Bako National Park

We participated in Visit Malaysia Year programme by visiting Bako National Park after 6 years we haven't been back. The last time we were there, it was after our wedding and we were with Alain, Yann, Gill and Anne-Marie. So, here is a description of Bako National Park.

'The national park of Bako', inaugurated in 1957 in Eastern Malaysia is the oldest national park open in Sarawak at Borneo. It extends on 27,27 km2, at the of the peninsula of Muara Tebas to the estuary of the rivers of Bako and Kuching. A distance of 37 km by road separates it from Kuching. The coast which is under the effect of million years of erosion, is composed of abrupt cliffs, rock course and broad sandy bays. Erosian due to vague carved, with the foot of cliffs, good number of the rock courses in fantastic marine arches or column whose coloured reasons are due to a ferruginous deposition.

Bako is one of the smallest national park of Sarawak, but is not less one of most interesting, the tropical forest, the flourishing wildlife, the brooks of the jungle, the waterfalls, the botanical richness of the ground, the beaches isolated and the tracks from excursions which it contains in its great richness. A network constantly maintained 16 tracks of excursions, codified using various colors active of the strolls quiet with the excursion of 24 hours in the jungle makes it possible to the visitors to optimize his arrival in this single environment. Few places in the world can be prided to have a great beauty in a restricted place and pallets of its attractions and activities which proposes gives to the national park of Bako its great popularity in Sarawak.

'Le parc national de Bako', inauguré en 1957 en Malaisie orientale, est le plus ancien parc national ouvert dans l'etat du Sarawak à Bornéo.Il s'étend sur 27,27 km2, du bout de la peninsule falaises abruptes, de cap rocheux et de larges baies sablonneuses. L'érosion due aux vagues a sculpté, au pied des falaises, bon nombre des caps rocheux en de fantastiques arches ou colonne marines dont les motifs colorés sont dus à une déposition ferrugineuse.

Bako est l'un des plus petit parc national de Sarawak, mais n'en est pas moins l'un des plus interessant : la forêt tropicale, la vie sauvage florissante qui s'y trouve, les ruisseaux de la jungle, les chutes d'eaux, la richesse botanique du sol, les plages isolées et les pistes de randonnées qu'il contient en sont sa grande richesse. Un réseau constamment entretenu de 16 pistes de randonées, codifié à l'aide de différentes couleurs allant de la balde tranqille à la randonnée de 24h dans la jungle permet aux visiteurs d'optimiser sa venue dans cet environnement unique. Peu d'endroits au monde peuvent se targuer d'avoir une si grande beauté en un lieu si restreint, et la palette d'attractions et d'activités qu'il propose donne au parc national de Bako sa grande popularité au Sarawak.

Big kiss from NDH / Gros becs de NDH