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Kuching Slideshow
Top Hotels in Kuching
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Four Points Sheraton Kuching
180 reviews -
Crowne Plaza Hotel Riverside Kuching
78 reviews
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Kuching Hilton
294 reviews
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Holiday Inn Hotel Kuching
102 reviews -
Grand Continental Kuching
44 reviews
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Merdeka Palace Htl & Suites Kuching
48 reviews -
Damai Beach Resort Kuching
202 reviews
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Harbour View Hotel Kuching
65 reviews
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Hilton Batang Ai Kuching
149 reviews
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Tune Hotels Waterfront Kuching
75 reviews
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Somerset Gateway Kuching
85 reviews
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Berambih Lodge Kuching
27 reviews
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Kuching Waterfront Lodge
27 reviews
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Liwah Hotel Kuching
2 reviews
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AllMalaysia Travel In-House Accomodation Kuching
2 reviews
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Borneo Hotel Kuching
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Borneo Bed & Breakfast Kuching
3 reviews
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Regalis Court Kuching
1 review
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Fata Hotel Kuching
1 review
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Supreme Hotel Kuching
1 review
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Holiday Inn Damai Lagoon Kuching
13 reviews
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The Limetree Hotel Kuching
222 reviews -
Kingwood Inn Kuching
3 reviews
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360 Hotel Kuching
37 reviews
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Telang Usan Hotel Kuching
19 reviews
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Sematan Palm Beach Resort Kuching
12 reviews
Kuching
Travel Blogs from Kuching, Malaysia
This is Joseph Conrad territory
This is a top pick! ... end my trip even earlier. Well... a concrete jungle and a traffic jam were my first impressions. It got better fast though. Kuching is a beautiful riviera town full of great cafes, gardens, bars and friendly locals. The towering hotels and offices on one ...
Macaque Attack, we're liking the hiking!
This is a top pick! ... me for 'not looking my best' in Indonesia he's now been branded a homeless beggar tramp! Anyway, we arrived late into Kuching and straight away met Marij, a slightly eccentric but very funny and extremely friendly Dutch girl. We had planned to get an ...
"Meow" Museum
This is a top pick! Where else would you expect to visit a Cat Museum than in Kuching. Although my guidebook described it as a little kitsch I couldn't resist seeing the place for myself, especially as the building itself is quite interesting. The museum is north of the ...
Sarawak
This is a top pick! Been to Sarawak numerous times. I would recommend it. Kuching is a great ...
Kuching (Sarawak, Borneo) - Day 151-152
This is a top pick! ... of their enemies, which they collected as souvenirs of their battles and triumphs. I'm sure this doesn't happen anymore, hopefully! Kuching means cat in Malay. Cat statues are scattered around the city, loads of real cats wandering around too. Not ...
Cat city
This is a top pick! ... As far as backpacking goes Kuching has not really embraced the concept as well as places I have already visited in Peninsular Malaysia. Accommodation is more expensive here and facilities such as laundry service seem to be rather pricey too. There is a ...
Rafflesias 1 - Orangutans 0
This is a top pick! ... . The walkway is dotted with eating spots, boat launches, park benches and even an ice cream parlour. Kuching first reminded me of what Toronto might have been if high-rise development hadn't trumped lakeshore aesthetics. I tried to ...
Whose Idea Was It To Come To Borneo?!
This is a top pick! ... I asked myself "Whose idea was it to come to Borneo?!" After another night with the Iban we were back down river headed toward Kuching for a final night with our group before heading to Kuala Lumpur. We had a farewell dinner to say goodbye to all the ...
Exploring Malaysian Borneo
This is a top pick! ... struck by how affluent it was, big houses with row upon row of new ones being built and big cars hardly a motorbike in sight. Kuching had quite a few large hotels - the Hilton being one of them but we stayed in back packers favourite - Borneo B and B, ...
Bako trails and beaches
This is a top pick! ... his stay here and I have a feeling I'll be back someday to attempt the trails I didn't get around to trying. Back to Kuching tomorrow for one night and then on an overnight bus (11 hours) to Bintulu further up the Borneo coast. Near Bintulu is the ...
Return of my Passport
This is a top pick! When we got back to Kuching, I found out that my passport had already arrived in Jersey and was on it's way to DC with the necessary documents compliments of Beth at JnJ for a 1 day express processing. I'm not sure of her position at JnJ, but I think ...
