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Named after the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Rahman National Park, Sabah, Tunku Rahman National Park, Sabah, spans an area of 4929 hectares and encompasses the five islands of Pulau Gaya, Pulau Manukan, Pulau Mamutik, Pulau Sapi and Pulau Sulug. Besides the scenic beauty and the clear waters that are the predominant characteristic of all the islands, the easy accessibility of this place also plays a key role in making it a hot favorite for the divers, picnickers and the divers, picnickers.

In Tunku Rahman National Park, Sabah, the Pulau Gaya Island has a dense growth of trees belonging to the Dipterocarpaceae family. It also contains mangrove swamps which prevents the coast from being eroded away. The mangrove swamps are also supports marine life breeding. The trails are fringed by the luxuriant growth of false bracken fern. As far as the other islands are concerned, secondary vegetation has taken the place of the original vegetation. Pandan and Pine-like aru can be commonly spotted. In some places the cycads are found clinging to the rocky cliffs.

In Tunku Rahman National Park, Sabah, though you won't come across large animals, yet the presence of small mammals like the long-tailed macaque, monitor lizards, bearded pigs and pangolins, won't disappoint you. The feathered friends that are sighted here are white bellied sea eagle, pied hornbill, green heron, and sunbirds. Pigeons and the wood sallows does not frequent the park. The Great Crested Terns visits this place en route to their migration. The coral reefs of the Tunku Rahman National Park, Sabah, are inhabited by some of the most diverse type of marine life that includes the turtles, worms, sponges, sea serpents, molluses, hard corals, fishes, echinoderms and crustaceans.