A beautifully maintained botanical garden. The canopy walk is wonderful. Many birds are shown to live there. Unfortunately we only saw one bird but the vegetation, especially, the trees were spectacular. Worth spending a couple of hours there. Can be a bit strenuous climbing the towers but well worth it. The swinging bridge is great.
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Sandakan Rainforest Discovery Centre (RDC)
Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve | PO Box 1407, Sandakan, Malaysia
+6089-533780
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Ranked #3 of 18 attractions in Sandakan
Type: Natural History Museums
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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...
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Owner description:
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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Perth, Australia
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Denmark, Australia
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We really liked the canopy walk, even though I was hanging on for grim-death....viewing the emergence canopy standing at 80 m was impressive.
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London, United Kingdom
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If you are looking for the real feel of Bornoe, this is the place to go to. Nature at it's best....you don't get to experience this at home
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Broxbourne, United Kingdom
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Just a not so short walk from the SORC this place is well worth a half day ,It has a vistor centre we some very interesting exhibits and gory wow things for the young and not so young.
A walk around botanical garden is very worth while I,m not a tree hugger but even I found it fasinating.
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Darwen, UK
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What an interesting place to visit. You can spend days walking around the RDC along the many different signed paths. The most interesting aspect is the chance to climb the towers in the forest and walk in the treetops form a very unusual view. The other good thing is the peace and quiet of the place as when you are...
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Bournemouth, United Kingdom
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Lovely walks around the lake and surrounding area. On the canopy tree top walk we came across an orang-utan - we were just 10ft away as he played and swung for 20 mins- he was a bit bored and was happy to see us. Towers to climb and birdwatch. We were wondering what it would be like and were pleased...
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Ipoh, Malaysia
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An absolute gem! Easy and affordable access. The Rainforest Discovery Centre (RDC) is centred around an old reservoir that is now a beautiful lake, on the edge of the Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve (where the orang-utans are). It is a well-planned and -constructed educational and research facility.
RDC must be the most birder-friendly location in the whole country because of its...
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Paris, France
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There is much to see in this area, the canopy walk was interesting, although in the heat of the day it was hard to spot any birds or animals. I am commenting on the restaurant because it asked us to when we arrived at 1:30pm - however we were disappointed - they had sold out of all food!
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Nakhon Si Thammarht, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand
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This is a really nice place to visit and if you go when there are not many people you will surely see some wonderful wildlife. The only downside were a few groups of ignorant people stomping around and shouting, seemingly unaware that this would actually scare off any wildlife. It was tempting at times to give them a little nudge...
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Singapore, Singapore
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Great Canopy walk. Great for bird watching and photography. Easy trails. Keruing Cafe very pricey but great place to take a break from walking about.
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