Way Out Xperiences

Way Out Experiences. Volunteer in marine and orangutan projects in Malaysia.

The placements

With the Great Marine Project you can play your part in turtle conservation on the Perhentian Islands in Malaysia. You can volunteer for 2 or 4 weeks and take the chance to learn to scuba dive. When volunteering on the 4-week programme, you will help with an after-school marine club which teaches the children about marine conservation and how actions on the land affect the sea.

The Great Orangutan Project offers opportunities ranging from an intensive 4-week programme at a wildlife centre (where you will participate in orangutan rehabilitation), to a 2-week safari collecting vital migration data on the highly endangered pygmy elephants and counting night nests for wild orangutans.

All WOX experiences connect volunteers with critically endangered animals. Each project has clear conservation goals and objectives so you know your contribution is ultimately helping to increase the wild populations for specific endangered animals.

Locations

Malaysia - Perhentian Islands Marine Park, Tioman Islands Marine Park, Sarawak, Kuala Lumpur, Taiping and Sukau (Sabah).

Malaysia is located in the tropics with a seasonal monsoon November to February. The monsoon is more severe on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia which why marine projects are seasonal.

Malaysia has a host of different groups of people ranging from tribal groups like the Iban tribes in Sarawak to significant Chinese and Indian populations.

How long?

The programmes last for 2 or 4 weeks, longer stays are accepted.

Prices

Turtle conservation and scuba diving from £799
Orangutan Encounters from US$2,370
Sarawak orangutan rehabilitation from US$1,775

Special offers

Discount vouchers can be found on the Facebook groups Great Marine Project and Great Orangutan Project.

About Way Out Xperiences

Founded in 2003 by two environmentalists, WOX is a responsible tourism company with years of combined experience in environment and animal conservation. Based in the UK and Malaysia, WOX is contributing positively to the most pressing conservation issues by using the principles of business for social and environmental outcomes.

At the heart of WOX rests a set of core values of long-term social, environmental, educational and economic development for the benefit of participating communities and natural areas. WOX gathers like-minded partner organisations and works with local governments, authorities and communities to network and bring about sustainable solutions.

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