My Heart Soars: Mabul & Sandakan : Part 11 - Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Platform B

25012015 - Today, I prepare myself to go to Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey. The place is 20 minutes away from Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre. I googled the website on Labuk Bay and they provide transportation from Sandakan Town to Sepilok to Labuk Bay. The driver picks the passengers from Sandakan Town at 9.30am and from Sepilok at 10.30am. I have decided the night before to cancel my 2nd night in Sepilok and proceed to return to Sandakan immediately after Labuk Bay. I made reservations the day before to stay in the similar hostel in Sandakan.

At 10.30am, I waited for the transport outside the cafetaria in Sepilok. A van with Labuk Bay written on it came right on time. I was excited and seeing I was solo, I get to sit next to the driver. Labuk Bay is a private owned centre, and hence, not many advertisements about it. The drive brought us to an oil palm plantation. It was a bumpy ride inside, and it is not recommended to even walk. All of us in the van were considered a group and have to move together, as the van will bring us around Labuk Bay. There is an informal schedule planned out for the visitors of Labuk Bay. Plan : Visit Platform A --> Lunch in Nipah Resort --> Watch Video in Nipah Resort --> Visit Platform B --> Drive Back.

One pay for the ticket at the entrance of the oil palm plantation. It is RM20 for a one way van ride. I paid RM40 for return van ride. The entrance fee is RM15 for a Malaysian. A non-Malaysian costs RM60. Oh so expensive...

There are 2 platforms in Labuk Bay. Platform A and Platform B has 2 feeding times each. Platform A feeding time is at 9.30am and 2.30pm. Platform B feeding time is at 11.30am and 4.30pm. Since we have missed Platform A feeding time, we head for Platform B first. At Platform B, we can see both silver-leaf monkey and proboscis monkey. When I reached, I saw lots of silver-leaf monkey, and they are not afraid of the visitors. Then, I saw the Proboscis Monkey, and I got so excited. I think the monkey is pretty used to visitors and was not bothered when I snapped photos so close to him, and even took a video too. The Proboscis Monkey make the noise - Errr Errr. Only the male Proboscis Monkey has the long nose, and the longer the nose, the more attractive he is to the females. The female monkeys has a sharp nose.