The Rainforest World Music Festival: Sarawak’s Unlikely Global Draw
Started in 1998 with a modest turnout, the Rainforest World Music Festival has grown into one of Southeast Asia’s best-known […]
Destinations
Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre: Visiting Responsibly
The Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre was established in 1964 inside the Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve, about 40 minutes (23km) from Sandakan, […]
Cameron Highlands Tea Plantations: A Colonial-Era Legacy Still Growing
Cameron Highlands’ tea industry dates to 1929, when J.A. Russell established what became the BOH Tea Estate, taking advantage of […]
George Town’s UNESCO Street Art: A Self-Guided Walking Trail
George Town’s street art started in 2012, when Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic was commissioned for that year’s George Town Festival […]
Climbing Mount Kinabalu: What It Actually Takes
There’s a real difference between visiting Kinabalu Park for the day and actually climbing Mount Kinabalu, and it’s worth being […]
Batu Caves: Inside Malaysia’s Most Recognizable Hindu Shrine
Batu Caves is a limestone hill riddled with caves believed to be around 400 million years old, turned into one […]
Kuching & Sarawak: The Complete Guide
Kuching is Sarawak’s capital and, by most travelers’ reckoning, Malaysia’s most livable city — a slow-paced riverside town built around […]
Kota Kinabalu & Mount Kinabalu: The Complete Guide
Kota Kinabalu is the gateway to Malaysian Borneo: a laid-back waterfront city on Sabah’s coast, famous for some of the […]
Taman Negara: The Complete Guide
Taman Negara is widely billed as the world’s oldest rainforest, a claim it earns by having existed largely undisturbed for […]
Perhentian Islands: The Complete Guide
The Perhentian Islands are Malaysia’s clearest answer to Thailand’s postcard beaches: two small, mostly car-free islands off the Terengganu coast, […]