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Bako National Park
Situated at about 37 km from Kuching. 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.

Tanjung Datu National Park
This is the newest and also the smallest park in the state. It is strategically important as it lies at the westernmost tip of Sarawak. Because its mountain ranges closely embrace the shore, the rivers are small, swift flowing, crystal clean and clear of all pollution. Here lies Sarawak's most beautiful beaches. The sea is crystal clear and the sand is just magnificent.

Batang Ai National Park
This beautiful national park is home to one of the world's most endangered species, the Orang Utan. Besides being home to many other protected wildlife like the hornbills and gibbons, it is also the water catchments area to Sarawak's only artificial lake.

Lambir Hills National Park
The Lambir Hills are visible from Miri (about some 30 minutes drive away) as a chain of steep sandstone hills bound by rugged cliffs. The higher ridges and slopes, up to the peak at 450m, are covered by heath forest while the lower slopes and valleys are dominated by huge stands of mixed dipterocarp forest. The ground flora consists of an unusual variety of palms which give an exotic feel to the park. Plant enthusiasts will be interested to know that Lambir Hills may well be the most species rich forest in the world.

Gunung Mulu National Park
The Park is dominated by the sandstone mass of Gunung (mountain) Mulu which rises to 2,376m. To the west of Mulu and its flanks lies a band of "Melinau" limestone which forms the lesser peaks of Gunung Api and Gunung Benarar. To lower slopes are covered in dense tropical rainforest which rises up to meet the montane forest of Mulu's upper slopes.

Niah National Park
Some 40,000 years ago, the Niah Great Cave sheltered human life. Here lies the oldest human remains in Southeast Asia, along with many other relics of prehistoric man. Today the cave is home only to bats, swiftlets and other specially adapted forms of life. However, a few but locals still venture into the dark interior to collect guano (bird and bat droppings used as fertilizer) and bird's nest.

Similajau National Park
About 45 minutes drive from Bintulu town, Similajau has emerald water, corel reefs, tropical rainforest and long, golden sandy beaches. About 24 species of mammals and 185 species of birds have been recorded in Similajau. A noteworthy reptile, Saltwater Crocodile, is also found here.

Kubah National Park
The Park is composed primarily of sandstone, siltstone and shale. The Plateau Sandstone formation has built a scarp-bounded sandstone range which includes Mt. Serapi, Mt. Selang and Mt. Sendok. The presence of at least three bands of hardened sandstone between the 150m and 400m contour lines causes the head-waters of most streams, which are crystal clear and fast flowing to flow over a series of waterfalls.