The nearest National Park of Sarawak is Bako. Access is easy and interesting: you take bus no.1 from Kuching to Bako Bazar (3,50 r) and after an hour of drive you are at the little boat jetty. You have too be registered, pay 20 r National Park entry fee and then you rent a boat (capacity 5 pax). It cost 95 r per boat round trip to the park. I was lucky to join friendly Australians so the boat cost me just 19 r.
The boat ride on the river and then along the coast takes about 30 min and it is additional attraction.
Once you landed you have to walk 500 m to the park quarters to make a choice of your trail and to be registered again. Then you are free to walk into the lush, tropical jungle…
There are different trails. The most distant part of the park is temporary closed. I decided to take Lintang trail – some 3,5 hours through the forested hills. Trail is well maintained and marked so you can do it on your own. Nice experience except that it is so hot, hot… Tall trees, voices of birds, monkeys…
It is possible to stay in the park cottages, but I decided to come back to Kuching in the late afternoon. It was sweaty day and I have to make laundry before I will go onward!
