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Bako National Park Travel Guide: 42 reviews and 103 photos

Welcome to Bako National Park - Bako National Park

Bako National Park was established in 1957 and is the oldest national park in Sarawak. Located about 37 kilometres from Kuching , it can be reached by 45 minutes drive to Bako and then followed by a 30 minutes boat ride to the Park HQ. Its closeness to Kuching make it the best chance at seeing some of Sarawak's amazing natural wonders - animals in the wild, a variety of pitcher plants and most of Sarawak's forest types. To appreciate the natural wonders, Bako National Park offers easy short boardwalks through to tough overnight hikes.

Trekking through any of its 16 well maintained jungle trails is an interesting experience. Within the Park, it is not uncommon to see troops of long-tailed Macaques and silver-leaf monkeys along with giant monitor lizards, plantain squirrels, wild boars and mouse deers. The most significant animal in the Park is the bizzare long nosed proboscis monkeys found only in Borneo island.

The constant erosion over millions of years, had turned Bako National Park into a picturesque coastline of steep cliffs, rocky head-lands and many stretches of sandy bays. The erosion caused by constant waves at the base of cliffs had carved and created many of the rocks into sea arches and sea stacks. Beautiful sandstone formation featuring pink and iron patterns on cliff faces can be seen along most of the coastline. Many, who have visited the Park commented that Bako National Park is a treasure chest of fauna and flora. Naturalists will be thrilled to find a wide range of vegetations including the varieties of pitcher plants and wild orchids. The varieties of vegetation found in Borneo can also be seen in the Park's mangrove forest, mixed dipterocarp forest, peat swamp forest and kerangas forest.

Swimming, beach combing at low tide and sunset watching are popular activities along the sandy bays of the Park. Bako National Park is truly an ideal place for nature lovers and eco-minded adventurers.

Last visit to Bako National Park: Mar 2004
Intro Updated Dec 14, 2004
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Reviews (17)

Beware of the thorns and spikes Warnings Or Dangers (3)

Some plants in Bako National Park are thorny and spikey. Be careful with these - do not to touch them unnecessarily. more travel advice

View from the top Things to Do (10)

If you do the lintang trail in Bako National Park, check out the interesting view from the top of the hill towards the... more travel advice

Follow the sign Warnings Or Dangers (3)

The jungle treks in Bako National Park are color coded accordingly. The tracks are marked clearly with their respective... more travel advice

The canteen of Bako National Park - Bako National Park

The only eatery in Bako National Park Restaurants (1)

The canteen is the one and only eatery available in Bako National Park. Being a monopoly, I was told that the food serve... more travel advice

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Written Jul 2, 2005

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Rocks formation at Bako National Park

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Comments (16)

yumyum Apr 16, 2009 at 7:32 AM Report Abuse

What an interesting place! Love the rock formations and the pitcher plants. Well done :)
faridah May 20, 2008 at 8:04 PM Report Abuse

Ya lah, too many things happening there,best to change destinations.. : )
adema29 Sep 9, 2007 at 8:38 AM Report Abuse

Great comments and photos !!
ukirsari Feb 11, 2007 at 4:28 PM Report Abuse

terima kasih, m. today seems many affected places by floods already recover themselves. we'll be okay soon :)
SLLiew Feb 8, 2007 at 7:13 AM Report Abuse

Wow..nice page of Bako. I skipped the trip when told there was no guarantee I would see the probosic monkey "Orang Belanda" for a day trip. Should have taken the chance. And you even got a picture of it! Great.
Jim_Eliason Dec 29, 2006 at 1:15 PM Report Abuse

Great tips!
maffustan Dec 16, 2006 at 2:49 AM Report Abuse

Good photos and tips
bike_packer Jan 11, 2006 at 6:04 PM Report Abuse

great diversity of wildlife at Bako, indeed. i love unspoilt Nature. Great tips on your page. will be back to check more about malaysia. Belated Happy Birthday, Onion! (oh, i can smell it. lol) - greetings from the Philippines
BerniShand Feb 5, 2005 at 10:04 AM Report Abuse

we didnt have time to visit here when we went to Sarawak, you have made me realise we missed so much !!! perhaps next time, wonderful page
tanglc Jul 7, 2004 at 3:03 AM Report Abuse

wow! nice photos/.. thanks for the tips. will come in handy..