Where to see
Macaca fascicularis
Tanjung Puting National Park leads · 14 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Crab-eating Macaque during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanjung Puting National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Bako National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Komodo National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 8 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 9 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 10 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 11 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 12 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 13 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 14 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
Tanjung Puting National Park
In Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesia, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Crab-eating Macaque sighting on a given day, the highest of the 14 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Gunung Leuser National Park and more
After Tanjung Puting National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Crab-eating Macaque are in Gunung Leuser National Park (Indonesia, about 70%), Khao Sok National Park (Thailand, about 70%) and Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (Malaysia, about 70%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January, March–April, July–August and October in Tanjung Puting National Park (about 80%), April, August and November–January in Gunung Leuser National Park (about 80%) and April to June in Khao Sok National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Crab-eating Macaque on a given day. Each park's Crab-eating Macaque page has the full month-by-month chart.
