Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Tours
The following outfits run canoe trips in the Limpaki Wetlands, where you can often see
proboscis monkeys, and can take you to the crash site of a
B-34 Liberator
shot down by
the Japanese in 1944, and to the salty
Maritam Mud Spring
(aka the 'Mud Volcano'),
34km towards BSB.
Chua Eng Hin
( 019-814 5355; chualbg@streamyx.com)
A well- known local personality with a pas-
sion for Limbang District's largely unknown charms.
SIGHTSEEING, CANOEING
Borneo Touch Ecotour
( 013-844 3861;
www.walk2mulu.com
;
1st fl, 2061 Rickett Commercial Bldg)
Run by
the dynamic Mr Lim (no, Limbang is not named for him), this local company offers
highly recommended treks up or down the Headhunters' Trail to/from Gunung Mulu Na-
tional Park (RM950 per person for three days and two nights, including the Pinnacles;
minimum four people).
CANOEING, TREKKING
Sleeping
East Asia Hotel $
( 085-215 600; cnr Jln Wong Tsap En & Jln Wayang; d old/new RM45/78; )
A
waterfront hostelry with 33 clean and comfy rooms, eleven of them nicely remodelled;
some have river views. Situated four short blocks south of the Purnama Hotel. Room de-
posit: RM100.
HOTEL
Purnama Hotel $$
( 085-216700;
www.purnamalimbang.com
;
Jln Buangsiol; s/d from RM105/115;
)
Ensconced in Limbang's tallest building (12 storeys), this uninspiring hotel - ornamen-
ted with rainbow-hued balconies - has 218 spacious but aesthetically challenged rooms
that come with big views and small bathrooms.
HOTEL
Eating
Pusat Penjaja Medan Bangkita $
MARKET
