Santubong

Just 35 minutes drive from Kuching, the Santubong area has a lot of attractions to offer visitors. It has some excellent natural attractions centered on the forest slopes of Mount Santubong, its mangroves, rivers, coastal waters and mudflats. These different habitats are home to a variety of wildlife making Santubong one of the best sites in Sarawak to see a range of wildlife in a natural setting.
The Santubong area is one of the best places in Sarawak to see the rare Irrawaddy dolphin, which inhabits rivers, estuaries and shallow coastal areas. On rare occasions, Indo-Pacific porpoises and dolphins are seen in the waters off Santubong. There are some interesting coastal villages (kampungs) in the Santubong Peninsula. The most accessible of Damai is Kampung Santubong, a well-maintained Malaysian village at the foot of Mount Santubong.