Playful young Orangutan. In Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesian Borneo we came across this Orangutan with her youngster. They were both feeding but the youngster decided to do this whilst hanging upside down. Its mother paid the youngster no attention even when...
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Male Orangutan calls loudly across the jungle – Borneo 2023
Male Orangutan calls loudly across the jungle. As we sailed along the Sekonyer River in Tanjung Puting National Park (Indonesian Borneo) we spotted a male Orangutan high in the trees along the river bank. It was scratching itself and eating fruits. It the disappeared...
Young Orangutan plays by swinging from a tree – Borneo 2023
Young Orangutan plays by swinging from a tree. In Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesian Borneo we came across this Orangutan with her youngster. Whilst the mother did some grooming the youngster hung from the tree branch and swung from side to side. A very...
Proboscis Monkeys and their tiny babies – Borneo 2023
Proboscis Monkeys and their tiny babies. As we sailed along the Sekonyer River in Tanjung Puting National Park (Indonesian Borneo) we spotted a female Proboscis Monkey sitting on an exposed branch over the river. She was nursing her very young baby. All was peaceful...
Just hanging around: Orangutan with her tiny baby – Borneo 2023
Just hanging around: Orangutan with her tiny baby. In Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesian Borneo we were lucky to come across a Orangutan with her tiny baby. It was remarkable that they just hung from the branches of trees without a care in the world. A clear...
Probocis Monkeys on the move – Borneo 2023
Probocis Monkeys on the move. As we sailed along the Sekonyer River in Tanjung Puting National Park (Indonesian Borneo) we could see and hear a troupe of Proboscis Monkeys making their way through the jungle. We got in position where we anticipated the moneys would...
Orangutan with her young baby – Borneo 2023
Orangutan with her young baby. In Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesian Borneo we were lucky to come across a Orangutan with her young baby. It was remarkable watch how effortlessly she moved amongst the tree with her baby clinging to her hair. They looked so...
Young Orangutan has fun in the trees – Borneo 2023
Young Orangutan has fun in the tree. In the distance in Tanjung Putting National Park (Indonesian Borneo) we could hear movement in the trees. It was a young Orangutan heading our direction. We could then see it as it swung through the trees. Such fun to watch an...
An impressive alpha male Orangutan – Borneo 2023
An impressive alpha male Orangutan. In Indonesian Borneo we had sailed along the Sekonyer River to visit Camp Leakey in Tanjung Putting National Park. Here we encountered this wonderful alpha male orangutan (given the name Jacob by the local guides). He was a very...