There were all kinds of cool wildlife at Bako National Park. I really felt like we were on their territory, and they made that well known – especially the Macaque monkeys, who will attack you anytime you carry anything that even resembles food. I walked on the island carrying a pack of leftovers from lunch, and it was gone within minutes – claimed by the macaque.
“Bako National Park is an amazing jungle reserve by the sea near Kuching, on the western tip of Malaysian Borneo. It’s one of the best places in the world to see Proboscis Monkeys (the long-nosed ones). Proboscis are a dying species, so I felt lucky to see them so close. ^^”
From Bako National Park, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, posted by Philip Cotsford on 9/05/2010 (53 items)
- On the boat to Bako
- On the boat to Bako
- From the boat to Bako
- From the boat to Bako
- From the boat to Bako
- From the boat to Bako
- From the boat to Bako
- From the boat to Bako
- Arriving at Bako National Park
- Bako National Park
- It’s a national park…but it’s still wild. O.o
- Proboscis monkey feeding – very rare breed of monkey!
- One clawed crabs…how weird
- Proboscis monkey chillin’ out
- Macaque monkeys were all over by the canteen, but it was rare to stumble across them …
- Cool rock
- Trekking
- Watch out for the jungle plants!
- It’s always nice to trek through the jungle and end up on a beautiful beach
- Chillin’ on the beach
- Chillin’ on the beach
- Macaque monkeys by the canteen
- What macaques do when they’re not stealing people’s food – forage for grass.
- Evening in Bako
- Evening in Bako
- Evening in Bako
- Taking a late evening walk in Bako
- Some lights from villages across the sea
- Baby gecko!
- The remains of my jellyfish sting
- Flesh eating plants!!
- Trekking in the rain
- The trek in the rain was really worth it!
- It was always cool to watch the rain falling through the rocks
- Enjoying the rain
- The water kinda looks nasty…
- I’m the king of the world!
- Yo~
- Enjoying the beach
- Some cool rock formations
- Jungle flowers!
- Beach flowers
- Beach flowers
- The rain wears away weird basins into the rock
- This rock looks like brain coral
- A macaque with her baby
- Other travelers taking pictures of the macaques
- Wild boar around the canteen
- Canteen – notice the macaque on top?
- Macaque by the beach
- Leaving Bako
- Leaving Bako
- Leaving Bako
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Great pictures of the Island of Bako.
i just discovered your blog and really like it
I saw the monkey finally ^o^.