Niah National Park - Borneo, Malaysia

On the island of Borneo, there is the most important natural attraction of Malaysia - the Niah National Park, famous for its unique caves. This area acquired the status of a national park in 1971. The basis of the park is made up of dipterocarp forests, limestone, peat bogs. Among the representatives of the local fauna are flying dragons, long-tailed macaques, hornbills and salangans. By the way, salangan nests are considered edible and they even make a special soup, which is an expensive delicacy here. The natural world of Niah Park is very rich. However, the main purpose of its creation was to preserve the most important local landmark - the ancient caves, in which back in the 50s of the last century, archaeologists found traces of Homo sapiens - skulls, clay and bone tools, as well as the remains of ancient plants and animals. #bucketlistreboot #malaysia