Mount Serapi

Mount Serapi
Highest point
Elevation	911 m (2,989 ft) [1]
Prominence	864 m (2,835 ft)
Coordinates	1°35′18″N110°11′28″E / 1.5882400793780602°N 110.19102161897361°E / 1.5882400793780602; 110.19102161897361
Geography
Country	Malaysia
State	Sarawak
Division	Kuching
District	Lundu

Mount Serapi (Malay : Gunung Serapi) is a mountain located in Lundu District, Kuching Division, Sarawak. The mount is located inside of Kubah National Park.

History

The initial South Indian settlers arrived as tea cultivators brought in by Charles Brooke during the 1920s and settled in the Matang region, where they cultivated tea on the slopes of Mount Serapi. ^[2] These Indian setllers are from the Tamil and Malayali labourers. ^[3]

Biodiversity

Several nonvolant small mammals found in the area of the mount are Rajah spiny rat ( Maxomys rajah ), long-tailed giant rat ( Leopoldamys sabanus ), whitehead's spiny rat ( Maxomys whiteheadi ) and Polynesian rat ( Rattus exulans ). ^[4] From the altitude of 100m, the endemic pitcher plant of Borneo, Nepenthes hirsuta could be found while the pitcher plant from the species Nepenthes tentaculata are distributed from the altitude of 800m. ^[5]

References

1. "Gunung Serapi". Peak Visor.
2. David, Maya Khemlani (2004). "Close and Dense Networks: Do They Lead to Maintenance of the Ethnic Language? Focus on the Telegu Community in Kuching, Sarawak". Migracijske i etničke teme. 20 (1–2): 1–20. doi:10.11567/met.20.1-2.1.
3. Maya Khemlani David (29 March 2009). The Importance of a Historical Perspective in Language Shift Studies: Focus on minority groups in Kuching (PDF). Retrieved 19 September 2025.
4. Tingga, Roberta Chaya Tawie; Adrus, Madinah; Azman, Haziq Izzuddin Muhamad (2021). "Species Diversity of Non-Volant Small Mammals Between Lowland and Highland of Gunung Serapi, Kubah National Park, Sarawak". Borneo Journal of Resource Science and Technology. 11 (2): 110–117. doi:10.33736/bjrst.3058.2021.
5. Adam, Jumaat H. (2002). Ecology and diversity of pitcher plants in Sarawak (PDF). Proceedings of the 4th International Carnivorous Plant Conference, Tokyo, Japan. pp. 165–169. Retrieved 19 September 2025.