna to sepilok. It is most famous for its orangutan rehabilitation centre. He picked us up at sandakan airport at 8 am as arranged and took us on a fantastic tour to sepilok. Interested in hearing from anyone who has contacts with a good, reliable driver taxi or otherwise or guide with own vehicle for a almost one day trip into sandakan on tuesday 28 october. The road from sandakan is well signed making for an easy journey for those selfdriving.
Worried that it wont be easy to find a taxi driver willing to do this long journey. The quickest way to get from sandakan to sepilok is to taxi which costs rm 35 rm 45 and takes 21 min. Are the taxis at the airport still booked via a taxi stand and what is the current fare to sepilok. Skip the queues at sandakan airport by prebooking your taxi transfer with holidaytaxis.
Sandakan airport sdk to sepilok jungle resort 4 ways to. Sepilok to sandakan airport sdk 4 ways to travel via taxi, and car. Kota kinabalu to sepilok 4 ways to travel via plane, bus. From airport collection, tours, dinners and airport drop off, all perfect thanks to his knowledge. I just wanted to add my comments about the great morning we had with mr arshad out to labuk bay today. Alternatively, walk 350 metres to the roundabout on the main road and flag down a passing bus daytime only.
Taxis are under a centralised taxi union and sepilok nature resort snr will be able to arrange for you. We offer a range of transportation options to suit your budget and group size, from lowcost shuttles and wheelchairaccessible vehicles to private taxis and luxury limousines. Sandakan, malaysia taxi driver sandakan message board. Is there a direct bus between sandakan and sepilok. I will then seeking driver and itinerary advice for sandakan malaysia lonely planet forum thorn tree. Taxis to the city cost 30 ringgit or 40 ringgit to sepilok. This apartment is right next to hilltop driving range and golf course. Will i be able to get taxis easily from sepilok to the city or is it better to hire a cab and driver for the day. Sepilok orangutan rehabilitation centre just like a human baby, the orphaned young orangutan which would normally live with its mother for 56 years needs to be taught how to cope in the wild, while its health is carefully monitored during rehabilitation. Sepilok orangutan rehabilitation centre sabah, malaysian borneo. Was wondering if anyone has any info on getting from sandakan aiport to sepilok orang u tan centre. Sandakan private taxi hire sandakan message board tripadvisor. I know there are busses that do the trip but thought it. In sepilok and sandakan there are also accommodations that provide a shuttle service for free or against costs to the rehabilitation centre, from for example the centre of sandakan.
Grab taxi from the sandakan airport cost approximately 16myr. I communicated with mr arshad via whatsapp a couple of months before our trip to sandakan sepilok and he said he qould book us in for thursday. Flight is about 45mins and taxi ride about 40 mins. The domestic sandakan airport sdk is 15 kilometres outside the city centre and connects sandakan to kuala lumpur, kota kinabalu, kudat and tawau. Great day with sam the taxi driver sandakan, malaysia. I contacted him via text, and he agreed to pick me up at the airport at 8. Taxis from sanakan airport to sepilok malaysia lonely. When we were last in sandakan august 2009 the taxis from the airport were myr35 to uncle tans in sepilok. It will only be one person, and i will go to sepilok to see the orangutans, the war memorial museum, and various other local sites. There are 3 ways to get from sandakan to sepilok by bus, taxi or car.
The cheapest way to get from sandakan to sepilok costs only rm 4, and the quickest way takes just 21 mins. How easy to get a taxi from sepilok to sandakan airport. Taxis will drop you directly at sepilok jungle resort. If its a sepilok lodge, then there is no need for a driver for sunbears sepilok rdc, as they are all close by. Sandakan airport sdk to sepilok jungle resort 4 ways to travel. Taxis at sandakan airport to visit orangutan centre. The bus will pass the junction to sepilok orangutan rehabilitation centre and you can ask to be dropped off here. Rasa ria resort is at tuaran it is a 50 minute drive north from the kk airport hire your own vehicle or take a taxi will be mr from the airport to get to sepilok you will need to return to kk airport and get a internal sabah flight to sandakan sepilok is a 45minute drive away again hire a vehicle or use a taxi or book via a tour operator rasa ria has its own tour excursion shop they. He will drive me around for the day, and drop me at my hotel at dinner time. A museum honors the 2,428 participants most of which died along the brutal march. We can highly recommend mr arshad for your tours in sandikan.
Taxi to labuk bay and sandakan sandakan message board. From sepilok entrance, take a 3 myr pp taxi they will be waiting into the park. Travel by taxi out to places such as sepilok or the war memorial is easy, however fare negotiation will be required as meters are not commonly available. Book the nature lodge sepilok stay at this lodge in sandakan. Hi all, just wanted to give my feedback on our trip with mr arshad from last week. Even so, uber rates do beat cab fares in sandakan, sabah. Transport to the sepilok orang utan rehabilitation centre. Nature lodge sepilok in sandakan, malaysia expedia. Catch the bus to sandakan from inanam station in kk 33 myr, 5hrs. Yes, there is a direct bus departing from sandakan and arriving at sepilok orang utan sanctuary. The fare is 4 ringgit per person and it takes about 40 minutes. Find here all the information for a visit to the sepilok orang utan rehabilitation centre. Is cheaper then arranging transportation via taxi or through the hotel.
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