"Bako National Park" Top 5 Page for this destination Bako by muddybok

Bako Travel Guide: 85 reviews and 218 photos

Location:
About 40 km (25 miles) northeast of Kuching.

When to go:
All year round.

Access:
Overland from Kuching to a small fishing village, Kampung Bako. Then by boat to the park. Timings of the short sea crossing are dependant on the tides (expect rough seas between November and February).

Permits:
Required. Accommodation needs to be arranged with the National Parks office (Kuching). Park permits and boat transfers can be arranged at Kampung Bako itself.

Equipment:
Light clothing, swimming gear and sun gear (some of the coastal trails can be very open and exposed).

Facilities:
Information center, simple chalets, dorms & campsites, restaurant. Signposted trails.

Nature:
Mangroves and small areas of nice freshwater swamps, kerangas (heath) vegetation and lowland forest. Primates (e.g., macaques, langurs, proboscis monkeys). Flying lemurs (Collugo) at night.

Visitor Activities :
Trekking, wildlife watching, botanising, snorkeling (Pulau Lakei & Teluk Limau) and swimming.

Facts extracted from www.wildborneo.net

Pros and Cons

Pros:Cell phone coverage in the Park.
Cons:People keep calling in.
In a nutshell:Don't bring your cell phone or switch it off if you want an uninterrupted holiday.

Last visit to Bako: Nov 2003
Intro Updated Apr 29, 2004
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Reviews (13)

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Mangrove swamp Things to Do (9)

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victorwkf Sep 3, 2009 at 7:20 AM

Good page on Bako National Park, thanks for sharing
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daddygila Apr 26, 2006 at 8:37 AM

Just added Bako and Kuching to our itinerary Bok...can't wait !! Nice Job !!!
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aukjejetty Feb 27, 2005 at 5:35 AM

Interesting page on Bako. I noticed you used 'la' at the end of a sentence, is that something you do in Malay? I just finished a book about a Malay family, and it also had 'la' at the end sometimes.
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l_joo Sep 18, 2004 at 2:52 AM

Waaa....mobile phone covers Bako as well...hahaha...nice work.
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o00o Jun 24, 2004 at 9:58 PM

a beautiful page for Bako from Bok.
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mansionion Apr 26, 2004 at 10:41 PM

Thanks for the nice words! Well my Bako pages not as cool as yours and still under construction. Not sure if sha has visited it, she hasn't leave her mark there :) -m-
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Cool_chix Apr 7, 2004 at 6:09 AM

Hi muddybok, you have very nice Bako page. I love reading it. ;-)
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kimmo_v Mar 29, 2004 at 9:33 AM

Gr8 page!! Bring back some awesome memories from the trip we did there back in last century...;-) Proboscies are gr8 but macacies really sucks, right? :-)
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pehsan Mar 22, 2004 at 6:37 PM

u were SUPER lucky to have captured the pic of Proboscis monkeys. gee...i have been there and searching high and low for it... i found NOTHING...*sob, sob*
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ukirsari Mar 5, 2004 at 11:27 AM

I never been in Egypt. But the Sphinx rock at Bako is closer to the real. For me, this place kinda like Uluwatu cliff, Ujung Kulon National Park plus Pulau Seribu in my country. Thanks for sharing :)