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Bidayuh Longhouse

Traditional Bidayuh Longhouse and Empurau Experience from Kuching

By Magunatip Holidays Sdn Bhd
Free cancellation available
Price is P 9,959 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

Discover the Bidayuh tribe’s Mongkos village near the Kalimantan border.  You’ll find that Mongkos is a thriving rural community & home to one of the few remaining traditional Bidayuh longhouses in Sarawak. You’ll visit the traditional longhouse for a  tour to learn about its history & experience how a native lunch is prepared. 

Kampung Mongkos has two of the very few surviving Bidayuh longhouses in Sarawak. The village has existed for over a hundred years and is located near Sungai Mongkos.

Activity location

  • Kota Kinabalu City Waterfront
    • No.1, Jalan Centre Point, Suite 8E, 5th Floor, CPS Tower
    • 88000, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Kota Kinabalu City Waterfront
    • No.1, Jalan Centre Point, Suite 8E, 5th Floor, CPS Tower
    • 88000, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

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Kuching City Center
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h8h

Tour Transfer Service from Hotels in Kuching City Center.
Pickup included

Starting time: 8:00
Price details
P 9,958.68 x 2 AdultsP 19,917.36

Total
Price is P 19,917.36
Until Fri, Mar 29
Kuching Outskirts
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h8h

Tour Transfer Service to Hotels / Resorts Outskirts of Kuching City.Radius of above 20 KM from Kuching International Airport.
Pickup included

Starting time: 8:00
Price details
P 11,065.20 x 2 AdultsP 22,130.40

Total
Price is P 22,130.40
Until Fri, Mar 29

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedBottled water
  • What's includedWhat's includedTransport by Air-Conditioned MiniVan
  • What's includedWhat's includedLunch
  • What's includedWhat's includedEthnic Lunch
  • What's includedWhat's includedWater Bottle
  • What's includedWhat's includedReturn Tour Transfer to Hotel
  • What's includedWhat's includedEnglish Speaking Guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedInfant not occupying seat no charges
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedGratuities

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • It is said that Mongkos was named after the plant lungkos (Bidayuh for wild ginger)
  • On arrival visitors are welcomed with a ceremony. First they are greeted with drum music called “bidumbak”. A white hen’s egg is used to chase away evil spirits and visitors are then entertained with ‘langi pingadap’ (a traditional welcoming dance). Welcoming ceremony would end with a "belangi" dance in which the visitors are encouraged to take part.
  • Another dance called “Pak Dino” and “Dayang Diki” will not be presented. In this dance dolls are used to tell a story about a married couple. Because marriage between siblings is taboo for the Bidayuh, the couple was cursed and they turned into monkeys.
  • Other Attractions:The Silungkung Waterfall ( spiral waterfall ) not included in the Tour
  • Pangkak ( top spinning
  • Watch Bidayuh Women making baskets,bead items,woodcarving and many other types of handicraft.
  • Padi cultivation and farming are the main agricultural activities of the villagers. Among the crops they plant are oil palm,padi,pepper,rubber trees and miscellaneous fruits such as rambutan,mango banana,jackfruit and durian.

Activity itinerary

Kota Kinabalu City Waterfront
  • 3h
A encounter with Empurau fish freely undisturbed as it is protected species in this river. The experience to have a Bidayuh Ethnic lunch traditionally cook in bamboo.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESKota Kinabalu City Waterfront
    • No.1, Jalan Centre Point, Suite 8E, 5th Floor, CPS Tower
    • 88000, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEKota Kinabalu City Waterfront
    • No.1, Jalan Centre Point, Suite 8E, 5th Floor, CPS Tower
    • 88000, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

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