KUBAH NATIONAL PARK

Kubah is one of Sarawak's most accessible national parks. It is only 20 kilometres from Kuching.Kubah is the recent addition to Sarawak's network of protected forest area, Which was gazetted in 1988 and was only open to public in 1995. An overnight stay is highly recommended if you want to get the best of this handy and compact site.

The sandstone plateau includes three mountains, Gunung Serapi, Gunung Selang and Gunung Sendok. Which can be sen clearly from Kuching. Within the park's 2,230 hectares you can find rare ferns and orchids. These were one of the reason kubah was gazetted as a national park in 1989. Popular with local people are the waterfalls and clear jungle streams where you can cool off after trekking through the jungle on well-marked paths.

The dipterocarpforest, interspersed with patches of scrub and unusually rich area of kerangs, is home to bearded pigs, black hornbills, squirrels, mouse deer and many species of rep tiles and amphibians .