Accommodation
Tour Comfort: Rustic
This tour has been categorised as Rustic. This is based on the standard of accommodation used throughout the tour, transport involved whilst the tour is in motion, and what modern facilities are available. This is more suited for travellers looking for a cost friendly experience at a basic level.
During your time in Kuching, you will stay in a boutique guesthouse, located 20 minutes from Kuching Airport (KCH). You will stay in a twin-share room which comes complete with Wi-Fi, television, a phone and an en-suite bathroom with western-style toilet and hot shower.
The guesthouse has a courtyard bar and swimming pool which you can enjoy, or being just 10 minutes from the city centre, shops and restaurants can also be easily reached.
Whilst visiting the Matang Wildlife Centre, you will be staying in a traditional longhouse situated within the grounds of Kubah National Park, which in turn makes for rather an idyllic rainforest setting. The longhouses themselves are original wooden structures from the centre’s construction back in 1997, so please understand that while these may not be the most pristine of lodgings, they are a suitable home for your authentic Bornean experience!
2-4 people share each dormitory style room on a same-sex basis and you will have access to a bathroom complete with western toilets and overhead showers. Please note that there is no hot water here, however, you may find a cold shower to be a welcome respite after a day of work and humidity!
You’ll spend your fourth night of the trip in the stunning Bako National Park, the oldest national park in Sarawak. While the accommodation itself is basic, it is situated in the very heart of the park, meaning you’ll be always surrounded by amazing flora and fauna – though you will need to make sure that your door is closed at all times, otherwise monkeys may make their way in!
The accommodation is dormitory style with 2-4 people per room sharing on a same-sex basis and the shared bathrooms come complete with western toilets and overhead showers.
These nights will again be spent in a traditional wooden longhouse, but this time alongside a Malay community close to one of Sarawak's secluded beaches.
Again, the accommodation is dormitory style with 2-4 people per room sharing on a same-sex basis and access to shared bathrooms complete with western toilets and overhead showers.
The next two nights of the tour will be spent in rather rustic and traditional accommodation, located in Padawan, Sarawak. You will be living alongside the Bidyau community, spending your evenings in a traditional bamboo longhouse.
The rooms in the longhouse are dormitory style with 2-4 people per room, sharing on a same-sex basis. Here the bathrooms have western toilets and overhead showers.
There are not many opportunities left in this day and age to be completely isolated and cut off from all the trappings of technology and the Western consumerist way of life. This, however, is one of them. Electricity is provided by a generator which runs for 3-4 hours per day. Other than that, there is no power, no telephone signal and no internet. It is you, the jungle, and that is it.
During this time, you will be living in a very basic longhouse and staying in dormitory-style rooms with shared bathrooms and cold waterfall-fed showers - so get ready to get back to basics!