By ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

With photo contributions from Tasek Merimbun Heritage Park and Jang Elroy Ramantan.

Tasek Merimbun Heritage Park

Brunei Darussalam’s first national park and its biggest wildlife sanctuary.

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Aerial view of Tasek Merimbun Heritage Park (2010) by Tasek Merimbun Heritage ParkASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

Its best-known feature is the country’s largest blackwater lake, the S-shaped Tasek Merimbun Lake. The water of the lake comes mainly from two rivers: the Sungai Meluncur and the Sungai Bang Oncom, which flow through peat forests and empty into the lake.

Tasek Meriumbun Landscape (2022) by Jang Elroy RamantanASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

Walkway to Pulau Jeludong

The bridge connects two sides of the park to the small group of islands in the centre. These islands contain some of the most important archeological finds in the Tutong district, including brass and bronze artifacts, ceramics, and Dusun burials jars.

Oriental pied hornbill in Tasek Merimbun Heritage Park (2010) by Tasek Merimbun Heritage ParkASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

The park is home to a number of rare and endangered species, such as all eight species of hornbills in Borneo, clouded leopard, slow loris, tarsier, sun bear, great argus pheasant, Bornean gibbon, white-bellied sea eagle, and the Vordermann’s flying squirrel.

Euphaea ameeka (2013) by Tasek Merimbun Heritage ParkASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

Other species in the park include butterflies of the genera Trogonoptera and an endemic species of damselfly, the Euphaea ameeka. Sightings of the biggest (Tetracanthagyna plagiata) and the smallest (Nannophya pygmaea) species of dragonflies from Borneo have been recorded.

Nepenthes ampullaria (2004) by Tasek Merimbun Heritage ParkASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

Wildlife of Tasek Merimbun Heritage Park

• 800 species of plants
• 200 species of birds
• 181 species of Lepidoptera
• 162 species of ants
• 83 species of mammals
• 58 species of dragons and damselflies
• 50 species of freshwater fish
• 31 species of reptiles
• 23 species of amphibians
• 14 species of stingless bees

Exhibition Hall (2022) by Jang Elroy RamantanASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

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ASEAN Heritage Parks (AHPs) are protected areas of high conservation importance that provide valuable contributions to safeguarding ecosystems and biodiversity. 

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