Mangrove Safari is a tour through Brunei Rivers to explore the Water village and Proboscis Monkeys. Guests are picked up from their hotels and dropped in the jetty located in the capital city. Water tour begins at this place, where guests are picked up by local boats. In the rivers of Brunei you can see the “World’s Largest Water Village” and also called as “Venice of the east”. The water village is the world’s largest stilt house settlements where Malay’s are the major inhabitants.
Walk around the water village through the wooden walkways and visit the local’s houses. Enjoy the local food and refreshment provided at the home. All facilities like schools, mosque, police station, fire station, telephone line, internet access and electricity are available in this village. The tour to the water village makes you to observe the life style and occupation of people in this water village. The water tour continues on the boat, where you can absorb the modern life of Brunei on other side and explore “Istana Nurul Iman” which was the “World’s Largest Residential Palace”.
Brunei’s mangroves safari are the perfect spot for wildlife enthusiasts, which was filled by rare and exotic species of birds and animals. Local guides will take you through the thin mangrove channels and describes about the intricate environment and the fauna’s which latent among the branches of trees.
Continue a walk on the slender mangrove channel to hear the sweet sounds of birds and animals. At there you have a chance to see mudskipper, river otters and birds such as the white egrets, kingfishers and nigh herons.
The boat continues to travel along one of tributaries, where stop are made to watch the endangered species of proboscis monkey, which was only found in Borneo. The long nose proboscis monkeys commonly come near the river, at early morning and late evening. And at sometime, Group of proboscis monkeys rest on the branches of mangrove trees. After a tour to water village and mangrove forest this mangrove safari ends at the jetty.