Bako National Park van Kuching City

Went with Borneo Adventures and Lemon was our guide. Exciting speed boat ride to a beautiful beach and saw wild boar straight away. Then proboscis monkey, silver backs and macaques. Flying Lemurs (asleep), snakes and even a catfish. Includes lunch and pick up and return to your hotel. Around £70 each for 5-6 hours great fun.

Overall a good day however very overpriced Good points - Good comms with tour company on WhatsApp before pick up - Driver to the Bako boat terminal was friendly and pointed out landmarks on the way - Park guide was good and receptive to questions - Walk in the park was great - at points the path was steep so beware if you struggle with walking (overall is an easy walk) - we only saw a single monkey on the walk however - Boat ride was fun despite the waves! - Food at lunch was adequate despite the seemingly abandoned feel of the restaurant - Transport was punctual and efficient Poor points - Incredibly expensive for what it was at over £90 per person ($108) in a country where the exchange rate is favourable - It came to over £180 for 2 however organising it by yourself would cost £60 for 2 - we would recommend getting a taxi to the boat terminal yourself (ask at your hotel/hostel to help book), jump on a water taxi and pay for ticket the entrance. Most if not all animals can be spotted at the entrance to the park by the cabins so do not need a guide - Most of the time was spent walking around the cabins spotting monkeys and pigs - not the most inspiring of settings however good to see the wildlife - The guide was good and pointed out trees along the forest walk however we moved at a snails pace - I ended up taking the lead as the 6 people on the tour were bunched up behind the guide - We only saw a single monkey on the forest walk - most of the animals were at the beginning by the cabins - There was trash and plastic EVERYWHERE which was very sad - this is not caused by the park but there needs to be some sort of recognition and maintenance by the park management - monkeys were holding on to plastic bottles etc, beaches covered in plastic, mangroves covered in plastic - Lunch was fine and included a bottled water however for £92 per person could include a soft drink too which needed to be purchased separately.

Pretty cool tour. Our guide picked us up from the hotel and brought us to take a private boat to the national park. Due to the low tide we had to wait 1.5 hours at the pier, though. I wonder if that could've been avoided, i.e. if we could have been picked-up a little bit later (I coild have ised the extra sleep). The boat ride was smooth, then we walked in the forest looking for monkeys (we saw several silver-leaf monkeys, close-up, and we also got lucky and managed to see proboscis monkeys, although they were quite far away). We also saw bearded boars and "giant lizards". After the lunch break (included in the price) we walked some more, through a forest-path, and ended up on a beach. There, our boat was waiting for us and took us back to the starting point. Pur guide then dropped us off at our hotel again.