Things to Do in Brunei

Tam Kung Temple

Tam Kung Temple (Chinese: 谭公爷庙) is a Chinese temple located at Mile 1.5 of North Road in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. The temple was established in 1894 by Hakka immigrants in Sandakan.Media related to Tam Kung Temple at Wikimedia Commons

Sabah State Museum & Heritage Village

The Sabah Museum (Malay: Muzium Sabah) is the state museum of Sabah, Malaysia. It is sited on 17 hectares (42 acres) of land at Bukit Istana Lama in Kota Kinabalu, the state capital.

Masjid Negeri Sabah

Sabah State Mosque or Masjid Negeri Sabah is the state mosque of Sabah, located at Sembulan roundabout between Jalan Mat Salleh and Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.Construction began in 1970 and was completed in 1975.

Niah National Park

Niah National Park, located within Miri Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, is the site of the Niah Caves limestone cave and archeological site.

Peak Nam Toong Temple

Peak Nam Toong Temple (Chinese: 碧南堂) (also called as Peak Nam Tong Temple) is a Chinese temple located among housing estate beside Lorong Bunga Bakawali 3 in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.The temple was established in 1970 before undergoing renovation in 1982 with the temple patron deity are…

Batu Sapi

Gomantong Caves

The Gomantong Caves are an intricate cave system inside Gomantong Hill in Sandakan Division, Sabah, Malaysia. The hill is the largest limestone outcrop in the Lower Kinabatangan area.Situated in the Gomantong Forest Reserve, the caves and the surrounding area are a protected area for wildlife, espec…

Borneon Sun Bear Conservation Centre

The Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre is a wildlife conservation and research centre for improving animal welfare and rehabilitation of the Malayan sun bear (Helarctos malayanus).

Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary

Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre is located about 25 kilometres west of Sandakan in the state of Sabah, Malaysia.The centre opened in 1964 as the first official orangutan rehabilitation project for rescued orphaned baby orangutans from logging sites, plantations, illegal hunting or kept as pe…

Sacred Heart Cathedral Complex

Sacred Heart Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu, and the seat of its current archbishop, John Wong Soo Kau.

Sabah Islamic Civilization Museum

Sabah Islamic Civilisation Museum (Malay: Muzium Tamadun Islam Sabah) is a 2-storey museum building located at Menteri Street in Kota Kinabalu District of Sabah, Malaysia.The museum opening is officiated by the 8th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah, Sakaran Dandai on 5 April 2002.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu (Lat: Archdioecesis Kotakinabaluensis) is a Metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Sabah, a state of Malaysia on the island of Borneo.The Archdiocese is the oldest ecclesiastical territory in Malaysia, with a long hi…

Keningau Oath Stone

The Keningau Oath Stone (Malay: Batu Sumpah Keningau) is a monument in Keningau, Sabah erected to commemorate the terms in which the former British Crown Colony of North Borneo joined the former colony of Sarawak and the other states of the Federation of Malaya to form Malaysia.The proposal to form…

Keningau Heritage Museum

Keningau Heritage Museum (Malay: Muzium Warisan Keningau) is a museum located at Mahathir Park in Keningau of Sabah, Malaysia.The museum is located in a former Government Rest House that was built by the Borneo Construction Company Ltd.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Keningau

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Keningau (Lat: Dioecesis Keningauensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Malaysia.Erected in 1992, from the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu, on 23 May 2008; the diocese became a suffragan of the newly elevated Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu.

Lambir Hills National Park

The Lambir Hills National Park (Malay: Taman Negara Bukit Lambir) is a national park in Miri Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, on the island of Borneo.

Batu Lawi

Batu Lawi is a twin-peaked mountain in the Kelabit Highlands of Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo) that has played important roles in both ancient mythology and modern history. The taller 'male' peak is 2046 metres above sea level, while the female summit is at 1850 metres.

Petroleum Museum

The Petroleum Museum (Malay: Muzium Petroleum) is a museum in Canada Hill, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia.The area where the museum is located was the first oil exploration in Miri which used the Grand Oil Lady drilling rig. It produced oil starting from 22 December 1910 to 1972.

