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Sarawak Cultural Village
The Cultural Village was set up to preserve and
showcase Sarawak’s cultural heritage. Located at
Pantai Damai, Santubong, just 32km from Kuching,
it is a wonderful place to get introduced to the local
culture and lifestyle.
Sprawled across 17 acres, there are about
150 people living in the village, demonstrating
traditional daily activities from Sarawak’s diverse
tribes like the processing of sago and the making
of handicrafts. They wear traditional costumes and
also put on dances for visitors.
There are replicas of buildings that represent
every major ethnic group in Sarawak; longhouses
of the
Iban, Bidayuh
and
Orang Ulu
, a Melanau
tall-house and a Chinese farm house, among others.
The village also has a theatre, where you can
enjoy multicultural dance performances. Besides
this, there is a restaurant and handicraft shop.
You can even get married at the Sarawak Cultural
Village, in traditional
Iban, Malay, Bidayuh
or
Orang
Ulu
style.
Kubah National Park
Situated on a small sandstone plateau, this small
park boasts crystal clear streams and a host of
small waterfalls and bathing pools. Kubah is mostly
covered by mixed dipterocarp forest, but it also has
one of the widest selections of palms and orchids
in Borneo.
The varied wildlife includes bearded pig, mouse
deer, black hornbill and many species of amphibians
and reptiles. However, Kubah’s wildlife tends to stay
deep in the forest so it is not really a park for wildlife
encounters The appeal here lies in its rainforest
scenery, waterfalls, streams and bathing pools and
the 93 species of palm found within its boundaries.
The park has many jungle trails, and a path that
leads to the summit of
Gunung Serapi
. Wooden
shelters are located along the various trails. The
Main Trail passes through dipterocarp forest and
links the various trails of the park. The Palmetum
is the park’s showcase trail, passing through an area
rich in palms. The Selang Trail leads to a viewpoint
about 45 minutes walk from the headquarters.
The Waterfall Trail is the most popular trail in the
park as it passes through mixed dipterocarp forests
and incorporates a number of plank walk sections
that cross streams and swampy land.
There are other trails that take different times to
trek and colourful forest birds including the maroon
woodpecker, white rumped shama, chestnut-naped
forktail and rufous-collared kingfisher are often
heard and seen, and giant squirrels are frequently
spotted jumping from tree to tree.
Kuching is well worth a trip to discover all that
she has to offer. Visit soon and you may be surprised
at what you discover.
The Cultural Village was set
up to preserve and showcase
Sarawak’s cultural heritage
The park has many jungle
trails, and a path that leads to
the summit of Gunung Serapi.
Wooden shelters are located
along the various trails