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Maludam peninsula

The Maludam peninsula is located in a remote area along the coast of southwestern Sarawak.

It is bordered by the Batang Lupar and the Saribas rivers. It is a lowland area with tropical rainforest, oil palm plantations and mangrove trees along the river banks and coast.
The Maludam National Park was established on the peninsula in the year 2000. With an area of 432 km² it contains the largest single patch of peat swamp forest remaining in Sarawak. The park has no tourist facilities, but can be visited by booking a boat tour in the village of Kampung Maludam.
How to get to the Maludam peninsula
Currently the only way to visit the Maludam peninsula is to drive there by car, either from Kuching taking the Batang Lupar ferry or from Sibu taking the Pusa ferry.
Accomodation
There is at least one homestay in Kampung Maludam (Homestay Maludam, organises trips to the Maludam national park). The other option is to stay in Pusa.


01 Batang Sadong bridge	02 Bridge over Batang Sadong river


03 Jambatan Batang Sadong	04 Sadong bridge	05 Car queue for Batang Lupar ferry	06 Mangroves along Batang Lupar river


07 Mangroves along Batang Lupar river	08 Car queue for Batang Lupar ferry	09 Oil palm plantation	10 Cars on Batang Lupar ferry


11 Motorbikes on Batang Lupar ferry	12 Cars on Batang Lupar ferry	13 Command bridge of Batang Lupar ferry	14 People on Batang Lupar ferry


15 Soon Hua Hong II ferry on Batang Lupar river	16 Batang Lupar river


17 Kampung Maludam	18 Sungai Maludam river	19 Sungai Maludam river


20 Kampung Maludam	21 Kampung Maludam village	22 Scenery on Maludam peninsula	23 Pusa ferry


24 Pusa ferry	25 Primrose II Pusa ferry	26 Pusa ferry unloading cars	27 Pusa car ferry	28 Primrose II Pusa ferry


29 Batang Saribas river at sunset	30 Pusa ferry crossing Batang Saribas river

Other Sarawak galleries: Kuching ▪ Mt Santubong national park ▪ Bako National Park ▪ Tanjung Datu NP ▪ Sematan ▪ Gunung Gading National Park ▪ Lundu ▪ Kubah national park ▪ Matang wildlife centre ▪ Kuching wetlands national park ▪ Sarawak Cultural Village and Heritage Centre ▪ Sarawak Dance Performance at KLCC ▪ Semenggoh National Park ▪ Pineapple plantation ▪ Anna Rais longhouse ▪ Pepper plantation ▪ Bau ▪ Batang Ai ▪ Similajau national park ▪ Sibu ▪ Kapit ▪ Rejang River ▪ Iban Longhouse ▪ Belaga ▪ Bakun ▪ Niah national park ▪ Mulu National Park ▪ Kelabit Highlands ▪ Loagan Bunut national park ▪ Lambir hills national park ▪ Bintulu ▪ Miri

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