Heard so much about how nice Bako National Park is that I just had to visit it. Turns out it's pretty cheap too, only RM52.50 a chalet per night. Lonely Planet said that Bako is known for its beautiful parks but crappy accommodation so it was with much trepidation as we pushed the doors open.
The rooms were surprisingly not that bad. It's very spacious and basic, but clean. No hot water but there's a working fridge!
Our chalets - Not too bad what...
There are 18 trails within the park. Since it was afternoon when we reached, we decided to take the one hour (0.8km) Telok Paku trail. One of the best trails to see the Proboscis monkeys according to the brochures.
Bako has only 275 Proboscis monkeys left and they are only found in Borneo. We had to wait for hours by the beach before we spotted any. They started appearing later in the evening - funny looking creatures with a huge nose and a large white pot-belly. Their fur is reddish-brown with grey limbs and a white tail. My lens couldn't zoom far enough so this is the best shot I got. At least I can say I saw an endangered primate!
Check out his funny nose!
We did longer treks the next day - 2.5km to Telok Pandan Kecil (1 1/2 hours) and 3.5km to Tajor Waterfalls (2 1/2 hours). Was a bit ambitious coz we wanted to take the longer Lintang trail back (5.25km) but we ran out of water (excuse, excuse) so we took the shorter trail back.
Other animals we saw around the park were the Borneon bearded pig (they came right up to our chalets!) Paradise Tree Snakes, grass green whip snake, hermit crabs, annoying beruks and eagles.
Eee Babi!!
Paradise Tree Snake
Took a gorgeous picture of the planet Venus next to the moon.
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