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A short drive from Kuching, the limestone hills around the old gold-mining town of Bau hide two very different caves — one glowing green with jungle light, the other a cool tunnel of natural air.
A riverside promenade lined with colonial-era buildings on one bank, and Kuching's modern skyline lighting up the other — connected by the golden Darul Hana pedestrian bridge.
Bamboo suspension bridges, natural hot springs and one of Sarawak's most accessible traditional longhouses — Annah Rais is Bidayuh country, close enough for a half-day trip.
Springy egg noodles, a slick of seasoned lard, char siu and minced pork — kolo mee is the dish Sarawakians eat more than any other, and it's nothing like KL's version.
A short drive from Kuching, Semenggoh Wildlife Centre rehabilitates orphaned and injured orangutans back into the forest — and feeding time is the closest most visitors will get to these apes in the wild.
Sarawak's oldest national park is a short boat ride from Kuching, and packs sea stacks, mangrove trails and the world's largest population of proboscis monkeys into a tiny stretch of coast.
Rich, sour, spicy and impossible to categorise — Sarawak laksa is unlike any other laksa in Malaysia, and Kuching mornings run on it.
Giant cat statues guard Kuching's roundabouts and a whole museum is devoted to them — the story behind Sarawak's feline-obsessed capital.