Bako National Park 峇哥國家公園

Bako National Park  峇哥國家公園

Gazetted in 1957, Bako is Sarawak’s oldest national park, covering an area of 2,727 hectares at the tip of the Muara Tebas peninsula， all just 37 km from Kuching.

With its rainforest, abundant wildlife, jungle streams, waterfalls, interesting plant life, secluded beaches, panoramic rocky shoreline, bizarre rock formations and extensive network of trekking trails, Bako National Park

At Bako National Park ， it is possible to see almost every type of vegetation found in Borneo. 25 distinct types of vegetation form seven complete eco-systems - Beach Vegetation, Cliff Vegetation, Kerangas or Heath Forest, Mangrove Forest, Mixed Dipterocarp Forest, Padang or Grasslands Vegetation and Peat Swamp Forest. It is easy to explore these eco-systems via the jungle trails.

 Bako is also home to approximately 275 rare proboscis monkeys, found only in Borneo. The male is an odd-looking creature, with a huge pendulous nose and a large pot-belly, weighing in excess of 20 kg. Both male and female are covered in reddish-brown fur with grey limbs and a white tail. They are mostly arboreal (tree-dwelling), moving about the forest or mangroves in small groups and feeding on young leaves, shoots, sour fruits and seeds.

Bako is a fascinating place for bird watching, as over 150 species have been recorded here.and nocturnal creatures include the flying lemur, pangolin, mouse deer, various bats, tarsier, slow loris and palm civet.

Rock pools and mangroves are good places to search for small animals such as mudskippers and crabs, especially sky-blue fiddler crabs and shell-dwelling hermit crabs. Bako also has its fair share of insects.

Bako’s extensive trail system is made up of 16 colour-coded 

jungle trails which offer a range of walking and hiking options.

                                                                                   

在1957年中憲報公佈的砂拉越最古老的峇哥國家公園，离古晉只有37公里，覆蓋 範围约2,727公頃。

峇哥國家公園憑藉其熱帶雨林，豐富的野生動物，叢林溪流，瀑布，有趣的植物，幽靜的海灘，全景岩石的海岸線，奇異的岩層和登山步道的廣泛網絡可以看到幾乎所有類型在婆羅洲的植物。 有25不同類型的植被中七完整的生態系統 - 海灘植被，紅樹林，草場和草原植被和泥炭沼澤森林植被等等。很容易通過叢林小徑探索這些生態系統。

在國家公園也能看到只有在婆羅洲發現的稀有長鼻猴，雄性是具有巨大的下垂的鼻子和一大腹，重量超過20公斤。雄性和雌性都有紅褐色的皮毛灰色四肢和一個白色的尾巴。他們大多​​是居住在樹上，以嫩葉，嫩芽，酸味水果和種子為食。

國家公園也是是觀鳥一個的地方，已被記錄有超過150種鳥类。夜行性動物，包括飛狐猴，穿山甲，鼠鹿，各種蝙蝠，眼鏡猴，懶猴和棕櫚果子狸，也有多种昆蟲。在岩池和紅樹林是搜索小動物，如彈塗魚和螃蟹，尤其是天藍色的招潮蟹和貝殼寄居蟹。

峇哥國家公園廣泛的步道系統是由16個彩色編碼的叢林小道，提供各類的步行和遠足。