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Bako National Park

National park in Malaysia

Field	Value
name	Bako National Park
iucn_category	II
photo	Bako NP.jpg
photo_caption	Padang scrub at Bako National Park, with N. rafflesiana plant in foreground.
map	Borneo
map_caption	Location in Borneo
map_width	280
label	Bako NP
label_position	right
location	Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia
coords
area_km2	27
established	1957
governing_body	Sarawak Forestry

Bako National Park () is a national park in Kuching District, Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. Established in 1957, it is the oldest national park in Sarawak. It covers an area of 27.27 km2 at the tip of the Muara Tebas peninsula at the mouth of the Bako and Kuching Rivers. It is approximately 40 km by road from Kuching. Millions of years of erosion of the sandstone have created a coastline of steep cliffs, rocky headlands and stretches of white, sandy bays. Wave erosion at the base of the cliffs has carved many of the rocky headlands into fantastically shaped sea arches and seastacks with colored patterns formed by iron deposition. The most famous of them was shaped like a cobra's head which could be spotted on a boat ride from the headquarters or one of the beaches. This collapsed in 2024 and is no longer present. Some of these rock formations can be seen on entry to the Teluk Assam Beach, which fronts the park. The park can only be reached by a 20-minute boat ride from the village of Kampung Bako. It is often visited as a day-trip from Kuching, though accommodations (campground and forestry service bungalows) are available.

Bako is one of the smallest national parks in Sarawak. However, it features multiple biomes (including rainforest), abundant wildlife, jungle streams and waterfalls, secluded beaches, and trekking trails. A network of 16 marked walking trails of different lengths allows visitors access. In addition, various beaches are accessible by boat from Kampung Bako or Teluk Assam, as well as a geologically interesting sea stack rock formation. The range of attractions and activities in a compact area have made Bako one of the most popular parks in Sarawak.

The park hosted the final Pit Stop of The Amazing Race Asia 1.

Flora

Bako contains almost every type of plant life found in Borneo, with over 25 distinct types of vegetation from seven complete ecosystems: beach vegetation, cliff vegetation, kerangas or heath forest, mangrove forest, mixed dipterocarp forest, padang or grasslands vegetation and peat swamp forest. The unusual plant life includes a variety of carnivorous plants (four species of pitcher plants, sundews, bladderworts) as well as a huge variety of tree and other plant species.

Fauna

Bako is home to approximately 150 endangered proboscis monkeys, which are endemic to Borneo, and has been called "the best place to see proboscis monkeys in Sarawak". Other animals include the long-tailed macaque, silvered langur, plantain squirrel, Bornean bearded pig, monitor lizards, and otters. All of these are present in the forest as well as near camp headquarters on Telok Assam beach. Bako is also home to a number of lizards and snakes, most of which are harmless. Bako is a fascinating place for bird watching, with over 150 species recorded. Bako's nocturnal creatures include the colugo, pangolin, mousedeer, various species of fruit-eating and insect-eating bats, tarsier, slow loris and palm civet.

Gallery

File:Bako map.jpg|Bako National Park trail map at park headquarters. File:Bako National Park 2006.jpg|View of Bako National Park File:Drosera spatulata var. bakoensis.jpg|Drosera spatulata var. bakoensis growing at Bako National Park File:Nepenthes gracilis long prostrate stem.jpg|Nepenthes gracilis from Bako National Park File:Juvenile Proboscis Monkey.jpg|Juvenile proboscis monkey at Bako National Park File:Pit viper.jpg|Asian pit viper at Bako National Park File:Polypedates colletti.jpg|Polypedates colletti at Bako National Park File:Trichastoma rostratum.jpg|White-chested babbler (Trichastoma rostratum) at Bako National Park File:Monkey2.JPG|Long-tailed macaques at Bako National Park eating horseshoe crab File:Bako National Park (3679460540).jpg|Bako sea stack File:Beach outside park HQ at Bako NP.jpg|Beach near park HQ

References

Video

Short BBC video on Bako National Park https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0hwxxn6/malaysia-s-adventure-hotspot-that-crosses-seven-habitats

References

(Feb 14, 2024). "BAKO NATIONAL PARK'S ICONIC SEA STACK COLLAPSES". amazing borneo.
(17 July 2018). "Higher visitor arrivals in 2017, over RM8 billion earned — Minister". The Borneo Post.
(1 February 2007). "24 Days, 15 Cities, 39,000 Kilometres And It Comes Down To This".
Ashton, P.S. 1971. The plants and vegetation of Bako National Park. ''Malayan Nature Journal'' '''24''': 151–162.
''Lonely Planet'' description of Bako National Park, "[http://www.lonelyplanet.com/malaysia/malaysian-borneo-sarawak/bako-national-park]", retrieved 6 Jun 2011.
(November 26, 2009). "Monkey Business in Borneo's Rainforest". [[Time (magazine).
''Lonely Planet'' description of Bako National Park, "[http://www.lonelyplanet.com/malaysia/malaysian-borneo-sarawak/bako-national-park]", retrieved 6 Jun 2011.

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