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Historic Kuching, dense rainforests booming with wildlife, and local tribal communities define the Sarawak region. Choose from our bite-sized trips and we will piece them together to create a tailor-made holiday just for you or pick from one of our ready-made itineraries.

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Culture and Cuisine of Kuching

Itinerary:
Kuching
Duration:
3 days / 2 nights (flexible)
Price:
from £ 169.- per person (excluding flights)

Kuching, known as ‘Cat City’, is the perfect place to spend a day or two when starting your Sarawak adventure. The city offers a wonderful mix of old and new as well as being a melting pot of cultures and cuisines. Take a stroll through the colonial streets and marvel at the Chinese Temples and Mosques at every turn, before heading to spot orangutans swinging through the trees.

Kuching, known as ‘Cat City’, is the perfect place to spend a day or two when starting your Sarawak adventure. The city offers a wonderful mix of old and new as well as being a melting pot of cultures and cuisines. Take a stroll through the colonial streets and marvel at the Chinese Temples and Mosques at every turn, before heading to spot orangutans swinging through the trees.

borneo local food market

Proboscis monkey Borneo

Proboscis Monkeys in Bako National Park

Itinerary:
Kuching - Bako National Park - Kuching
Duration:
2 days / 1 night (flexible)
Price:
from £ 249.- per person (excluding flights)

Bako National Park, tucked away in a mangrove forest near Kuching, lies on the edge of a beautiful coastline scattered with intriguing rock formations. During your trek through the jungle, keep a close eye on the branches above you and you may see the most famous inhabitant of this charming forest: the Proboscis monkey.

Bako National Park, tucked away in a mangrove forest near Kuching, lies on the edge of a beautiful coastline scattered with intriguing rock formations. During your trek through the jungle, keep a close eye on the branches above you and you may see the most famous inhabitant of this charming forest: the Proboscis monkey.

Proboscis monkey Borneo

Mangroves, Monkeys and Fireflies

Itinerary:
Kuching - Semenggoh Orangutan Centre - Santubong - Kuching
Duration:
3 days / 2 nights (flexible)
Price:
from £ 299.- per person (excluding flights)

Meet Borneo’s iconic great apes, sleep in a treehouse and cruise along the river spotting wildlife. Your trip starts with a visit to see the country’s most famous resident at the Semenggoh Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre, before checking into a treehouse lodge on the Damai peninsula.

Meet Borneo’s iconic great apes, sleep in a treehouse and cruise along the river spotting wildlife. Your trip starts with a visit to see the country’s most famous resident at the Semenggoh Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre, before checking into a treehouse lodge on the Damai peninsula.

At Home with the Iban Headhunters

Itinerary:
Kuching - Batang Ai National Park - Kuching
Duration:
3 days / 2 nights (flexible)
Price:
from £ 539.- per person (excluding flights)

Enter the dense green jungles of Sarawak and meet the once feared Iban tribe, also known as the ‘headhunters’. Unravel the mystery of this remote location as you glide through the jungle in a wooden boat.

Enter the dense green jungles of Sarawak and meet the once feared Iban tribe, also known as the ‘headhunters’. Unravel the mystery of this remote location as you glide through the jungle in a wooden boat.

Explore Gunung Mulu Caves

Itinerary:
Gunung Mulu National Park
Duration:
3 days / 2 nights (flexible)
Price:
from £ 210.- per person (excluding flights)

Soar across the tree tops of the tropical rainforest before your plane lands on a jungle air strip in the largest national park in Sarawak; Royal Mulu National Park. During this bite-sized Borneo trip, you’ll stay in a rustic jungle lodge surrounded by nature. Accompanied by your guide, you’ll trek deep into the tropical rainforest where you’ll explore one of the largest limestone caves in the world.

Soar across the tree tops of the tropical rainforest before your plane lands on a jungle air strip in the largest national park in Sarawak; Royal Mulu National Park. During this bite-sized Borneo trip, you’ll stay in a rustic jungle lodge surrounded by nature. Accompanied by your guide, you’ll trek deep into the tropical rainforest where you’ll explore one of the largest limestone caves in the world.

Borneo Batang Ai lagoons aerial view

Emerald Lake and Hidden Falls

Itinerary:
Batang Ai
Duration:
3 days / 2 nights (flexible)
Price:
from £ 569.- per person (excluding flights)

Visit the remote, emerald green reservoir of the Batang Ai, which the indigenous Iban tribe have called their home for thousands of years. Spend a couple of nights in a simple jungle lodge by the river and be guided around the dense jungle in search of wild orangutans.

Visit the remote, emerald green reservoir of the Batang Ai, which the indigenous Iban tribe have called their home for thousands of years. Spend a couple of nights in a simple jungle lodge by the river and be guided around the dense jungle in search of wild orangutans.

Borneo Batang Ai lagoons aerial view

Damai tropical beach Sarawak Malaysia

Kayaks and Beaches of Damai

Itinerary:
Damai Peninsula (Kuching)
Duration:
3 days / 2 nights (flexible)
Price:
from £ 335.- per person (excluding flights)

Over the next few days, you can relax and take it easy with a stay on the golden beaches of the Damai Peninsular – sometimes called Santubong – just north of Sarawak’s capital Kuching. You can swim in the South China Sea, relax with a book by the pool and simply take it easy.

Over the next few days, you can relax and take it easy with a stay on the golden beaches of the Damai Peninsular – sometimes called Santubong – just north of Sarawak’s capital Kuching. You can swim in the South China Sea, relax with a book by the pool and simply take it easy.

Damai tropical beach Sarawak Malaysia