Travel Guide Kuching

This tourist icon of Sarawak is a collection of traditional abodes of 7 major distinct ethnic groups of Sarawak, namely the Bidayuh, Iban, Penan, Orang Ulu (a grouping of several closely related tribes), Melanau, Malay and the Chinese. Each ethnic group has its own unique house set with the magnificent Mount Santubong as the backdrop.  [ Read More ]

Located along Jalan Satok, this famous weekend market opens around noon time on Saturday and continues until late Sunday afternoon. As of writing, this market is about to be moved to a new ultra modern, purpose-built building across the Satok bridge.  A popular bargain hunting ground for local when it comes to food, vegetable, household  [ Read More ]

Nature lovers will find the Kubah National Park a paradise for frog hunting. For among its foliage, no less than two dozen different species of these amphibians lurk and croak – at night.  A visit to see these wonderful animal would mean wearing headlight and spraying your exposed skin with mosquito repellent, and a good  [ Read More ]

Located about an hour’s drive from Kuching city centre, this cave is getting more and more popular in recent years.  Visitors who make the trip to the Serikin weekend market near the Indonesian border must pass through the road junction going to this cave, which is only a short detour. The hills of this area  [ Read More ]

This trinity of Chinese temples is arguably the most revered of its kind in Kuching if only because they are the oldest. They are also among the most visited by tourists due to their dominant presence along Carpenter Street and Temple Street.  In no particular order, they are Siew San Teng Temple ( the Tua Pek  [ Read More ]

Every year for three weeks at the end of July, residents of Kuching look forward to this hugely popular festival for the myriad of food and carnival-like trade fair. The large car park beside the City South Municipal Hall  is turned into a gigantic food stalls centre with over a hundred stalls selling practically all  [ Read More ]

Many visitors to Kuching are unaware that Indonesia is actually only one hour’s drive away from Kuching and there is a little trading post right at the Sarawak-Indonesian border called Serikin.  On weekdays, this little hamlet is a sleepy hollow where villagers and farmers go about their daily lives like any others, but come Saturday  [ Read More ]

Sarawak’s lengthy coastline is unfortunately devoid of pristine waters like those in Sabah and East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia, except for a few small locations at the extreme south west. One spot that shines out is the Talang Satang Marine National Park, which has the attraction of being a turtle sanctuary The part of South  [ Read More ]

Although this journey is by no means a tough safari “into the unknown”, a trip up this wild and beautiful tributary of the mighty Rejang River of central Sarawak can legitimate your claim of having really “done Borneo”. The Katibas is located in Central Sarawak and pours its waters through 200 km of deep tropical  [ Read More ]

Mention the words “Sarawak longhouse”, immediately images of the Iban’s traditional abodes of “village under one roof”, usually found in Central Sarawak, springs to mind. This long uninterrupted house with as many “doors” (one for each nuclear family), and with the common corridor running the length of it has been the favoured mode of living  [ Read More ]