Borneo - Bako National Park

Before leaving Kuching, we took one more day trip to Bako National Park. This place is similar to Algonquin Park, as it has several trails through the wilderness and many people choose to camp over night in tents or stay in the cabins near the entrance. It is Sarawak's oldest National Park and covers 2,700 ha. We hiked the 1.6 km Telok Paku trail, which is supposed to give the best chance of seeing wildlife (and as one of the shorter trails, can be completed in the limited time we had available).

The only way to get to the park is to hire a boat taxi.

The village outside of Bako.

During low tide, many of the local villagers walk around on the exposed mud collecting crabs and other crustaceans.

The tide was so low that the boat had to drop us off a fair hike away from the beach.

When we arrived at the park, we were greeted by this bearded pig.

And we're off.... at first we thought it would be a nice easy stroll through the forest... but we soon discovered that it was going to be an extremely difficult hike.

The beach at the end of the trail.

The scenery at the beach was stunning

Obviously, with cliff's like these I HAD to take the challenge and climb to the top..

or at least climb 10 feet...

The crew: Me, Jenn, Vanessa, Elsa and Di.

At the very end of our hike, we finally came across a male probiscus monkey. These monkeys can only be found in Borneo and weigh approximately 20 kg. They have a huge nose, which apparently has no specific purpose.

Notice the difference between high tide and low tide!