15 Best Things to Do in Pangkor Island (Malaysia)
Pangkor Island in Perak has empty beaches, a colonial fort and hundreds of hornbills. The small island in the Straits of Melaka is less than 200 kilometers (124 miles) northwest …
25 Best Things to Do in Borneo
Borneo is the planet’s third largest island (after Greenland and New Guinea). More than 15,000 species of plants live in the 130-million-year-old rainforests. Hundreds of mammals including both orangutans and …
15 Best Things to Do in Danum Valley (Malaysia)
Danum Valley is among the planet’s most biodiverse and ecologically important regions. The protected rainforest sprawls 438 square kilometers in eastern Sabah. Danum Valley Field Center sits in the heart …
25 Best Things to Do in Perak (Malaysia)
Limestone cliffs dominate much of Perak giving rise to rugged landscapes and mysterious cave temples. During British colonial days, the region was a tin mining powerhouse. The legacy of this …
25 Best Things to Do in Taiping (Malaysia)
Taiping was the center of Perak’s lucrative mining industry for decades. British and Chinese miners extracted vast amounts of tin. Many became overnight millionaires transforming Taiping into a boom town. …
15 Best Things to Do in Miri (Malaysia)
Little-known Miri in Sarawak played a crucial role in modern-day Malaysia. In the early 20th-century, geologists struck oil in Miri. The town boomed attracting migrant workers from China. Malaysia’s black …
25 Best Things to Do in Sarawak (Malaysia)
Sarawak is Malaysia’s largest state on Borneo Island. Dense rainforest covers most of the territory. A handful of cities line the South China Sea coast. Capital Kuching usually gets the …
25 best things to do in Sabah (Malaysia)
Sabah combines protected jungles with tropical islands spread in the South China, Sulu and Celebes Sea. Jungle retreats, hundreds of kilometers of coastline and some of the world’s best diving …