BAKO NATIONAL PARK
Besides Kubah National Park at Matang, this Bako National Park is the nearest park to Kuching city. It is the oldest national park in Sarawak. If you like the nature, you MUST come to visit this park! Since 1957, it has been a protected area, some wild animals are not shy to human. You can see wild boar, monitor lizard, squirrels, monkeys wondering around the hostel. You also can see different type of forest in this national park such as Kerangas forest and Mangrove forest. The jungle never sleep! At night, you can see the mushroom which can glow in the darkness and some predatory fauna come out to hunt for food. Don't worry, there is no tiger or large carnivorous animal in Borneo, so feel safe to wander around the jungle at night. It is fun and exciting! Below are some pictures taken during my recent visit to the park:
A sandpiper resting on the mangrove tree
A group of mudskipper resting on the tree trunk
A fiddler crab, Uca sp.
The jungle trail
Tajor waterfall.
A fishing boat passing by ....
A sea stake
The white mushroom can glow in the darkness (left) and the fungus on the dead leaf also can glow in the darkness
A blackwater stream.
My team.
The macaque stole an orange from an old woman from England..
The dawn at the beach.
Telok Pandan Kecil
A hermit crab on a big fungi.
A species of aquatic plant, utricularia sp......looks like a green underwater carpet.
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Mangrove forest
A blackwater river
Gunung Santubong