Mount Murud

Mount Murud or Muru (Malay: Gunung Murud) is a sandstone mountain located in Limbang Division, Sarawak, Malaysia At 2,424 m (7,946 ft), it is the highest mountain in Sarawak.Mount Murud at the elevation of 2,424 m, is the highest mountain in Sarawak, located at the boundary between Miri and Limbang…

Lian Hua San Ching Tien Temple

San Ching Tian Temple (Chinese: 美里三清殿) (also called as Lian Hua San Chieng Tien) is a Chinese temple located in a 1.5-acre site bordered by housing area in Krokop 9 Road of Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia, where it is also considered as the largest Taoist temple in Southeast Asia.The temple was bu…

Labuan Museum

The Labuan Museum (Malay: Muzium Labuan) is a museum located along Jalan Dewan in central Labuan, Malaysia.The museum building was originally constructed in the 1950s. It was once the administration office of the British North Borneo government.

Ulu Temburong National Park

Ulu Temburong National Park is the first national park to be established in Brunei, protected since 1991. The park is in Temburong District in eastern Brunei, and covers about 40% of the district in the south at 550 square kilometres (210 sq mi). It is within the Batu Apoi Forest Reserve.

Maliau Basin

Maliau Basin (Malay: Lembangan Maliau) or also Maliau Basin Conservation Area, is a region in Tongod District of Sabah, Malaysia, which represents a geological catchment surrounding the Maliau River.

Kayan Mentarang National Park

Kayan Mentarang National Park is a densely forested national park in North Kalimantan province, Borneo Island, Indonesia. The national park is named after a great dispersed Mentarang mountain trails plateau of Apau Kayan which covers the entire park from Datadian area in south region to Apau Ping ar…

Tun Mustapha Tower

Tun Mustapha Tower is a 122 metre, 30-story glass tower in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. It was built in 1976 by Mori Building Company, a Japanese builder.

Pu Tuo Si Temple

Pu Tuo Si Temple (also called as Puh Toh Tze Temple or Poh Toh Tse) is a Buddhist temple located off Tuaran Road in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. The temple was built in 1980 with a statue of Guanyin located in the entrance. It is the main Chinese temple for the city.

Kota Kinabalu City Mosque

The Kota Kinabalu City Mosque (Malay: Masjid Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu) is the second main mosque in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, after State Mosque in Sembulan. The head imam is Ustaz Suhaidi Kuanting.

Green Connection

The Green Connection is an aquarium and science discovery centre in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. The Green Connection opened in May 2010 and is located just outside down-town Kota Kinabalu in the North west corner of the island of Borneo.

Pogunon Community Museum

Pogunon Community Museum (Malay: Muzium Komuniti Pogunon) is a museum located at Pogunon Village in Penampang District of Sabah, Malaysia.

Atkinson Clock Tower

The Atkinson Clock Tower is the oldest standing structure in Kota Kinabalu. It was originally known as the Atkinson Memorial Clock Tower and sits in solitary on the bluff along Signal Hill Road overlooking this seaside city and capital of Sabah, Malaysia.

Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park

The Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park (Malay: Taman Negara Tunku Abdul Rahman) comprises a group of 5 islands located between Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia. The park is spread over 4,929 hectares, two-thirds of which cover the sea.

Double Six Monument

The Double Six Monument (Malay: Tugu Peringatan Double Six) is a memorial located at Sembulan area in Grace Garden housing complex in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia which marks the site of 6 June 1976 fatal plane crash known as the Double Six Tragedy bearing the first Chief Minister of Sabah, Tun Fu…

St. Michael's Church, Penampang

St. Michael’s Church is a Roman Catholic church in Donggongon, a town in the district of Penampang in the Malaysian state of Sabah. It is the oldest church in the district of Penampang and the second oldest stone church in Sabah, after St.

North Borneo War Memorial

The North Borneo War Monument (Malay: Tugu Peringatan Perang Borneo Utara) is a monument that was erected on 8 May 1923 by the North Borneo Chartered Company in Bond Street, Jesselton, British North Borneo.

Petagas War Memorial

The Petagas War Memorial or Petagas War Memorial Garden (Malay: Taman Peringatan Petagas/Perang Petagas) is a memorial park dedicated to the Second World War victims in Sabah particularly to 324 resistance movement members, who were executed on 21 January 1944 at the site by the Japanese occupying f…

De Fontaine Memorial

The De Fontaine Memorial (Malay: Tugu Peringatan De Fontaine) is a monument built by the North Borneo Chartered Company to remember an incident on 12 May 1885 that led to an ambush attack to the North Borneo Armed Constabulary, in which five members of the police force were killed.

Pulong Tau National Park

The Pulong Tau National Park (Malay: Taman Negara Pulong Tau) is a national park in the Kelabit Highlands of Sarawak, Malaysia, on the island of Borneo.In Lun Bawang and Kelabit dialects, Pulong Tau means "our forests", which signifies the pride of the indigenous people on their forests heritage.

