Nearly 400km (250 miles) from Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan is the old capital of Borneo. The Sandakan Orchid House displays a rare collection of wonderful orchids and is a must for green-fingered enthusiasts. Also of interest is the Crocodile Farm, located outside Sandakan along the seventh mile Labuk Road. Over 1000 crocodiles, of varying sizes inhabit the farm at any one time. 24km (15 miles) from the town is the Sepilok Orang-Utan Rehabilitation Center, home of the ‘wild men of Borneo’, the world’s largest orangutan population. The sanctuary is a rehabilitation center where orangutans reap the benefits of inhabiting virgin rainforest in a protected environment. Now one of Sabah’s top tourist attractions, the center is no flippant tourist site as it actively manages to take in injured or orphaned orangutans and return them to the wild once they are rehabilitated. There is no guarantee of seeing an orangutan, but they usually turn up for their twice-daily feedings.