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The Santubong National Park is a national park in Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, 35 km north of Kuching. [2] It contains the 810m peak of Mount Santubong and surrounding rainforested slopes. There are a number of jungle treks in the park, including to the peak.
Damai, one of Sarawak's main beach resort area, is located on the Santubong Peninsula, about 35 minutes drive from Kuching. [141] The area has sandy beaches at the foot of an imposing jungle-covered mountain. Damai features three world-class resort hotels such as the Damai Beach Resort, Damai Puri Resort and Spa and One Hotel Santubong. [142]
The park is composed of coastal, marine and freshwater ecosystems. The predominantly saline and deltaic mangrove system includes an extensive network of marine waterways and tidal creeks, formed by the interconnecting rivers of Sungei Sibu-Laut, Batang Salak and Sungei Santubong that form the boundary of the park. Some small patches of heath ...
The legend of Mount Santubong is the subject of a song, Puteri Santubong, which was composed and originally sang by Haji Madzhi Johari in 1974-1975.The song became popular after former Information Minister, the late Tan Sri Mohamed Rahmat proposed that folk songs from all the states be compiled and broadcast almost every day through Radio Televisyen Malaysia radio and television channels.
Santubong Halt station. Near to Kampung Santubong DM09A Damai Golf Course Halt station. Near to Damai Golf & Country Club, Santubong National Park DM10 Damai Sentral Terminus. Connected with Sarawak Cultural Village, walking distance to Damai Beach, Damai Lagoon Resort
By 1530, the Santubong area was known to Portuguese cartographers as Cerava, one of the five great seaports on the island of Borneo. [12] [16] [17] European maps in the 16th and 17th centuries named the Santubong area as Cereua (1537), Cereuwa (1550), Melano as Belanos, Sadong as Sedang, Kalaka as Calca and Bintulu as River de Berulu.
Bako contains almost every type of plant life found in Borneo, with over 25 distinct types of vegetation from seven complete ecosystems: beach vegetation, cliff vegetation, kerangas or heath forest, mangrove forest, mixed dipterocarp forest, padang or grasslands vegetation and peat swamp forest. [4]
Siar beach is located to the west of the Lundu town, within Pandan village. [11] Sarawak Land Consolidation & Rehabilitation Authority (SALCRA) Bajo training centre and Union Yes Retreat & Training Centre are located near the Siar beach. [12] [13] [14] Tanjung Datu National Park - westernmost tip of Sarawak