Situated at 18 Miles (29km) Kuching/ Serian Highway, a 20 minute leisure drive from Kuching Town, the capital of Sarawak, Land of Hornbills, boasts one of the largest and the only crocodile breeding farm in the country.
Set amidst the charming backdrop of tall tropical trees, lush vegetation and local fruit trees lies this unique farm with over a thousand crocodiles bred in captivity. The farm provides a perfect sanctuary for the reptiles, saving the species from extinction. There are huge and deep concrete ponds and natural breeding grounds for the crocodiles to mate and multiply.
Visitors are able to gaze at the snapping jaws, cold menacing eyes, sharp pointed teeth and powerful lashing tails of the crocs within short distance yet safe because of the metal fence.
Apart from crocodiles there are also numerous rare species of birds and animals found only in the Borneo Island. Visitors can have the enchanting experience of walking freely among the monkeys, leopard-cats, sunbears, bearcats, pheasants, civets, barking deers, sambar deers, turtles, fruit bats, monitor lizards, pythons and even hornbills.
How To Get There.
The Crocodile Farm is located about 29km (18 ½ Miles) from Kuching City, just off the Kuching-Serian Highway on the way to Skrang River, Batang Air Resort. It is easily accessible by road, which takes only 20 minutes by car and is a popular stop-over for tourists and locals enroot to their Skrang River Safari for an adventure of a lifetime.
Attraction
The best time to visit Jong’s Crocodile Farm
The Feeding time of the crocodiless is at 11am and 3pm. The opening hours of Jong’s Crocodile Farm are from 9am to 5pm.
Jong’s Crocodile Farm Admission Fees
Adult RM16.00 (USD5.3)Children RM8.00 (USD2.7)
Almost every visitor to Kuching has seen Kubah National Park, whether they realise it or not. This massive sandstone ridge with its three mountain peaks – the 911m high Gunung Serapi and the slightly smaller Gunung Selang and Gunung Sendok – is clearly visible from the Kuching Waterfront. Situated only 22 kilometres from Kuching, Kubah is not only the most visible but also one of the most accessible of Sarawak’s National Parks. The Park covers an area of 2,230 hectares, and comprises the heavily forested slopes and ridges of the Serapi range. At heights of between 150-450 metres, Kubah’s soft sandstone is punctuated with bands of hardened limestone which have created a number of beautiful waterfalls.
Waterfall at Kubah National Park
Fairy Caves in Kuching, Sarawak Borneo is located about 50 km from the capital and getting here is quite easy considering you take a proper tour guide with you. The caves are about 8km to the nearest town calledBau which used to be a gold mining town back in the day. The Fairy Cave is also known as Gua Kapor in Malayand is one of the very interesting caves to visit while here. Upon reaching the Fairy Caves, you will be greeted by the local Sarawak Tourism signpost with the cave name on it. This way you know where you are and we parked the van just outside the entrance. There used to be a counter that probably collected money but it seemed abandon for a while. So entrance is free.But you need to walking up a concrete staircase 5 floors high or 30 metres high.
Directions to Fairy Caves:
Take the Batu Kawa-Tondong Highway towards Bau town. When you reach the traffic lights near Bau, turn right and continue driving. The t-junction to Wind Caves is on the right and the Fairy Caves on the left. Keep driving till the end of the road and you will see the Signpost for the Fairy Caves. Anyway, there is a 5 storey structure at the entrance of the cave.
The Semenggoh Wildlife Centre was established in 1975 to care for wild animals which have either been found injured in the forest, orphaned, or were previously kept as illegal pets. The centre is situated within the boundaries of the Semenggoh Nature Reserve, approximately 24 km from Kuching.
When established, the three main aims of the Centre were:
- To rehabilitate wild animals who have been injured, orphaned in the wild or handicapped by
- prolonged captivity, with the objective of subsequently releasing them back to the wild.
- To conduct research on wildlife and captive breeding programmes for endangered species.
- To educate visitors and the general public about the importance of conservation.
The Centre has been a resounding success, caring for almost 1,000 endangered mammals, birds and reptiles from dozens of different species. However it is the orang utan rehabilitation programme that has made the Centre famous. In one respect, Semenggoh has been too successful – so many orang utan have been successfully reintroduced into the surrounding forest reserve that the forest’s carrying capacity has been reached, and rehabilitation activities have been transferred to the Matang Wildlife Centre, part of Kubah National Park.
As a result of its success, Semenggoh’s role has changed and it is nowadays a centre for the study of orang utan biology and behaviour, as well as a safe and natural haven for dozens of semi-wild orang utan, graduates of the rehabilitation programme. It is also home to numerous baby orang utan, born in the wild to rehabilitated mothers, a further testament to the success of the programme.
A visit to Semenggoh is a once in a lifetime experience - a chance to see semi-wild orang utan, ranging from tiny infants and boisterous adolescents to dignified mature adults, enjoying life in a secure natural habitat.
It’s the best way to learn about Sarawak in 3 hours. It’s a real-life showcase of the Sarawak long houses and rich cultures.
Don’t tell me you’re Malay, Chinese, Indian first and Malaysian second; when there’re more races like Iban, Bidayuh, Orang Ulu, Melanau just in Sarawak.
example of longhouse at Cultural Village.
The Orang Ulu Long House
Sarawak Cultural Village is tucked away on the foothills of Mount Santubong at Damai Beach, 35 km north from Kuching. It is also known as a living museum.
Among others you can find houses built by the different people of Sarawak - Orang Ulu, Bidayauh, Iban and Melanau - as well as Chinese and Malay houses. It is also the location of the famous Rainforest World Music Festival every july.
The entrance fee is RM 60.00 (Adult) and RM 30.00 (Child:6-12 years old).For children aged under 6,its free.The opening hours for Sarawak Cultural Village is from 9 a.m to 5.15 p.m daily.They are two cultural shows per day: 11.30-12.15 and 4 to 4.45.
The best time to visit Jong’s Crocodile Farm
