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Tour Code :
SRW/NIAH01 (Ex-Miri)
Departure : Daily
08:30am
(Duration
:
fullday)
08:30am, meet at the hotel lobby by your guide
and take the overland transfer about 1 hr to Niah National Park. Arrive,
hence by boat across the river and trek for 1 hour to the entrance of
Great Caves.
Forty thousand years ago, the Niah Great Cave
sheltered human life. Here lies the oldest human remains in Southeast
Asia, along with many other relics of prehistoric man. Today the cave is
home only to bats, swiftlets and other specially adapted forms of life.
However, a few locals still venture into the dark interior to collect
guano (bird and bat droppings used as fertilizer) and birds’s net.
It is worth taking your time and walking
quietly along the way, as you may well see some of the park’s wildlife.
Colourful birds, squirrels, lizards, butterflies and all maner of unusual
insects and invertebrates are commonly seen. If you are lucky, you may see
monkeys, flying lixards and the occasional hornbill.
Shortly after the moon Cave, the plankwalk
emerges into daylight and a short pathway through the forest leads to the
Painted Cave. This is the sire of the famous Niah cave paintings and the
place where the ‘death-ship’ were found. The contents of the death-ships
have since been transferred to the Sarawak Museum, but the walk behind the
fenced-off burial site. (Lunch)
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Tour Code :
SRW/LMB01 (Ex-Miri)
Departure : Daily 09:00am
(Duration : halfday)
09:00am, meet at the hotel lobby by your guide
and take the 30 minutes drive to Lambir National Park.
Lambir is one of the most accessible of
Sarawak’s national parks, just a 30 minute drive from Miri, making the
park ideal for a day visit. But, if you want to study the wildlife at
leisure, there is overnight accommodation at the park headquarters.
Ecologists know Lambir Hills is the world’s most ecologically diverse
area.
Just a sample 52 hectares of the park’s 7,000
hectares revealed 1,050 different species of tree, and each tree support
1,000 species of insect life. Ecologists think there are many plant and
insect species in the park waiting to be discovered. Its forest is home to
gibbons, tarsiers, bearded pigs, flying squirrels, deer and 157 types of
bird.
You will see the wildlife as you wander the
park’s forest trails. The longest and toughest is to the top of Bukit
Lambir (465 meters) but the superb views of the rainforest below make the
climb worth it. There is a 40 meter tall tree tower on the trail from
which you can get a close up view of the pullulating life of the
rainforest canopy and it is ideal for bird watching. (Lunch) |
