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Gunung Mulu
Bako National Park
The Gunung Mulu National Park is a national park in Miri

Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is a UNESCO World Heritage

Site that encompasses caves and karst formations in a

mountainous equatorial rainforest setting. The park is famous

for its caves and the expeditions that have been mounted to

explore them and their surrounding rainforest, most notably

the Royal Geographical Society Expedition of 1977–1978, which

saw over 100 scientists in the field for 15 months. This initiated a

series of over 20 expeditions now named the Mulu Caves Projec

Gunung Mulu

Bako National Park

Bako National Park is a national park in Kuching Division,
Sarawak, Malaysia. Established in 1957, it is the oldest

national park in Sarawak. It covers an area of 27.27 square

kilometres at the tip of the Muara Tebas peninsula at the

mouth of the Bako and Kuching Rivers.

Sarawak, a Malaysian state on Borneo, stretches al

ong the island’s northwest coast, including many

beaches on the South China Sea. It's known for the

rugged, dense rainforest of its interior, much of it

protected parkland. The capital, Kuching, is a bustling

city set on the Sarawak River. Its 19th-century
landmarks include the Astana, former palace of the

White Rajahs, and Fort Margherita, built to thwart

pirates.