Bako National Park

Bako National Park is one of the Sarawak's oldest national park. Bako National Park is located in Kuching, the capital of Sarawak, in East Malaysia. It covers the tip of the Muara Tebas peninsula at the mouth of Kuching Rivers and Bako. Bako National Park is gazette in the year of 1957. Being the oldest national park in Sarawak, it is quite surprised to be one of the smallest national parks in Sarawak. One of the definite features of Bako National Park is the rugged rocky headland along with steep cliffs where visitors can overlook the South China Sea there. The scenery in the park is mesmerizing with many spectacular species of flora and fauna. Various kinds of plants and vegetations such as beach vegetation and cliff vegetation can be seen around. Besides, one of the famous fauna in the park in the proboscis monkeys or Dutchman. There are of course, other wildlife that are to be seen around in the park including Borneo bearded pigs, monitor lizards, mousedeers, snakes and other animals. The national park acts as a home to over 150 species of birds too.