Malaysia has ancient rainforests, critically endangered primates and countless endemic species. Over 15,000 types of plants, flowers and trees grow inside 130-million-year-old rainforests. Almost extinct Sumatran rhinos and critically endangered …
Malaysia ranks among the planet’s most biodiverse regions. Pre-historic jungle sprawls for hundreds of kilometers along the Malay Peninsular and Malaysian Borneo. Millions of animals, birds and insects thrive inside …
Labuan is best known as a Southeast Asia financial center and for duty-free shopping. Most visitors consist of off-shore businesses and local bargain hunters. Only a handful of travelers make …
Malaysia has hundreds of islands scattered around thousands of kilometers of coastline. Celebrity-standard resorts, world-class diving and metropolitan city centers allure tourists. Others are uninhabited with long stretches of empty …
Pangkor Island in Perak has empty beaches, a colonial fort and hundreds of hornbills. The small island in the Straits of Melaka is less than 200 kilometers (124 miles) northwest …
Borneo is the planet’s third largest island (after Greenland and New Guinea). More than 15,000 species of plants live in the 130-million-year-old rainforests. Hundreds of mammals including both orangutans and …
Danum Valley is among the planet’s most biodiverse and ecologically important regions. The protected rainforest sprawls 438 square kilometers in eastern Sabah. Danum Valley Field Center sits in the heart …
Limestone cliffs dominate much of Perak giving rise to rugged landscapes and mysterious cave temples. During British colonial days, the region was a tin mining powerhouse. The legacy of this …
Taiping was the center of Perak’s lucrative mining industry for decades. British and Chinese miners extracted vast amounts of tin. Many became overnight millionaires transforming Taiping into a boom town. …
Little-known Miri in Sarawak played a crucial role in modern-day Malaysia. In the early 20th-century, geologists struck oil in Miri. The town boomed attracting migrant workers from China. Malaysia’s black …