Cho Huan Lai Memorial

Cho Huan Lai Memorial or also known as Keningau War Memorial (Malay: Tugu Peringatan Cho Huan Lai, Tugu Peringatan Perang Keningau) in the Malaysian town of Keningau in Sabah is a monument dedicated to Chinese Consul General Cho Huan Lai and his colleagues who died on 6 July 1945 after being execute…

Gunung Mulu

Mount Mulu (Malay: Gunung Mulu) is a sandstone and shale mountain. At 2376 m, it is the second highest mountain in the state of Sarawak, after Mount Murud. It is located within the boundaries of Gunung Mulu National Park, which is named after it.In the 19th century, Spenser St.

Mount Api

Mount Api (Malay: Gunung Api) is a limestone mountain located in Gunung Mulu National Park in Sarawak, Malaysia. Neighbouring Mount Benarat and Mount Buda are part of the same formation.

Deer Cave

Deer Cave (Malay: Gua Rusa), located near Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia, is a show cave attraction of Gunung Mulu National Park. It was surveyed in 1961 by G. E. Wilford of the Malaysian Geological Survey, who predicted that Mulu would yield many more caves in the future.

Clearwater Cave

The Clearwater Cave System (Malay: Gua Air Jernih) in Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia is believed to be one of the largest interconnected cave systems in the world by volume and the 9th longest cave in the world at 236.796 km (147.138 mi) (2020).

Bukit Pagon

Pagon (Malay: Bukit Pagon) is the highest mountain in Brunei. It is situated on the border with Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Pagon Hill is located in the Temburong District of Brunei.

Billionth Barrel Monument

The Billionth Barrel Monument is a monument located in Seria, Brunei.The monument was built in 1991. It was commemorated by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah on 18 July 1991.

Oil and Gas Discovery Centre

The Oil and Gas Discovery Centre (OGDC; Malay: Pusat Penemuan Minyak dan Gas) is a science centre in Seria, Belait District, Brunei.

Tasek Merimbun

Tasek Merimbun (Malay for Merimbun Lake) is the largest natural lake in Brunei. It is located near Mukim Rambai in the Tutong District, about 70 km from the capital, Bandar Seri Begawan.

Batu Apoi Forest Reserve

Batu Apoi Forest Reserve is located in Batu Apoi in the Temburong District of Brunei. The Ulu Temburong National Park is located within the reserve. Its mountains reach altitudes of 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) around its southeastern borders.

Borneo peat swamp forests

The Borneo peat swamp forests ecoregion, within the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests biome, are on the island of Borneo, which is divided between Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia.

Masjid Hassanal Bolkiah

Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque (Malay: Masjid Hassanal Bolkiah) is a mosque in Mentiri, a settlement area in Brunei-Muara District of Brunei.The construction of the mosque began on 2 May 2017 with the foundation laying ceremony held three days later.

Brunei Museum

The Brunei Museum is the national museum of Brunei located at Kota Batu near the capital city of Bandar Seri Begawan. The museum has exhibits of Islamic art, historical period of the 16th century and archaeology and ethnography. It is the largest museum in Brunei.

Ash-Shaliheen Mosque

The Ash Shaliheen Mosque (Malay: Masjid Ash-Shaliheen) is a mosque located besides the Prime Minister's Office Complex in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.The mosque is built in the Moroccan style by Egyptian architect Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil, winner of the 2009 Driehaus Prize and part of the New Classical…

Brunei Darussalam Maritime Museum

The Brunei Darussalam Maritime Museum (Malay: Muzium Maritim Brunei Darussalam) is a museum located at Kota Batu, Brunei.The museum is located within the historical area of Kota Batu.

Twelve roof house

Bubungan Dua Belas (in Malay bubungan (or bum bungan) is roof, dua belas is twelve) or House of Twelve Roofs is located in Jalan Residency, at the foot of Bukit Subok Forest Reserve Recreational Park and about one mile from south of the center of Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.

Jame'Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque

Jame' Asr Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque (Malay: Masjid Jame' Asr Hassanil Bolkiah) is a mosque in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. It is one of the two national mosques, the other being Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque.Jame' 'Asr Hassanal Bolkiah is a waqf of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th and current Sultan of…

Taman Jubli Perak Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah

The Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Silver Jubilee Park (Malay: Taman Jubli Perak Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah) is a public park in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.

