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Parks Booking Oice, Tel: Forestry manages the park and has set up a number of
248088, for frequency of hatcheries. During the peak turtle nesing season (May-
recent sighings. September), park wardens monitor the beaches for
turtle landings, remove eggs from the nests and place
Opening hours are 8
them in the hatcheries. Ater 40 to 60 days incubaion,
am to 12 pm and 2
the young hatchlings are released and scamper across
pm to 4.45 pm, but
the beach to the sea.
visitors are only allowed
into the feeding areas The Talang-Satang Naional Park also includes the
during feeding imes - Pulau Tukong Ara-Banun Wildlife Sanctuary, two
9 to 10 am, 3 to 4 pm small islets located close to the Satang Islands. Pulau
approx. Tour operators Tokong Ara, the larger of the two rocky outcrops, is
arrange trips here, oten home to breeding colonies of bridled terns and black-
combined with other local atracions. Otherwise take naped terns. Black coloured paciic reef egrets are also
a taxi or CPL bus K6, which stops outside the gate (RM frequently sighted on the rock. Tokong Ara is best seen
4 one-way). Only the 7.20 am and 1 pm bus services as part of a wider coastal tour of the Santubong area.
from Jln Masjid will arrive in ime for feeding, last bus
back around 4.20pm. It’s a 20-minute walk from the Pulau Satang Besar: Pulau Satang Besar, the largest
main entrance to the feeding area; enterprising locals of the park’s islands, is open to visitors and accessible
someimes ofer shutle services for RM1 each way. by boat from Santubong or Damai Beach. Standard
Talang-Satang Naional Park naional park fees apply and ickets can be purchased
on the island. There is a small informaion centre near
Sarawak’s irst marine protected area, Talang-Satang the beach and visitors can also view the turtle hatchery.
Naional Park covers an area of 19,414 hectares. The beach on Satang is one of the best in Sarawak and it
The park was gazeted in 1999 to enhance marine is possible to snorkel on the nearby reef if there is good
turtle conservaion in Sarawak. Marine turtles face a visibility. Visitors can stay overnight on Satang Island in
number of threats including entanglement in ishing privately owned basic chalets. CPH Travel (Tel: 243708,
nets, habitat destrucion, water polluion, boat strikes, www.cphtravel.com.my) run overnight trips Satang can
predaion of eggs and hatchlings, poaching for eggs, be combined with their other boat tours.
meat or shells, and ingesion of marine debris such as
plasic bags. Pulau Talang Besar: Turtles take priority over tourists at
The park encompasses Pulau Talang Besar so access to the island is restricted
to researchers and naional park staf. However, you can
the coastline and waters visit the island as a volunteer on Sarawak Forestry’s Sea
surrounding four islands; Turtle Adopion Programme. This allows volunteers to
Pulau Talang-Talang
spend 4 days learning more about turtles and taking
Besar and Pulau Talang- part in a range of aciviies including: beach patrols to
Talang Kecil (located of locate turtle landings; monitoring of nesing aciviies;
Sematan), and Pulau tagging and measuring turtles; transferring eggs to the
Satang Besar and Pulau Satang Kecil (located of
Santubong). These small islands are surrounding by hatchery; releasing hatchlings and data recording.
patches of shallow coral reef which provide shelter
and resing grounds for sea turtles that come ashore to The volunteer programme is open from May to
lay their eggs. Three of the islands in the park - Talang September and costs RM 600 for Malaysians and RM
Talang Besar, Talang Talang Kecil and Satang Besar - are 1,200 for non-Malaysians. However, the total package
known as Sarawak’s “Turtle Islands.” price including transport and meals depends on
the number of people in your group and is likely to
Adult female turtles return to the beach where they be around RM 2,500 per person. Contact local tour
were born to lay their eggs, oten travelling thousands operators or visit seaturtle.sarawakforest.com for more
of kilometres. Whilst four species of marine turtles informaion.
nest in Sarawak, the Green Turtle accounts for 90% of
turtle landings. The park’s islands account for 95% of all Tanjung Datu Naional Park
recorded turtle landings in Sarawak, a clear indicator of Tanjung Datu, at the southwestern ip of Sarawak, is the
their importance for marine turtle conservaion. smallest and most secluded of Sarawak’s naional parks
and possibly the most beauiful. The beaches really are
Conservaion work began in the 1940’s and in 1953 the undisturbed, the corals ofshore are untouched and the
irst tagging of Green turtles was done. Today, Sarawak forest trails are virtually untrodden.
