5 Things To Do In Brunei With Spotting Wildlife, Exploring Waterways and Nature
Brunei, the country known for its small size and having the same currency rate the same as Singapore. It might be not inside your travel mind but currently, with two countries which are New Zealand and Brunei which Singapore is allowed to visit for general travel, this place might have some hidden gems which all can enjoy discovering.
Exploring Waterways In The Capital
The capital city of Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan (BBS) is actually home to the world’s largest floating village, Kampong Ayer where more than 10,000 people lives here in their home-built above the water. Recently with the refurbish project, they have now concrete jetties which leads to these brick home and from far, you can spot a deck decorated with plants, flowers, pottery and contrasting colours which will give you a sense of joy when you reach this deck.
For your more vivid encounter, go through the night in Kampong Ayer at the Kunyit 7 hotel, a beautiful home-turned-guesthouse. It is controlled by an inhabitant who acquired the property from her grandparents.
Kampong Ayer inhabitants get around by water taxis, which are little speed pontoons that dash through the thin streams. Remain on any presented breakwater to wave to one – short jumps cost a dollar.
You can negotiate with a boatman to take you on a village tour for between $10 and $20.
Spotting Monkeys At Mangroves 
Pair your Kampong Ayer trip with a pontoon ride through the encompassing mangroves to spot jeopardized proboscis monkeys, known for their pendulous noses and pot tummies. This species is endemic to Borneo, Asia’s biggest island shared by Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia.
It is genuinely simple to recognize the monkeys, some swing through the treetops, looking for a spot to rest for the evening. Others climb on mangrove roots at eye level, with webbed feet advanced to move deftly approach the water’s edge.
Mosques Visits
Mosques are a feature of the Islamic country and none is as noteworthy as the Jame Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque, named after the Sultan of Brunei. A palm-lined carport prompts the structure’s four minarets and 29 brilliant vaults, amazing in the day and glowing around evening time. With a limit of 5,000 individuals, it is the biggest in the nation and one of two public mosques.
The other is the Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque, named after the previous ruler. The structure flickers in white and gold and its best perspectives are from the copy of a sixteenth-century Sultan Bolkiah Mahligai Barge set in the midst of the encompassing tidal pond.
Try Out Their Modern And Traditional Local Foods
Meander through the Gadong Night Market for a brief look at nearby life. It is housed in a shielded, breezy structure that is as perfect and efficient as Singapore’s vendor habitats. Costs, as well, are comparable with a plate of scorch kway teow costs $2.50 and an entire grilled fish slathered in punchy bean stew sauce costs somewhere in the range of $6 and $10. Peddlers present pieces of kueh melayu – or martabak manis – hotcakes loaded down with nut or chocolate fillings.
Somewhere else, coffee shops gather at Le Keris, which serves Malay-European combination food and draws a youthful group with its healthy and reasonable charge. Kari Ayam ($9), or chicken bosom rolled and cooked sous vide, is presented with curry and roti jala, a delicate, tacky bread. Laksa risotto ($11) is studded liberally with new fish and presented with belacan and shaved parmesan.
What’s more, Project Ice Cream, run by a couple of designing alumni in their 20s, presents stylish flavours, for example, white bunny candy, charcoal honeycomb and salted caramel wafers in a comfortable, neon-lit gap in-the-divider that is famous among the workplace swarm.
Sunrise Watch In The Middle Of Thick Jungle
Head out of the city to Ulu Temburong National Park, a three-hour venture that incorporates a speedboat, vehicle and longboat ride down the Temburong waterway. The last leg, a 30-to 45-minute moderate journey, is an incredible experience. At the point when the tide is low, the longboat must explore carefully to abstain from hitting the rough riverbed.
Make it a road trip in the event that you are in a rush or go through the night to get the dawn in the rainforest. On the off chance that you settle on the last mentioned, 60 minutes in length pre-first light trip takes you to the 50m-high overhang walk, a metal framework including five pinnacles. Up high, the stickiness of the rainforest lifts.
The breaking of sunrise takes after a watercolour painting. Covers of fog part to uncover the treetops, while the rising sun turns the sky pink and lilac, and afterwards a blasting orange. It is a great preview of a nation where time eases back and nature is as yet flawless and immaculate.
GETTING THERE
Royal Brunei Airlines operates two flights a week between Singapore and Brunei’s capital, Bandar Seri Begawan. The flight takes about two hours and a round-trip ticket costs between $428 and $484.