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No visit to Brunei is complete without a visit to the greatest National Park in the country called Ulu Temburong National Park. While it is much harder to reach the depths of the forest in Malaysia and Indonesia, its actually very easily accessible in Brunei, especially after the 30km long bridge was built connecting Bandar Seri Begawan to the Temburong side of the country.
Previously, one could only visit by taking a long tail boat which took many hours. And once we arrived at Freme Lodge, we had a quick breakfast to energise for the hike in the dense forest. And then, we were invited onto a long boat to ride upstream into the national park, We climbed the most important scientific canopy tower after a one hour hike in the thick jungle. From there we could see nearly everything because of how high up it was. We then stopped at a hidden waterfall close to the river and enjoyed a refreshing swim in the blue lagoons.
Just when we thought this was so much fun, we saw a massive crocodile. Btw, there are anacondas here, because they're only found in South America - it was just that the movie was shot in Borneo. 😛 We also got to do our first ever Rafting experience in the rapids there. We were very hungry after this super-awesome day and when we returned to Freme Lodge, we enjoyed a delicious meal with so many special dishes cooked just for us. The Freme bus then dropped us back to our hotel in Bandar Seri Begawan by 5 pm.
Ulu Temburong is part of the massive Borneo forest, which is considered one of the oldest in the world. It is twice as old as the Amazon rainforest. It is also the third largest rainforest in the world as it spans across Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia - covering a large part of the Borneo island.
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We're Shishira & Navneeth, a travel blogger couple from Bangalore, India. We left home in May 2022 to travel the world full-time for a year and we're sharing our everyday life on the road since then on KZfaq and Instagram. We also publish free travel guides, photos and more on our blog!
Chapters:
00:00 : Good morning
01:06 : Longest bridge in South East Asia
01:53 : Breakfast at the Freme Lodge
04:15 : Surreal boat ride up the river
07:30 : Hike to Canopy Tower
08:18 : Survival training in Borneo?
11:23 : Climbing the highest point in the rainforest
18:43 : Back on the long boat
19:44 : The perfect place for a swim
23:25 : WE SAW A WILD CROCODILE 😱
23:45 : Rafting for the first time
24:50 : Mouthwatering lunch (it was sooo good!)
26:23 : Leaving Ulu Temburong National Park
26:56 : Wanted to share this with you!
27:57 : How to go to Ulu Temburong on a day trip with Freme
29:10 : Bloopers 🤣
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