Getting to spend time at the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ) has been the experience of a lifetime. Even though I am only halfway through my time here, I find that I have already learned a great deal about friendship, loyalty, and trust from both the orangutans and people. There is a certain magic to the OCCQ. It is a place where orangutans are given a second chance at life in the wild. Not [...]

  Events   Born to be wild 3d, IMAX, by Kylie Grace.

In the new IMAX movie, Born to be Wild, Siswi is filmed sharing noodles with Dr Biruté Mary Galdikas as they sit together outside Galdikas’ house in Camp Leakey in Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Borneo. Siswi is also captured walking on the causeway from the river, and wrestling playfully with Dr Galdikas. Camp Leakey is the historic research and conservation camp which Dr. Galdikas established in 1971 and where she began her research about [...]

  Camp Leakey   Born to be wild 3d, Camp Leakey, IMAX, Siswi, by Tess Joyce.

Introducing Omry, the mischievous star of the IMAX film Born to be Wild: Omry is easily remembered from the scene where he wreaks havoc in a kitchen by clanging pots and ripping into a bag of flour. He is also the youngster playing on the clothesline and messing with the clean laundry in the film. Born to be Wild follows several different orangutans at different stages in the rehabilitation process. For Omry, the movie focuses [...]

  Orangutan of the Month   Born to be wild 3d, IMAX, orang gang, by Tess Joyce.