Betung Kerihun National Park

Betung Kerihun National Park (previously Bentuang Karimun) is a national park in the province of West Kalimantan on the island of Borneo, Indonesia. It is located inland, along the Malaysian border.

Cape Melville Lighthouse

The Cape Melville Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse located in the island of Balabac, the southernmost point of the province of Palawan in the Philippines. It is also the southwest corner of the archipelago.

Kinabalu National Park

Kinabalu Park (Malay: Taman Kinabalu), established as one of the first national parks of Malaysia in 1964, is Malaysia's first World Heritage Site designated by UNESCO in December 2000 for its "outstanding universal values" and the role as one of the most important biological sites in the world with…

Kota Kinabalu Wetland

Kota Kinabalu Wetland Centre is 24 hectares (59 acres) of the only remains of mangrove forest that once existed extensively along the coastal region of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

Gunung Mulu National Park

The Gunung Mulu National Park is a national park in Miri Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that encompasses caves and karst formations in a mountainous equatorial rainforest setting.

Tun Sakaran Museum

Tun Sakaran Museum (Malay: Muzium Tun Sakaran) is a museum in Semporna of Sabah, Malaysia. It is named after the 8th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah, Sakaran Dandai.

Turtle Islands Park

Turtle Islands Park (Taman Pulau Penyu) is located within the Turtle Islands, which lie in the Sulu Sea some 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) north of Sandakan in Sabah, Malaysia.

Masjid Daerah Sandakan

The Sandakan District Mosque (Malay: Masjid Daerah Sandakan or also known as Masjid Besar Sim-Sim) is a mosque in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. Build in 1985 and completed in 1989, it is the main mosque for the district of Sandakan.

Japanese Cemetery

Sandakan Japanese Cemetery (Japanese: サンダカン日本墓地; Malay: Tanah Perkuburan Jepun Sandakan) is an old graveyard in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia.

Sandakan Massacre Memorial

Sandakan Massacre Memorial (Malay: Tugu Peringatan Pembunuhan Beramai-ramai Sandakan) consists of three monuments which commemorate 30 Chinese victims, most of the members are local elite of an underground movement who been executed on 27 May 1945 along with several other victims during the Japanese…

Sandakan Jamek Mosque

The Sandakan Jamek Mosque (Malay: Masjid Jamek Sandakan or also known as Masjid Jamek Sheik Hasabollah At-Tohiri) is a mosque in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia.

Batu Tinagat Lighthouse

The Batu Tinagat Lighthouse (Malay: Rumah Api Batu Tinagat) is a lighthouse on Batu Tinagat of Tawau Division in Sabah, Malaysia. It is located approximately 10 kilometres from the Tawau town centre.The lighthouse components were delivered from Birmingham, United Kingdom by Chance Brothers and Co.

Agop Batu Tulug Caves

Agop Batu Tulug Caves is an archaeological site in the Malaysian state of Sabah and refers to a group of several caves in a steep limestone cliffs in the Kinabatangan district.The name combines words from three languages: agop in Sungai language means "cave", batu is the Malay word for "rock", while…

Battle of Tarakan

The Battle of Tarakan was the first stage in the Borneo campaign of 1945. It began with an amphibious landing by Allied forces on 1 May, code-named Operation Oboe One; the Allied ground forces were drawn mainly from the Australian 26th Brigade, but included a small element of Netherlands East Indies…

Al-Kauthar Mosque

The Al-Kauthar Mosque (Malay: Masjid Al-Kauthar or also known as Masjid Besar Tawau) is a mosque in Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia.Built in 1997 and completed in 2002, it is the largest mosque in the state of Sabah, with a capacity that can accommodate from 16,000–17,000 people.

Tawau Bell Tower

The Tawau Bell Tower (also known as the Belfry) is the oldest standing structure in Tawau, constructed by the Japanese to commemorate the signing of armistice agreement following World War I when Japan was an ally of Great Britain.The bell tower was constructed in 1921 by Japanese community in North…

Tawau Japanese War Memorial

Tawau Japanese War Memorial (Japanese: タワウ戦争記念館; Malay: Tugu Peringatan Perang Jepun Tawau) is a former Japanese cemetery in Tawau in the Malaysian state of Sabah which now has been transformed into a memorial.

Tawau Hills National Park

Tawau Hills Park, was established in 1979, primarily as a protection for the water catchment area of Tawau town, Sabah, Malaysia. It is located 24 kilometres from Tawau, and comprises 279.72 km² of lowland dipterocarp rainforest, surrounded by oil palm and cacao plantations.

