National Parks and Forest Reserves in Kuching
National Parks and forest reserves in Kuching are not only important for forest conservation, but also a vital tourism charm for locals and tourist. In Kuching alone, there’s over 15 national parks and forest reserves, so we can’t really cover all of them for now. However, we are trying our best to get information about […]
Sarawak Performing Arts Centre Kuching (Old DUN Sarawak)
The Sarawak Performing Arts Centre Kuching was formerly the Sarawak State Legislative Building (DUN Sarawak). Since the completion of the new iconic Sarawak State Legislative Building, it was used to house offices as well as events as it could easily hold 1,000 people at a time wihin its hall. In 2017, the then Tourism Minister […]
UNIFOR Complex Kuching
The UNIFOR Complex Kuching is a government development meant to serve and become the new headquarters for non-Muslim religious management in Sarawak. UNIFOR which stands for Unit for Other Religions, with the new complex now being constructed on three acres of prime land at the heart of Kuching City. The futuristic looking building will be […]
The Sarawak flagpole (Dataran Ibu Pertiwiku)
The Sarawak flagpole will be the tallest flagpole structure in South East Asia, and it was announced in January 2023. According to an article by the Borneo Post, construction on the flagpole has already begun and it will be 99-meter in length once completed, and is said to weigh a tonne. The funding of the […]
Brooke Dockyard Industrial Heritage Museum
The Brooke Dockyard Industrial Heritage Museum is a museum made from the restored dockyard which was established during the second Rajah Charles Brooke. It aims to showcase Sarawak’s rich maritime and shipbuilding heritage. The dockyard cost RM42 million to restore, with an additional RM5 million allocated for further enhancements. Among the key exhibits in the […]
Catholic Memorial Pilgrimage Centre (CMPC), Singai
The Catholic Memorial Pilgrimage Centre (CMPC) at Mount Singai in Bau, Kuching is both a retreat and a pilgrimage centre for Catholics. It also doubles as a hiking site for many as the journey up the mountain does provide a fantastic view of Bau, from the mountain peak. The wooden steps leading up to the […]
Batu Kawah Riverbank Park, Kuching
The Batu Kawah Riverbank Park is a five phase park development in the Batu Kawa area, just about twenty minutes from the main city centre of Kuching. It cost RM8.8 million and Padawan Municipal Council is the implementing agency. It covers an area of 15.6 acres, with a 2km walkway from the Chinese temple at […]
Majma’ Mall (Sarawak Islamic Complex) Kuching
Majma’ Mall in Kuching is actually part of the Sarawak Islamic Complex. The complex, or building, was renamed Majma’ Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah Complex on 16 September 2013. From then on, the building was more popular with the name Majma’ Mall as the name is better promoted outside the building. The building consists of […]
Sarawak Science Centre (SSC)
The Sarawak Science Centre or SSC is a project by the Sarawak Government which dates back to 2017. The idea was to create a Science Centre which is the first of a kind in the region, while promoting young Sarawakians to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), and will be the first of its kind […]
Bidayuh Cultural Centre, Bau
The Bidayuh Cultural Centre (BCC) is a RM9 million project that was announced in 2016, and approved in 2017. It is not to be confused with the Bidayuh Cultural Village in Singai, Kuching. The Dayak Bidayuh National Association (DBNA) has been tasked to take care of the BCC, which includes managing and running the centre […]
The Astana Sarawak
The Astana or better known among locals as Astana Sarawak is the official residence of the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak, the governor of Sarawak. It sits proudly at the banks of the Sarawak river, impossible to miss from the Kuching Waterfront. It was built in 1870 by the second White Rajah, Charles Brooke, as a […]
Kuching Amphitheatre
The Kuching North City Hall Amphitheatre, or better known as Kuching Amphitheatre, or Pangung Udara in Malay, is a 5 acre public park under the charge of Kuching North City Council (DBKU). In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the land where the amphiteater now sits used to be a golf course before it was […]