Where can you see the Pacific Swallow?
Some of the best places to see the Pacific Swallow in the wild include Bako National Park (Malaysia), Penang National Park (Malaysia) and Sembilang National Park (Indonesia) — among 25 wildlife hotspots across Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Aketajawe Lolobata National Park
Oba Tengah, Indonesia
+123 birds+2 mammals
Across the northeastern arm of Halmahera, where the Wallace Line once marked the boundary between Asian and Australasian fauna, lies a sprawling wilderness of over 13,800…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBako National Park
Kuching, Malaysia
+210 birds+17 mammals
Weathered sandstone cliffs rise dramatically from the South China Sea, their ochre faces sculpted by millennia of wind and tide into a landscape of extraordinary geological…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBatang Gadis National Park
Mandailing Natal, Indonesia
+16 birds
Steep ridges and river valleys carved through North Sumatra's equatorial interior define Batang Gadis National Park, where monsoon forests cloak almost 3,960 square kilometers of mountainous…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBogani Nani Wartabone National Park
Bolaang Mongondow, Indonesia
+154 birds+4 mammals
Across North Sulawesi's rugged interior, where tectonic uplift has carved steep ridges and deep valleys through ancient volcanic terrain, Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park sprawls across…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGunung Ciremai National Park
Majalengka, Indonesia
+116 birds+1 mammals
Volcanic slopes rise sharply from West Java's interior, where Gunung Ciremai's 3,078-metre summit dominates a landscape carved by geological upheaval and shaped by equatorial monsoon rainfall.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGunung Merbabu National Park
Magelang, Indonesia
+61 birds+2 mammals
Where volcanic slopes rise sharply from the plateau of Central Java, Gunung Merbabu National Park encompasses nearly 200 square kilometers of montane forest that transitions through…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGunung Mulu National Park
Long Seridan, Malaysia
+280 birds+39 mammals
Where granite monoliths pierce the rainforest canopy of Sarawak, an ancient limestone karst landscape reveals one of Southeast Asia's most biodiverse strongholds. Soaring peaks cloaked in…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park
Ao Nang, Thailand
+253 birds+9 mammals
Where limestone karsts rise dramatically from turquoise waters, Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park unfolds across a mosaic of beach, mangrove forest, and island…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKerinci Seblat National Park
Kerinci, Indonesia
+228 birds+16 mammals
Across nearly 67,000 square kilometres of Sumatra's spine, a mountainous realm of equatorial rainforest rises from steaming lowlands to volcanic peaks shrouded in cloud. Kerinci Seblat…
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