The Tip of Borneo

The Tip of Borneo (Malay: Tanjung Simpang Mengayau) is the northernmost tip of Borneo located in the district of Kudat, in the state of Sabah, Malaysia. The tip marks the meeting point of the South China Sea and Sulu Sea.

Danum Valley Conservation Area

Danum Valley Conservation Area is a 438 square kilometres tract of relatively undisturbed lowland dipterocarp forest in Sabah, Malaysia.

Miri Crocodile Farm

The Miri Crocodile Farm cum Mini Zoo (Malay: Taman Buaya Miri dan Zoo Mini) is a crocodile farm and zoo in Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is registered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.The farm and zoo was opened on 16 August 1998.

Starcevich memorial monument

The Starcevich Monument or Beaufort Australian Monument (Malay: Tugu Peringatan Starcevich, Tugu Peringatan Beaufort) is a monument in the town of Beaufort in Sabah, Malaysia dedicated to Tom Starcevich from the 9th Division Army of Australia during the reconquest of the town by the Allied forces on…

Battle of Beaufort

The Battle of Beaufort took place during the Second World War between Allied and Japanese forces. Part of the wider Borneo campaign of the Pacific War, it was fought between 26 and 28 June 1945 in North Borneo (later known as Sabah).

Sangkulirang – Mangkalihat Karts: Prehistoric rock art area

The Sangkulirang-Mangkalihat Karst is a karstique area in Sub Kelay, Biatan, Talisayan, Batu Putih, and Biduk-biduk Berau districts of East Kalimantan province on the island of Borneo in Indonesia.

Turtle Islands

Turtle Islands, officially the Municipality of Turtle Islands, is a 5th class municipality in the province of Tawi-Tawi, Philippines.

Pegunungan Muller

The Müller Mountains (Indonesian: Pegunungan Muller) are a mountain range in Central Borneo. The mountains extend along the northern border of Kalimantan, the Indonesia-administered parts of Borneo. The mountains are the source of the Kapuas River.

Mount Maria

Mount Maria (Malay: Gunung Maria) is a volcanic cone mountain located at the Tawau Division of Sabah, Malaysia. It reaches a height of approximately 1,067 metres (3,501 ft).The mountain is formed through the late Pleistocene volcanisms which contributed to the prominent topographic features of the S…

Mount Lucia

Mount Lucia (Malay: Gunung Lucia) is a volcanic cone mountain located at the Tawau Division of Sabah, Malaysia. It reaches a height of approximately 1,201 metres (3,940 ft).The mountain is formed through the late Pleistocene volcanisms.

Mount Kaingaran

Mount Kaingaran (Malay: Gunung Kaingaran) is a mountain located at the West Coast Division of Sabah, Malaysia. It is considered as the fourth highest mountain in the country with height at 2,468 metres (8,097 ft).

Mahua Waterfall

Mahua Waterfall (Malay: Air Terjun Mahua) is a plunge type waterfall located in Patau Village, Tambunan District of Sabah, Malaysia within the Crocker Range National Park administered by Sabah Parks under the state Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Environment.

Mount Dulit

Mount Dulit is a mountain in Borneo. It peaks at 1,311 metres (4,301 ft) above sea level and stands at the head of the Baram River in northern Sarawak, Malaysia. It is a western outlier of the Bornean cordillera and is largely covered with tropical rainforest.

Belait District Museum

Belait District Museum is a museum opened in 2016 in the Belait District of Brunei.The museum is located at Jalan Maulana, Kuala Belait, Brunei.The building was built in 1938 n six acres of land as the official residence for the Assistant British Resident and later became the official residence of t…

Kampong Pandan Mosque

Kampong Pandan Library (Malay: Perpustakaan Kampong Pandan, officially Perpustakaan Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Kampung Pandan) is a public library in Kampong Pandan in Belait, Brunei.

Mount Benarat

Mount Benarat (Malay: Gunung Benarat) is a mountain located in Gunung Mulu National Park in Sarawak, Malaysia. Consisting of limestone on the western side which is overlain by gritstone on the eastern side.

Benarat Cavern

Benarat Cavern (Malay: Lubang Benarat) is a cave system situated in Mount Benarat at the northern end of Mulu National Park in Malaysia. As of 2011, it is the third-longest known cave in Asia at 50 km.

Gunung Buda Project

Gunung Buda National Park is a national park located in Limbang Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is located to the north of Gunung Mulu National Park. Gunung Buda National Park was gazetted in 2001. As in September 2017, the national park was in the planning stage for tourism activities.