The Schmutzer Primate Centre is one international-class primate center that has a role in primate conservation as well as Indonesia and Primate Information Window. The 13-hectare (32-acre) special enclosure houses various primates, including gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans. The center was named after the late Pauline Antoinette Schmutzer, who donated her estate to the center.
Dr Willie Smits of the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation designed the orangutan enclosure so that the orangutans have as natural an environment as possible.Thick dark glass allows visitors to see the orangutans. while being invisible to them.
