The Borneo Rainforest World Music Festival is a unique festival that brings together on the same stage renowned world musicians from all continents and indigenous musicians from the interiors of the mythical island of Borneo.

The Borneo Rainforest World Music Festival takes place in Kuching, Sarawak from Jul 11-13, 2008

Its formula of afternoon informative workshops, ethno-musical lectures, jamming sessions and mini concerts, followed by evening performances on the main stage has proven to be a hit with the audience, who come from near and far.

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Bako National Park is one of the best places in Sarawak to see wildlife in a natural surrounding. The various types of animals that could be spotted at Bako include proboscis monkeys, silver leaf monkeys, long tail macaques, wild boars, monitor lizards, and numerous species of birds.

Tropical rainforest ranges from mangrove to kerangas (heath forest), tropical swamp vegetation, cliff vegetation and beach vegetation.

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Sarawak’s massive limestone outcroppings are honeycombed with caves, carved over millions of years by the run off from tropical downpours. The world’s most extensive cave system so far discovered is in the Mulu National Park. So far, 310 kilometres of passages have been surveyed and this is thought to be only one third of the passages that exist. Exploration is continuing.

The well-lit and plank-walked Wind and Clearwater Caves are popular with visitors but no serious deep exploration has been done of other limestone formations.

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Exploring the forests of Batang Ai with local guides. A tour with real variety, off the beaten track: jungle treks, experience Iban village hospitality, nights in a jungle camp and the opportunity to get up close to a wide range of rare Bornean animals, such as the Orang Utan.

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This is a short adventure trip which allows one to commune with nature in 2 diversely varied surroundings.

Tucked away on the upper reaches of Sungei Bunut in the Miri Division is the Loagan (Lake) Bunut, which was gazetted as a National Park in 1991. Named by the local Berawan (one of the ethnic tribes of Sarawak) fishermen, Loagan Bunut houses Sarawak’s largest natural lake covering an area of 6,500 hectares of the 10,736 hectares of the National Park.

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The Rainforest World Music Festival is a unique festival that brings together on the same stage renowned world musicians from all continents and indigenous musicians from the interiors of the mythical island of Borneo.

Its formula of afternoon informative workshops, ethno-musical lectures, jamming sessions and mini concerts, followed by evening performances on the main stage has proven to be a hit with the audience, who come from near and far.

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