Enjoying The City Life
This is a top pick! Arrived in Kuching at 5am, after a reasonable journey, still asleep and in the middle of nowhere. Got ripped off by the taxi driver before checking into the hostel and sleeping until 10:30. Grabbed the top bunks to be as close to the fans as possible as ...
The Friendly Face of West Malaysia and Sarawak
This is a top pick! ... and have breakfast and then spend the rest of the day sorting out our 1000+ photos (on CD) and uploading India, Thailand and Malaysia photos onto the travelogue. We have a treat at night when we go to "Beccaris" Italian restaurant where we have, you've ...
Cat statues
This is a top pick! ... out of their hiding places and I have seen quite a few now. They look exactly the same as the cats back on Peninsular Malaysia, i.e. very thin with the short crooked tails. There must be a defective gene going around here. Yesterday was spent at the ...
Borneo pictures
This is a top pick! Hi, I have recently got some pictures from last year in Borneo put on CD. Here they are. ...
Struck Down by Mystery Illness
This is a top pick! All four of us felt dreadful this morning having been struck down by a mysterious illness, the symptoms of which were pounding heads, heaving stomachs, extreme fatigue and an insatiable hunger for fried foods. Having to pack up and check out at 11 and ...
Birthday Boy Found in Museum
This is a top pick! ... one of us thought that it would be a real treat for G to spend the morning of his birthday on a walking tour of Kuching, which took in several museums, a mosque and James Brooke monument, must have been completely off their rocker. Giles, quite rightly, ...
Out of The Jungle to Catch The Wedding
This is a top pick! ... and some darting lizards but still no snakes. We left Mulu after lunch to arrive at the airport for our flight onwards to Kuching. After an hour of sweating, waiting in the airport café, we discovered the air conditioned waiting room. Here we ...
Chilling in the nicest city in Borneo
This is a top pick! ... on the town. The Sarawak Cultural village is definitely worth a look. The Holiday Inn has the best deal on tickets and transport. Kuching was also my first chance to see a Chinese temple and I was blown away by the riot of colour and the detail ...
Malaysia - Sarawak
This is a top pick! ... we sadly gave up the hope of seeing any 'wild men' in Borneo! From Seminggoh we headed back towards Kuching and to the obscure attraction that is the Cat museum. The museum, dedicated to the feline species, came about because of the ...
A week in paradise
This is a top pick! ... us out. They graciously offered us a week in their timeshare resort, with the option of a couple locations in Malaysia and Israel. Erin, who had been complaining about a vacation from our vacation for a while, immediately jumped on ...
Still Chinese New Year, Everythings Closed!
This is a top pick! Today was basically a repeat of yesterday. Lars had disappeared when I woke up so I assumed I'd find him in the coffee shop and joined him for a couple before hitting the net cafe for 5 hours for some serious diary catchup! Decided 5 hours was enough ...
Big, ugly, Ritchie
This is a top pick! "Please, everyone listen up," pleaded one of the staff at the Orangutan Wildlife Rehabilitation Center outside of Kuching. "It is now mating season and the orangutans, they are not very happy. They may look happy, and they may do funny things, ...
Shipwrecked by Sea Stacks
This is a top pick! Kuching is a very cool city with lots of excellent day trips and today's outing to Bako National Park was fantastic. After only a 45 minute bus journey and 20 minute boat ride, you find yourself back in the deep jungle. We'd planned to spend most of our ...
Trying to Keep My Mind on Bako
This is a top pick! It was hot the day before yesterday, so Ellen and I did a walk through the air conditioned Sarawak Museum. Never mind that the ancient headhunters of Borneo hung skulls from their ceilings. We, or at least I, found something far worse. In a glass ...
Monkey's galore
This is a top pick! ... error, so off i went. The pictures of this crazy, scary place speak for themselves. Having said Kuching isn't that great, i is an ideal place to base yourself for a visit to Bako national park, my itinerary for the next ...
Borneo Encompassed
This is a top pick! Expecting men with loin cloths and spears on every street corner - we were shocked by Kuching. It is a very affluent business orientated city with a lovely river front with fascinating markets and museums. We met our sole trekking companion - Andrew ...