The city's back garden
Under an hour from Kuching, a boat drops you on a beach that no road reaches.
Bako is Sarawak's oldest national park and one of its smallest, which makes it about right for a day. Trails start behind the park office and are marked by colour.
You will see proboscis monkeys, usually high up and looking unimpressed. You will almost certainly see bearded pigs, at ground level and looking for your lunch. Keep it zipped.
If the tide allows, take the late boat back. The light on the cliffs at the end of the day is why people return.
Before breakfast
Most people meet Mount Kinabalu from the window seat. A few hundred a day get to walk up it.
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Pick an island
Some of the clearest water in Asia, and three very different islands to choose from.
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Feeding time
At Sepilok the best seat in the house is a wooden bench in the rain. Nobody minds.
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