2 Kubah National Park

Location
Kubah National Park, 15 km northwest of Kuching, is 22 sq km in size. The bulk of the park is a sandstone plateau of 150 – 450 m. There are three hills: Gunung Selang, Gunung Sendok and Gunung Serapi (910 m).

Climate
The climate is wet and hot with temperatures between 20°C (night)  and 34°C (day). Most rainfall is during the monsoon season from November to February.

Vegetation
Kubah is known for its palm trees like Licuala, Pantu, Pinanga and Rattan species. There are 98 palm species, about half the number of palm species in Sarawak. The park is also known for a wide variety of orchids and pitcherplants  (Nepenthes).
The park has five main vegetation types: Alluvial – riverine- forest, Lowland mixed dipterocarp forest, Kerangas (heath) forest, Submontane forest and Secondary forest.

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Mixed dipterocarp forest

Wildlife
Animals in Kubah are many birds, frog and reptile species.

1 Bako National Park

Location
Bako National Park is situated about 30 km northeast of the city of Kuching. The park is a rocky sandstone peninsula of 27 sq km in the South China Sea.

Climate
Bako’s climate is tropical with temperatures between 20° C and 32° C. Most rainfall is during the monsoon season from November to February.

Vegetation
The main vegetation types that can be found are Mangrove forest, Beach forest, Cliff forest, Riverine forest, Mixed dipterocarp forest and Kerangas vegetation (tropical heath).

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                                                                                               Mangrove forest

Bako cliff forest (2)                                                                                                   Cliff forest

Bako swamp forest trail 7 or 1

 Swamp forest

Wildlife
Bako is known for its wildlife with many bird species, Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), Sundaic silvered langur (Trachypithecus cristatus) and many other rainforest animals.

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Acknowledgements

I am very grateful to the following persons:

* Marianne de Groot of the Botanical library of the former National Herbarium of the Netherlands, Leiden
* Janneke Kienjet-Hopman of the Tropical Butterfly Jungle “Vlinders aan de Vliet”, Leidschendam, The Netherlands
* Rudolf Leermakers, Den Haag, The Netherlands
* The August 2014 volunteers of Matang Wildlife Centre, Sarawak, Malaysia

In different ways they all contributed to this website.

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