Bako National Park

Bako National Park

• A National Park since 1957, Bako offers the perfect introduction to Sarawak’s forests and wildlife.
• The park covers the northern tip of the Muara Tebas peninsula, an area of 27 sq km.
• Bako also contains a rich variety of wildlife and a coastline covered with small bays, coves and beaches.
• The park has a number of well-marked trails offering interesting walks ranging from short pleasant strolls to serious full-day hikes.
• Unlike some national parks, visitors to Bako are almost guaranteed to see wildlife.
• Long-tailed macaque monkeys and silver leaf monkeys are ever present, wild boar are often found rummaging around the park HQ, squirrels and monitor lizards are also common.
• Bako is also home to approximately 275 rare proboscis monkeys, found only in Borneo.
• The best times are early in the morning or in the hours before dusk.
• Telok Delima and Telok Paku are the best trails for viewing the proboscis.
• The mangroves at Telok Assam are also a good place for viewing proboscis monkeys.
• Bako also has some good white sand beaches that provide perfect resting spots in between jungle treks.
• Telok Pandan Kecil is perhaps Bako’s best beach. After an hour or so the Telok Pandan Kecil trail comes to a rocky headland.
• All of the beaches are bordered by limestone and sandstone cliffs, and the action of the sea has left some remarkable rock formations, such as the famous Sea Stack.