Taken with Canon powershot A75, dated Sep 2007
Bako National Park is 37 kilometres from Kuching, about 30 minutes drive to Kampung Bako, a village built on stilts over the river, and then another 25 minutes boat ride out in the South China Sea to reach this coastal park. With its rainforest, abundant wildlife, jungle streams, waterfalls, interesting plant life, secluded beaches, panoramic rocky shoreline, bizarre rock formations and extensive network of trekking trails, Bako offers visitors an excellent introduction to the rainforest and coastline of Borneo. It is Sarawak's oldest national park covering an area of 2,727 hectares at the tip of the Muara Tebas peninsula.
There are wooden chalets and resthouses that surrounded by virgin jungle for visitors who like to stay overnight to have wildlife experience. They will have countless opportunities to observe and photograph various types of wildlife such as long-tailed macaques, silver leaf monkeys, common monitor lizards, plantain squirrel, bearded pigs, mouse deer, and rare proboscis monkey which found only in Borneo. Besides that, rock pools and mangroves are good place to seek for small animals such as mudskippers, crabs and shell-dwelling hermit crabs.
Almost every type of vegetation in Bornea is found here - 25 distinct types of vegetation for seven complete ecosystems from beach vegetation and mangrove forest to dipterocarp rainforest. Bako National Park is truly an ideal place for nature lovers and eco-minded adventurers.
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