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Borneo Highland Exploration Penrissen Summit, the Leeches Mountain

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How to go here? 1st, please take note that there are no public transport to Borneo Highland Resort. You will have to chartered a taxi, or make new friend in Kuching, and ask him/her to drive you to Borneo Highland. We drive here all the way from Kuching town, took us within 2 hours to reach. How much is the entrance fees? We paid RM8 per person to enter Borneo Highland, and drive all the way up to the resort entrance. Where we will be greed by the security guard. Then, we paid another RM10 to use their car (compulsory) to go to the viewpoint of Kalimantan, Indonesia. That is where we start our hike. The young and brave Borneo Explorer, Wilson Chin (me) Do you need a guide? There are marking on the trees for you to follow, not necessary to hire guide. There are two route, 1st the longer one will lead you to Batu Panggah  (click to reach) then to summit which takes you estimate 3 - 4 hours from starting point to summit. 2nd route, from starting point bypas

Top 3 waterfall in Kuching to go with family and friends easily

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Top 3 waterfall in Kuching to go with family and friends easily Santubong Waterfall Kubah National Park Waterfall Gunung Gading National Park Waterfall As an explorer in Kuchicng, one of the question that I’m frequently being asked is “Which waterfall can I go over the weekend with my friends/family” What people want are: Easily access within 1 hour Near to the place they park Have public toilet and bathroom Can barbeque Then I start to put on my thinking cap, and listed a few. Among that I chose these three as the top, and I hope that this can serve as a guideline for you when you visit Kuching, and would like to visit the waterfall. The Santubong Waterfall How to go? Santubong is located on the North of the Kuching city, with just 35KM away from town. A 45 minutes car ride to reach the Santubong Mountain. The entrance is before the Santubong resort, and on the right there will be a power station, the entrance is just next to the power station

Bukit Mas Sembiling Nature Reservre Tasik Mas Trail Limbang Sarawak Borneo

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Brief intro of Limbang Due to its geographical location, the limbang town is completely cut off from the rest of #Sarawak road network. So limbang roads link to Brunei and Temburong. Exploring the town, its a vast develops town, and people here are utilizing the close diplomatic relationship with the neighboring Brunei county to do business. Good place to live... Bukit Mas is within the Sembiling Nature Reserve which is the back bone hill of Limbang town, its an easy 30 mins hike up to the summit from either the Bukit Mas, or Tasik Mas trail. How to get to this trail 1. Via the Bukit Mas route.  From Pandaruan road, go all the way torwards the Temburong direction, just right after the old abandon Limbang airport, and the army camp, you will see a tarmac road up hill to the telekom and mobile transmission towels. You can either park your car at the foot hill, or drive all the way up to the guard house near the towel, and start to hike from there. 2. Via Tasik Mas route

Taman Negara Ulu Temburong National Park Exploration with Wilson Chin Brunei Borneo

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Brief intro about Temburong The #Temburong is the eastern-most district in #Brunei on the Borneo island. Its capital is called #Bangar the main town in Temburong. Temburong is rich in unspoiled nature heritage, one of the protected forest is the Ulu Temburong National Park (Formerly the Batu Apoi Forest Reserve) How to get to this place? I went there by car from the Limbang town, be aware that Limbang to Temburong you will need a passport. After I reached, I visited the banks of the Temburong and #Belalong river. So to go to the national park, we need to use long boat by the temburong river, which I don't have time on this trip. How to go to this belalong river, the google map is here The journey is about 37km from Limbang town, and total driving time is about 55 minutes. When crossing the border, finger cross to hope that not much car queuing up to stamp their passport, cause this will save some time. There is a lodge, and you can opt to spend a nigh