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Destination
Limbang
Rafting at Ulu Sungei Limbang
Terikan River
Sarawak’s famed World Heritage
site, Gunung Mulu National Park
has attracted visitors from all over
the world to its myriad of caves and
wildlife adventures since its opening
in 1985. Many of these visitors also
converge on Limbang town, sited
along the river with the same name,
as part of the itinerary of their tour in
Sarawak’s most northern frontier
bordering neighbouring Sabah
state and the kingdom of Brunei
Darussalam. In fact, Limbang division,
which includes the districts of
Limbang and Lawas cover an area of
7,012 km, encircling part of Brunei in
between them and sharing common
border with Kalimantan Indonesia at
the southern part.
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Gunung Murud
Tahai Salai Fish
Since the takeover of Limbang by
James Brooke in 1890, the town has
undergone tremendous transformation
following the independence of
Malaysia and the emergence of
Sarawak. Much of the early economic
activities here were centered around
the timber trade which had started
since 1932 but gave way to the
more prominent oil palm cultivation
that stretches over 29,571 hectares
today with a sprinkle of rubber, padi,
coconut and fruit farms as well as
livestock activities. Local inhabitants
were mainly fishermen etching out a
livelihood along the coastal waters of
Brunei Bay, originally in small paddled
boats and later with outboard
engines and bigger boats. Today,
cage cultures of fish have become a