SEVEN DAYS TRAVEL IN ASIA

This tour will cover 3 countries, which is the Brunei Darussalam, Singapore, and the Miri of Sarawak. Later below, there will be brief informations on things such as how long the tourists will be staying on each country and descriptions on the places of interests or attractions that will be include in the tour. The first destination in the tour will be Brunei Darussalam which is for 2days/1night, follow by Singapore which is also for 2days/1night, and the last will be the Miri of Sarawak which is for 3days/2nights that includes going back to Brunei Darussalam.

Flag of Sarawak, Singapore, and Brunei Darussalam

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 2days/1night

The first destination will be the Brunei Darussalam. Well, Brunei Darussalam is considered as one of the places in Borneo that is well known with its richness in ecotourism. Since most of its land is still covered with about 75% of tropical rainforest, people usually went to Brunei Darussalam seeking for the nature tours. The highlighted eco-attractions are listed below. Here,tourist can choose either two of the location below, whether they will be going for Merimbun trip or the Selirong Island Trip.

Merimbun Heritage Park

Boat Cruise

Tourists will travel by road from Bandar Seri Begawan, about one and a half hour drive into the heart of the Tutong district. Tasek Merimbun is the largest water lake in Brunei. The park which was declared an ASEAN National Heritage site in 1984 covers 7800 ha. The area is made up of extensive tracts of primary and secondary rainforest, coupled with large areas of peat swamp forest. The park has a rich flora and fauna and this unique biodiversity has attracted both local and foreign researchers. The area is home to a variety of wildlife, including borneo gibbons, Maroon Langur (Red leaf monkey), crocodile, many birds and more than 40 species of dragonfly. The area is also interesting botanically, and has numerous pitcher plants and orchids.

Boat Cruise


The Balai Purun


In the Gallery Hall




Selirong Island

The amazing mangrove of Selirong is located in the outer southeastward reach of Brunei Bay. Here at this island, people can see the most tallest and largest mangrove of Borneo. Trip in this island is more towards walking and observing, where peple will walk through a 2km wooden walkway from the starting point at the headquarer to the end.

Jetty at the Headquarter






The Colugo

SINGAPORE 2days/1night

Then, from Brunei Darussalam, tourists will be brought continuing the tour to the next destination which is Singapore. It is more often associated with soaring skycrapers, state-of-the-art office towers and acres of shopping malls THAN with parks and wildlife, green pastures and original forest and mangrove areas.

Nevertheless, highly urbanised Singapore is indeed a city of contrast. It can be surprising to discover a genuine rainforest, mangrove areas which lives by rich variety of flora and fauna and over 300 species of birds.

Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

Singapore's oldest primary rainforest

The forest was never extensively cleared for cultivation and shelters a vast variety of plants. Bukit Timah was declared by Alfred Russel Wallace to be 'exceedingly productive'. Indeed, species new to science continue to be discovered here, even today!

The Bukit Timah and Central Catchment nature reserves are home to more than 840 flowering plants and over 500 species of animals. These include towering trees, climbing palms (better known as rattans), ferns, orchids, gingers and strange blooms such as the Black or Bat lily. The forest is home to all kinds of animals. The most commonly encountered are the Long-tailed Macaques or monkeys. Please don't feed them as this does them more harm than good. Other special treats are the Flying lemur (Colugo) and squirrels. Forest birds include the Striped tit-babbler, the Fairy bluebird, drongos and bulbuls.

MacRitchie Reservoir

The distinctive zig-zag bridge and Performing Arts Pavilion are popular spots at the reservoir

More than one square kilometre of primary forest still flourishes in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve today, particularly around MacRitchie Reservoir. Rubber trees, remnants of the plantations from the 19th century, can still be seen along the fringes around the reservoir.

There are boardwalks skirting the edge of the scenic MacRitchie Reservoir and walking trails through the forest. They range in distances from 3 km to 11 km. Interpretative signboards along the boardwalks allow for a self-guided tour along the fringes of the MacRitchie forest.

The boardwalk around the perimeter of the MacRitchie Reservoir brings the visitor through interesting secondary forest in the Central Catchment nature area. The boardwalk which hugs the reservoir also allows for easy exploration of freshwater wildlife. The Ant plant (Macaranga bancana.) and pitcher plants are common in the area.

Boardwalk at MacRitchie Reservoir

Reservoir, boardwalk and running trail converge

MIRI 3days/2nights

Gunung Mulu National Park

Mulu in Sarawak, Malaysia, is home to the world’s largest and most fascinating caves. The caves of the World Heritage listed Mulu National Park break all known records. Among Mulu’s treasures are the Sarawak Chamber (the world’s largest cave); Deer Cave, with the biggest known cave entrance in the world; and Clearwater Cave, with the world’s longest underground cavity. Then there are the literally dozens of smaller, less-visited caves, with such enticing names as Wonder Cave, Good Luck Cave, Lang's Cave, and Imperial Cave.

Take a plank walk into a 120 million year old rainforest bringing you through a peat swamp, alluvial and limestone flats. To experience a true "caving" experience, you could opt to trek, swim and climb (and occasionally crawl) through several cave passages that will take you from the main chamber to secret exits. On a clear night, you could bear witness to a spectacular natural display of bats (millions of them!) forming a spooky blackened sky above emerging from nearby caves in search of food. Mulu is definitely the adventure caving tour of a lifetime.