........................... Interesting Places of Malaysia	NIAH NATIONAL PARK/NIAH CAVES .............................................................................................................. Situated south of Miri. It is a limestone hill forest covering some 3,102 hectares of land and accessible only through a flight to Miri, a car ride, followed by a boat ride. The Niah National Park was formed in 1974. It is regarded as one of the largest limestone caves in the world. The paintings on the wall in the caves and the boat-shaped coffins found indicated that the caves is about 45,000 years old. It is also a favourite place for bird's nests hunting. The Bako National Park is mainly a tropical rain forest rich in tropical plants and vegetation especially the various types of flora and fauna. There are the silver-leaf monkeys, proboscis monkeys, long-tailed macaques, white-bellied sea-eagle, multicolour barbet, monitor lizards and wild boars can be seen, if you are lucky, in their natural habitat.
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