LATEST UPDATES Accommodation from RM40 (Malaysian Ringgit)
(€10)
per person
per night (basic rooms, Longhouse style) to RM60
(€15) per person for
more luxurious separate rooms with en-suite bathrooms and air-conditioning
(both include a light breakfast). Weekly rate
€233 (£199)
for two persons sharing de-luxe room, including breakfast and evening meal.
Here Now ! Wi-Fi ! Free !
(watch films, videos and TV programs on your
laptop from anywhere -
access e-mail/internet
using 3G or wi-fi on your handphone)
Book on-line - click
here
(our own reservation system)
or call direct: +6085-472172
The Lodge is on the new coastal road, past Marriott Hotel and
past Luak Bay, about 15 kms from the town and just 3 kms after BAKAM
Village you will see a large green sign by the main road to "Treetops
Lodge". Guests should try to arrive and check in by 6 p.m. Last buses from
Miri are at 4.40 and 6.30 pm and taxis charge 50% extra after this time;
sunset and dinner at 7 p.m.!
Transfer to/from airport or town Taxi is RM40-55 per journey or take the
number 13 bus from outside the Visitors Centre to the last stop for TreeTops
Lodge (bus costs RM4). (Call 472172 first and transport from the bus stop up the
hill to the Lodge can usually be arranged).
Longhouse rooms on the Dam below Main House
Our
Lodge is not far from the Lambir Hills and sits
high up overlooking the jungle at treetop height, just along the coast from Miri
and only a few minutes walk to a deserted beach. It is situated on the outskirts of the village named
"Siwa Jaya",
near Kampong Bakam and has about 20 houses in it. It is a good "transit" lodge for travels through Borneo!
Mind you, some people take one look at the "old" wooden buildings and tell us
"just one night only then" ..... Most of these end up staying two or three
nights - some for a week !
The upstairs verandah is a cool, breezy place high up at
tree-top level; an ideal spot to take breakfast in the mornings or for dinner
and a few drinks in the evening as the sun sets on the far side. Set dinner menu every evening for RM22
(about 5 €uros) or snacks to order all day. Beer, wine and soft drinks available.
A 15 foot "plunge" pool, recently tiled and refurbished,
is built into the lower terrace - very convenient for a cool dip day or night!
"The Water
Village, Longhouse" - above, now completed and open with 3 twin, 1
double and 1 single room.
Around and below the house are 2 acres of carefully tended fruit trees -
orange, lemon, rambutan, mango plus pineapples and vegetables, and right at the
bottom is a small dam with fish and turtles. Along the
dam is a small traditional longhouse with six basic rooms for "backpackers" and
other adventurers. The beach is just a fifteen minute walk away. Beyond the
immediate garden are six acres of mixed jungle and farming land, planted at times with
rice (padi fields) or maize of various kinds and these lead down to the river;
we are often visited by Slow Loris and Tarsier, Pangolin/Armadillo, Python, and
Monkeys. Sea Eagles soar nearby early morning and evening whilst Kingfishers,
Herons, Egrets and Bitterns are a common sight; still
further inland takes you uphill and into the Lambir Forest Reserve. Along the
river beds are Sun Bear footprints and overhead the sound of Hornbills.
Many
good walks nearby (<click here!)
- we are in the countryside with no
shops, traffic or town facilities
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Your hosts: Ester and Irene at our beach
(click for YouTube video)
Book on-line - click
here
"If
tourism is to be sustainable, it must preserve the attractions and uniqueness
that draw people to an area. By linking education about the environment with
simple and minimal travel needs, eco-tourism can help protect environments and
provide economic incentives to local people to preserve their natural
resources.
For this to happen, tourism should have a minimal impact. It should use
local people and products while most of the money generated should remain
within the local community. Tourism activities that degrade the environment
adversely, affect the local community or fail to return worthwhile economic
benefits to the local community are not sustainable in the long-term."
Treetops Lodge in Borneo is family
owned and operated, supporting eco-tourism.
Jungle Lodge in Borneo 
