Baku National Park

We booked a trip to Bako National Park for our last day in Kuching. We had to travel by van for 40 minutes and then by boat for 30 minutes. Thankfully the sea was flat this day as it hadn't been for friends when they went across a few days earlier. The main reason for going there was to see the proboscis monkeys and the pitcher plants and we got to see them as well as the long-tailed macau and silver leaf monkeys.

Our guide could speak broken English and was a lovely guy. He had had his front teeth filed down and were like stubs for teeth left in his mouth. He was very good as he showed us four different types of pitcher plants and made sure we got to see all the monkeys and a wild pig. We walked for a couple of hours to a beach cliff top and the view down was awesome. We then walked back to the camp to see the proboscis monkeys and they are absolutely beautiful. We even got to hear them calling each other and the sound was like a loud snore. It really surprised us.
Waiting for the rain to stop so we can go for a walk in the park.








One of the four pitcher plants we saw.








On top of the cliff with the South China See in the background.
















The Silver Leaf monkey playing on the beach.





On the boat on our way back after a long trek through the park.




During our walk we were watching these things we thought were ants going walkabout...their trail was about 10 metres long and there seemed to be thousands of them. We spied them going across a seat and then realised they were termites.





















Just two of the proboscis monkeys we saw. they were stunning.

orangutans

On of the days we visited the orangutan rehabilitation centre, this is where the captured orangutans go to be free. One of them, Ritchie, was bought and given to the centre to free him from being a captive pet. We walked around the area and were lucky to see 5 of the 7 they have. The first two we saw were mother and baby. We then went to the feeding platform hoping to see the other but they didn't show. As we were walking back they said he was up in the tree looking for a lady one. We watched him for a bit and as it was such a hot day I sat on a bridge in the shade and had to make a quick exit as Ritchie quickly came down the tree and promptly sat where I was sitting. He then came up closer and ate from the fruit the keepers had put on the ground. It was absolutely amazing...we were lest than 3 metres from him. This the male one is enjoying the fruit after taking my seat. This is the mother watching her baby...up in the trees. We couldn't get over how hairy they were. The baby is standing beside its mother watching all the people watching it.
It was an absolutely amazing to see them in their natural surroundings and freedom.