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Bako National Park
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Alex H
Port St. Mary, UK1,172 contributions
An amazing experience (2d1n is a must!!!)
May 2023 • Couples
2 day 1 night is an absolute minimum here if you can afford it. You’ll beat the crowds and there won’t be any rushing around. The morning time (before the noisy tourists arrive) and the night walk is where you’re going to have the most intimate experiences with the wildlife and nature. NB - highly recommend booking a reputable tour company with a proper guide. If you just turn up to the boat terminal and hope for the best, trust me I guarantee you’re going to miss so so much of the national park. It’s worth the extra money.
We were very lucky to see proboscis monkeys, green pit vipers, macaques, stingless bees, frogs, catfish, wild boars, many birds, a flying lemur and tons of different insects, crabs and mudskippers.
An amazing experience here at one of Borneo’s best places to visit. Highly recommend!
Written 31 May 2023
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CanadianTraveler23
Yellowknife21 contributions
Great hike in the jungle
May 2023
This was a very interesting hike through big jungle. Spotted monkeys, lizards, fiddler crabs and more. Cool boat ride to get there too. Beautiful and exciting. Trip was organized by Esdee at Para Desa Borneo Tours, who gave us a very knowledgeable and entertaining guide who spoke excellent English.
Written 25 May 2023
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Maude R
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I lost my prescription sunglasses in the Bako Park! Help me please!
May 2023 • Friends
Hi,

I went visit the Bako Park (Saturday May 12) between 8:30 to 15:45 and I lost my prescription sunglasses for myopia and presbytia. They are black with a metal silver frame. See photo. The brand is Polaroid. They are in a black glasses case but from another brand.

I tried to call the Bako Park but no answer for every numbers on Google…

If someone find them, please call the Pullman hotel. My name is Maude Richard St-Vincent. You You can find me on messenger with my full name, too.

I’m in Malaysia until 21 may. Or you can send me by post and I will pay for it!

There is a photo of me with my sunglasses.

Thank you for your help!!!
Written 13 May 2023
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Nicholas B
13 contributions
Great chunk of nature close to Kuching
May 2023 • Family
We had a blast on our bako adventure ! Hot and challenging but worth the effort ,beautiful views and scenery . PS don’t rely on grab on the way home you won’t get one , however the bus is great and goes all the way back to the waterfront area , just find out the times
Written 9 May 2023
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Syahadah F
1 contribution
fun place to visit
Sep 2022 • Family
best place to bring family for a visit, they will have new experience. In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect.
Written 25 April 2023
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Judith K
Pukekohe, New Zealand325 contributions
Piece of paradise
Apr 2023 • Couples
We just went for a day trip but you can stay overnight in a cabin or at the campground. I highly recommend the night stay in a cabin. Apparently the macaque monkeys are a real nuisance to campers. There are lots of trails and varying grades of difficulties. If you're lucky you'll spot proboscis and silver leaf monkeys. You will definitely see macaques - do not feed and carry a stick is the advice. It is a much better experience here if you hire a guide. They will spot things that you won't. Our guide was Joe - he has excellent English and knowledge of the park. He went to a lot of effort to find a proboscis monkey for us to photograph. We hired him at boat office on Kuching side. Check the tides before you come, as they can't go in low tide. Boat return is 200 rm. If you can find other people to make up 5 pax, it is $40 pp.
Great day out - small cafeteria on Bako side - small meals and cold drinks!
Written 20 April 2023
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Yana
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Amazing Place
Apr 2023 • Couples
Good experince and will come again. Very good place for healing with your couple even just few hours. I give 5 star!!
Written 14 April 2023
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Travelbug1155
San Francisco, CA531 contributions
Amazing place just an hour from town
Mar 2023 • Couples
Although Bako national park is only an hour or so outside of Kuching it’s definitely deserves more than a day visit. It’s an exciting adventure just getting out there by car, then boat ride and staying at the park , with a local guide to show you around will make the experience complete. We got there around 11 had a quick lunch in the simple cafeteria, then headed out for a few hours walk in the midday humidity through an old forest jungle.
There are long snouted pigs and their offspring running throughout the grounds, digging up roots, looking for grubs, wherever they can. We hiked to the other side of the peninsula to a wide-open, sandy beach, and saw just a few macaque monkeys. Closer to the ranger station we saw a family of proboscis monkeys moving through the trees,
Our rooms were simple but comfortable the beds were rather hard but the air conditioning worked well. It was definitely a relief
We went for another short walk , through the jungle in over some primary forest and mangroves , after resting a bit ….had dinner, and went once more for a night walk, which we then found all sorts of small lizards and insects spiders and catfish in the stream. we also witnessed a flying langur ? I think, , he climbed up the tree at 6:15 and flew to a nearby tree on cue, just like our God said he would .
That was the highlight of the evening. The next day we took off for a extremely steep but rewarding hike up to an open area where we saw many different types of pitcher plants really beautiful, variations all along this high clearing.
We returned about 11 o’clock, and had another encounter with the proboscis monkeys much closer this time, headed back to the ranger station and head our final meal and prepared for our departure around 2 PM. It was well worth the overnight stay in order to see the full range of wildlife and activities.
Written 10 April 2023
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richardford2017
Exeter, UK193 contributions
If you have a hire car do it yourself
Apr 2023 • Couples
There are numerous tours available, but if you have your own car it’s certainly cheaper to do it yourself and you don’t really miss that much

We drove about 45 minutes from our base, north of Kuching on decent roads, it was well signed, although we did miss the port entrance the first time, but after asking a local, he directed us the the free port car park. The car was totally safe their, we walked into the main building and there was enough locals to show us how to buy the park tickets and also for the local boat transfer. Total for 2 people for the day was 240 ringgit (about£48) the tours were charging 4 times that amount, although they did include lunch!!!

After the 20 minute boat transfer we registered with the park, signed it and we’re given information about the various trails, we opted for the 800 metre trail, sounds easy, but in the heat and with the terrain it took us about an hour to reach one of the other beaches. Tired and hot we were rewarded with the pictures below.

Lovely full day and so pleased we did it ourselves as we could dictate the pace
Written 7 April 2023
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ayuni n
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Nov 2022 • Family
We enjoy a 2 day 1 night vacation here. a very interesting place and gave us peace. spacious room and toilet and clean environment. We are very grateful to be able to stay here. I highly recommend you if you want to stay here. I give 5 stars for this place.
Written 5 April 2023
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