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SUMATRA CHEEKY MONKEYS DOES NOT SUPPORT ANY FORM OF NON-ETHICAL TOURISM

How you can get more involved

Plant a Cheeky Tree

Guests are invited to purchase and plant a ‘Cheeky’ tree or two to help combat deforestation and suck deadly carbon from the atmosphere. A tree is a natural climate solution. One tree at a time collectively, let’s make a difference.

Children

Sarah, the Queen of the Jungle, teaches English to local children twice a week. Guests are invited to the classes as well. They are fun and very interactive and offer guests the time to expose their inner child.

Ethical tourism

Sumatra Cheeky Monkeys does not support any form of non-ethical tourism. They recommend that guests carry out their own research and do not take part in any orangutan feeding; riding, swimming or bathing with elephants.

A Cheeky Monkey says ...

“We share 97% of the same DNA with humans”

Orangutan Interesting Facts

Humans and orangutans share 97% of the same DNA.
Orangutans live on only two islands, Borneo and northern Sumatra.
Once they reach maturity, they spend most of their time alone, or, in the case of females, with their immature offspring
Orangutan is two Indonesian words have that have been combined -‘orang’ means ‘person’ and ‘hutan’ means ‘forest’. So ‘orangutan’ means ‘person of the forest’.
They spend 90 per cent of their time in the treetops, eating ripe fruit, young leaves and the occasional termite or vine. Adult females spend even more time in the canopy.
It is thought that orangutans live until they are about 60 years old.
Male adults develop cheek pads which frame their faces; it’s a testosterone thing. The orangutan will not tolerate other males on his patch. These cheek pads also serve them acoustically and help project a ‘long call’ to announce his presence.
Orangutans have intensely close relationships between mother and baby. A baby will be carried around for the first five years and is continuously cared for until they reach eight years old. Mothers will sleep together in a nest until another baby is born.
Sumatran orangutan females will give birth approximately every ten years.
The massive destruction of the orangutan’s habitat is catastrophic. The forces arrayed against the orangutan are so formidable that perhaps if we (and they) are lucky, just one or two populations may survive.
Orangutans build a brand new nest to sleep in every night; these are usually up to 100 feet high in a tree. If they are having a lazy day, they might construct another nest for an afternoon siesta.