Where to see
Pongo pygmaeus
Tanjung Puting National Park leads · 4 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Bornean Orangutan during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanjung Puting National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
Tanjung Puting National Park
In Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesia, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Bornean Orangutan sighting on a given day, the highest of the 4 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary and more
After Tanjung Puting National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Bornean Orangutan are in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (Malaysia, about 60%), Danum Valley Conservation Area (Malaysia, about 50%) and Sepilok (Malaysia, about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are February–April, July and September in Tanjung Puting National Park (about 90%), June and October in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (about 70%) and January in Danum Valley Conservation Area (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Bornean Orangutan on a given day. Each park's Bornean Orangutan page has the full month-by-month chart.
