His Royal Highness The Crown Prince Haji Al Muhtadee Billah of Brunei Darussalam at Pulau Selirong |
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Entering this Pulau Selirong Forest Recreation Park is an experience itself. The meandering water channel in the Pulau Selirong Forest Recreation Park is lined with bakau trees – reputed to be the largest in the region – propped up by a labyrinth of stilt roots: or laced by patches of undisturbed nipah palms. The island also harbours a wide variety of interesting wildlife that includes unique mammals, colourful resident and migratory birds, rare reptiles and fishes and crustaceans.
Pulau Selirong Recreational Park
Pulau
(Island) Selirong situated in the vicinity of Brunei Bay has an area of more
than 2,200 hectares. The island is also covered with a rich variety of plants
in all sorts of sizes including mangrove trees whose trunks are reputedly
bigger than any found in neighbouring countries. The mangrove's wood is a
valuable material in the building industry where it is used for piling
especially in muddy soil. It is also burnt to make charcoal.
The fauna in
the island is even more exotic. It has among others the flying lemur. And if
one is in luck, it is usual to see them soaring from tree to tree.
The
facilities in the island include among others two-kilometres of boardwalks,
four berths, several platforms for briefing visitors, huts and observation
towers.
The journey
to the island may take slightly more than an hour. However, due to the shallow
nature of the water leading to the island, the rest of the short distance of
travel will have to be made by smaller boats. Trips to the Island are best
booked through one of the tour operators
There are
jetties in different parts of the island which provide mooring facilities for
boats carrying passengers to the island.
45 minutes away from Muara by boat, Pulau Selirong is fondly
known for its immaculate
mangrove forest. The facilities on the island include a
two-kilometre boardwalk, four berths
and several platforms for briefing visitors, in addition to
a number of huts and observation
tower
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Pulau Selirong is on the other side of Brunei ie Temburong, accessible only by boat... takes about 1 hr from BSB .... best to go with a tour operator as place is really isolated and need a guide.... primarily mangroves and palms, and proboscis monkeys plus other wildlife... need minimum 4 hrs, plus insects repellents.
Alternative is Damuan River tour, adjacent to palace and along Brunei river......
near Temburong, Brunei.
Selirong Island is Brunei's largest island covering 2566
hectares in total land size. To be known as the best tropical mangrove forest
in south east asia i.e. the mangrove amongst the oldest in the world with tree
trunks reputedly bigger than neighbouring countries
- home of amazing flora & fauna species - 95% mangrove forests are tidal swamps - bakau minyak (rhizophora apiculata) - bakau kurap (rhizophora mucronata) - linggadai (bruguiera gymnorrhiza) - lobsters mounds usually covered by piai fern (acrostichum aureum) abound in areas occupied by the xylocarpus granatum (nyireh mangrove) - numerous semi-permanent lakes - one of the last mangrove areas with all major habitats & forest types nature on earth - bebarahan, belais, ketam, kerapu, ketambak, kitang, kurau, languran, pari, selungsong, sembilang, tabana, umpak & ungah
http://www.forestry.gov.bn/prk_selirong.htm
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Pulau Selirong Forest Recreation Park
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