Heritage Trail to Iban Longhouse
Daily from Kuching for a minimum of two passengers.
SIDE TRIP tour
- Breakfast & lunch. Dinner is also included on day 2.
- Seri Simangganong in Sri Aman for 1 night; and Iban longhouse for 1 night.
- The price shown is based on the best value travel dates in low season and includes return travel from Kuching, two nights accommodation, boat transfer, activities at the longhouse, entrance fees and services of an English speaking guide.
- A good level of fitness is required for the tour, especially on day 2, and it is therefore not recommended for the less mobile.At the Iban longhouse you can expect simple but clean facilities with accommodation in a communal room. Bedding and towels are provided with a separate block offering cold showers and toilets, which are in the middle of the jungle. With walls made of bamboo, there is little privacy and no electricity, so bring a torch and perhaps some earplugs.
- This holiday is 100% financially protected. ATOL protected 2713
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Day 1 Kuching
Travel by road (4 hours) to Sri Aman Division, stopping to visit a native market in Serian and, if time allows, also a pepper plantation before reaching Lachau, a small up-country Chinese village, where you enjoy lunch. Continue to Sri Aman and this afternoon, take a guided stroll around Sri Aman town, visiting Fort Alice and the century old Tze Yin Khor Chinese temple.
Day 2 Sri Aman
After breakfast, join your guide for a visit to a nearby native market. Later, travel onwards by road for 1 hour 30 minutes and then board a longboat for a 45 minute journey along the river to the longhouse. If weather permits you will stop enroute so your Iban guide can cook you lunch. On arrival at the longhouse meet the Ibans and their families and this evening join them as the prepare dinner. Later, you will be treated to a war dance in full ceremonial regalia.
Day 3 Iban Longhouse
After breakfast, join in a blowpipe demonstration with your guide before saying goodbye to the Ibans. Transfer by longboat to the jetty and continue by road back to Kuching, with a stop enroute for lunch.
Need to know
Departures
Daily from Kuching for a minimum of two passengers.
Meals
Breakfast & lunch. Dinner is also included on day 2.
Accommodation
Seri Simangganong in Sri Aman for 1 night; and Iban longhouse for 1 night.
Tour price
The price shown is based on the best value travel dates in low season and includes return travel from Kuching, two nights accommodation, boat transfer, activities at the longhouse, entrance fees and services of an English speaking guide.
Notes
A good level of fitness is required for the tour, especially on day 2, and it is therefore not recommended for the less mobile.At the Iban longhouse you can expect simple but clean facilities with accommodation in a communal room. Bedding and towels are provided with a separate block offering cold showers and toilets, which are in the middle of the jungle. With walls made of bamboo, there is little privacy and no electricity, so bring a torch and perhaps some earplugs.