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248088, for frequency of hatcheries. During the peak turtle nesing season (May-
recent sighings. September), park wardens monitor the beaches for
turtle landings, remove eggs from the nests and place
Opening hours are 8
them in the hatcheries. Ater 40 to 60 days incubaion,
am to 12 pm and 2
the young hatchlings are released and scamper across
pm to 4.45 pm, but
the beach to the sea.
visitors are only allowed
into the feeding areas The Talang-Satang Naional Park also includes the
during feeding imes - Pulau Tukong Ara-Banun Wildlife Sanctuary, two
9 to 10 am, 3 to 4 pm small islets located close to the Satang Islands. Pulau
approx. Tour operators Tokong Ara, the larger of the two rocky outcrops, is
arrange trips here, oten home to breeding colonies of bridled terns and black-
combined with other local atracions. Otherwise take naped terns. Black coloured paciic reef egrets are also
a taxi or CPL bus K6, which stops outside the gate (RM frequently sighted on the rock. Tokong Ara is best seen
4 one-way). Only the 7.20 am and 1 pm bus services as part of a wider coastal tour of the Santubong area.
from Jln Masjid will arrive in ime for feeding, last bus
back around 4.20pm. It’s a 20-minute walk from the Pulau Satang Besar: Pulau Satang Besar, the largest
main entrance to the feeding area; enterprising locals of the park’s islands, is open to visitors and accessible
someimes ofer shutle services for RM1 each way. by boat from Santubong or Damai Beach. Standard
Talang-Satang Naional Park naional park fees apply and ickets can be purchased
on the island. There is a small informaion centre near
Sarawak’s irst marine protected area, Talang-Satang the beach and visitors can also view the turtle hatchery.
Naional Park covers an area of 19,414 hectares. The beach on Satang is one of the best in Sarawak and it
The park was gazeted in 1999 to enhance marine is possible to snorkel on the nearby reef if there is good
turtle conservaion in Sarawak. Marine turtles face a visibility. Visitors can stay overnight on Satang Island in
number of threats including entanglement in ishing privately owned basic chalets. CPH Travel (Tel: 243708,
nets, habitat destrucion, water polluion, boat strikes, www.cphtravel.com.my) run overnight trips Satang can
predaion of eggs and hatchlings, poaching for eggs, be combined with their other boat tours.
meat or shells, and ingesion of marine debris such as
plasic bags. Pulau Talang Besar: Turtles take priority over tourists at
The park encompasses Pulau Talang Besar so access to the island is restricted
to researchers and naional park staf. However, you can
the coastline and waters visit the island as a volunteer on Sarawak Forestry’s Sea
surrounding four islands; Turtle Adopion Programme. This allows volunteers to
Pulau Talang-Talang
spend 4 days learning more about turtles and taking
Besar and Pulau Talang- part in a range of aciviies including: beach patrols to
Talang Kecil (located of locate turtle landings; monitoring of nesing aciviies;
Sematan), and Pulau tagging and measuring turtles; transferring eggs to the
Satang Besar and Pulau Satang Kecil (located of
Santubong). These small islands are surrounding by hatchery; releasing hatchlings and data recording.
patches of shallow coral reef which provide shelter
and resing grounds for sea turtles that come ashore to The volunteer programme is open from May to
lay their eggs. Three of the islands in the park - Talang September and costs RM 600 for Malaysians and RM
Talang Besar, Talang Talang Kecil and Satang Besar - are 1,200 for non-Malaysians. However, the total package
known as Sarawak’s “Turtle Islands.” price including transport and meals depends on
the number of people in your group and is likely to
Adult female turtles return to the beach where they be around RM 2,500 per person. Contact local tour
were born to lay their eggs, oten travelling thousands operators or visit seaturtle.sarawakforest.com for more
of kilometres. Whilst four species of marine turtles informaion.
nest in Sarawak, the Green Turtle accounts for 90% of
turtle landings. The park’s islands account for 95% of all Tanjung Datu Naional Park
recorded turtle landings in Sarawak, a clear indicator of Tanjung Datu, at the southwestern ip of Sarawak, is the
their importance for marine turtle conservaion. smallest and most secluded of Sarawak’s naional parks
and possibly the most beauiful. The beaches really are
Conservaion work began in the 1940’s and in 1953 the undisturbed, the corals ofshore are untouched and the
irst tagging of Green turtles was done. Today, Sarawak forest trails are virtually untrodden.
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