Region

Batang Ai

Places to explore

Our guides to this region

Batang Ai Lubok Kasai lalang river

Batang Ai

Batang Ai National Park is home to Sarawak's oldest Iban settlements as well a number of Sarawak's remaining wild orangutan population.

Travel guides

Read before you go

Nanga Sumpa longhouse lodge at Batang Ai, Sarawak
Travel Guides

Batang Ai vs Orou Sapulot: Which One Should I Visit?

Both get you far off the tourist trail. One is about wild orangutans and Iban culture, the other about caves, limestone pinnacles and Murut culture.
Rainforest and longhouse country around Batang Ai, Sarawak
Travel Guides

Where Is Batang Ai and Why Should I Go?

Four and a half hours from Kuching, then upriver by longboat to Iban longhouse country and one of Sarawak's last wild orangutan populations.

Trips

Trips that visit this region

Rainforest and longhouse country around Batang Ai, Sarawak

3D2N Nanga Sumpa Lodge

3 days
Departs Kuching
From RM 2,600
Rainforest and longhouse country around Batang Ai, Sarawak

4D3N Nanga Sumpa & Lubok Kasai

4 days
Departs Kuching
From RM 3,650