Santubong and Damai Beach Resort Kuching
March 19th, 2010 wangking
Santubong and Damai Beach Resort Kuching
Damai Beach Resort Kuching is a famous beach resort that situated around 45km from the City of Kuching, State Capital of Sarawak, Malaysia. The resort is sited on 90 acres of lush gardens, by the majestic Mount Santubong, facing the South China Sea.
If you have made a reservation with the hotel, there are shuttle services provided to pick you up at the Kuching City and it takes about 35 minutes to reach your dream resort. The resort is a window to a number of great unique experiences, a highlands retreat, beach paradise and the ultimate rainforest living experience. It also has many famous attractions around it vicinity.
Sarawak Cultural Village
Damai Beach Resort is located at a walking distance (about 10 minutes) from the famous Sarawak Cultural Village, South East Asia’s only “living museum”. It occupied a 7 hectare site tucked on the foothills of the legendary mount Santubong. There are 7 authentic replicas of the ethnic houses of the major tribes in Sarawak, i.e The LongHouses of Bidayuh, Iban and Orang Ulu, the Melanau Tall House, the Chinese Farm House, The Malay Stilted House and Penan Hut. You will find various arts and crafts like Kain Songket (Malay cloth with gold inner lay), Bidayuh Tambok (Bamboo Basket), Chinese ceramics etc.You will also be entertained with 45-minute daily cultural performances of songs and dances of various cultures by the 7 ethnics groups.
Damai Beach Resort is also only 3km from the prestigious 18-holes Damai Golf and Country Club. If you are a seafood lover, you can get abundance and excellent seafood at Buntal Village, which is only about 10 minutes drive away from the resort.
Damai Hotel
The Damai Beach Resort which is formerly known as the Holiday Inn Resort Damai Beach has spacious rooms that fitted with good amenities. The Resort has 256 comfortably furnished rooms. You can choose the room at the main buildings or in the chalets on the hillsides. Every room is with magnificent views of the sea or the lush greenery of Mount Santubong.
It is a very beautiful and a great place to relax and stay near the beach at the resort. You can enjoy probably the most beautiful sunset in the world on the fairly quiet beach. On a clear day, the beach offers spectacular sunsets, as the sun sinks slowly into the sea framed by Sarawak’s rolling hills on one side and scattered island on the other. You can even choose to swim in Damai Beach Resort large swimming pool with red wine served.
Many water sport activities like canoeing, sailing in catamarans, jet and water skiing and windsurfing are available for the resort in-house guests. If you like to explore the local villages, mountain bikes are available for hiring at a cheap rate.
Santubong Jungle Trek
You can also choose to have some exercises and enjoy the rainforest sightseeing by trying the jungle tracking at the Santuong Jungle Trek, which is a circular trekking trail located at the foothills of Santubong Mountain. The trail is approximately 2km long and it takes about 2-3 hours to complete.
Watching Turtle To Lay Egg
If you are adventure enough, just offshore are two small islands – Pulau Satang Besar and Pulau Satang Kecil. There are many Green Turtles which come ashore to Satang Besar to lay eggs, and thus it has been designated as a Turtle Sanctuary to protect those turtles.
Bird Watching
Another great activity to do is bird watching, where the Santubong Peninsula offers a number of interesting sites for bird watching. Buntal village could be the best spot for this activity as it is an important wintering ground for migratory species. Under irdlife Internationl’s Asia Programme, the whole Bako-Buntal Bay is now listed as an ‘Important Bird Area’.
Hard To Resist Attraction
Damai Beach Resort Kuching and the Mount Santubong area are surely 2 hard to resist attractions for you, which are the most popular beach resort and a good place for exploring the charms of Southwest Sarawak. With its outstanding authentic architecture, one of harmonious variations on the theme of a fishing-village remodeled, days are often too short to experience all the activities the Resort on offer. Tropical nights also are no less intense, with enthralling cultural shows accompanied by pulsating rhythms. Prepare yourself to sink into the lush rainforest, glorious sun and sea, private sandy beach at the resort. You will have an unforgettable and gratifying experience. Be it doing nothing or everything, your time at the resort would be life enriching, a celebration of life.