Our Favourite Funny Orangutans
Our Favourite Funny Orangutans

Our Favourite Funny Orangutans

IAR Orangutan Project

IAR Orangutan Project


Malaysia Orangutan Experience

Malaysia Orangutan Experience


Samboja Lestari Orangutan Volunteer Project

Samboja Lestari Orangutan Volunteer Project

12 - 26 Nights from $1,869.00

Work on enrichment for 112 orangutans and 72 sun bears at the world-renowned Samboja Lestari Rescue Centre

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The Great Orangutan Project

The Great Orangutan Project

7 - 28 Nights from $994.00

Volunteer with orangutans on this award-winning orangutan project at Matang Wildlife Centre in beautiful Borneo!

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The Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Sanctuary Season is Back with a Bang

The Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Sanctuary Season is Back with a Bang

The Nyaru Menteng season is back, and our first groups have hit the ground running. Take a look at what volunteers have been up to and hear from volunteer coordinator Matt about a special current project!

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Wild Aspirations: Meet the Orangutans Ready for Life Beyond Samboja Lestari

Wild Aspirations: Meet the Orangutans Ready for Life Beyond Samboja Lestari

Six orangutans from Samboja Lestari are being released into the wild. Meet the newest forest-bound adventurers and join us in celebrating this inspiring milestone in orangutan rehabilitation!

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The 10 Best and Worst Mothers in the Animal Kingdom on Mother's Day

The 10 Best and Worst Mothers in the Animal Kingdom on Mother's Day

With Mother's Day around the corner, we're taking a look at 10 of the best and worst mothers in the animal kingdom. Discover how these diverse species craft their own survival strategies through their unique, both nurturing and questionable, parenting techniques!

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Posted by Leanne Sturrock on 25th Nov 2016 1 min

Struggling to find that Friday Feeling? Fear no longer, friends, as we at The Great Projects have just the thing to perk you up. Introducing: our favourite funny orangutans!

This Sloppy Snacker

'Have I got something on my face?'

This Passionate Pair

Orangutan pair

'Give us a kiss, love...' 'Stop it, Sharon, the kids are watching!'

This Sassy Simian

Cute baby orangutan

'Honey, you're not wearing THAT tonight are you?!'

And This Fabulous Fashionista

Posing orangutan

'I don't care what you think, I look FABULOUS.'

This Exhausted Einstein

Adorable baby orangutan

'Ugh, it's not morning ALREADY, is it?!'

This Timid Tot

Orangutan family

'Stop it, mum, you're embarrassing me!'

This Greedy Guts

Baby orangutan

'Hang on, dad, they said this was an all you can eat buffet! I'm not finished!'

And This Disapproving Dad

Adult male orangutan

'Carry on, son, and you'll end up looking like me!'

Like what you see? Make some orangutan friends on any of our related projects! With 15% off all orangutan projects this month, what better time to get involved!?

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