Ulu Temburong National Park: Canopy Walk & River Tube from Bandar Seri Begawan

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Duration6h–8h

GroupUp to 15

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Walk 716 Steps Above the Rainforest, Then Tube Back Down the River

You're picked up from your hotel at 7:30am, driven to the jetty, then speedboated and longboated into Ulu Temburong National Park. You climb 716 wooden steps to a canopy walkway 50 meters above the forest floor, swim at a waterfall, and tube back downriver if conditions allow. Lunch with local food is included at the campsite, and the driver returns you to Bandar Seri Begawan by late afternoon. The whole day is guided in English, and all transport, entry and meals are covered — you just need to show up ready to walk and swim.

6h–8h

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Ulu Temburong National Park

Pickup from hotel at 07:30 AM
Drive to Batangduri Jetty
Meet licensed tour guide
Boat ride to campsite by longboat
Enjoy light refreshments at campsite
Register at national park
Walk 110 wooden steps to hanging bridge
Climb 716 wooden steps to canopy walkway
View forest from 50-meter-high canopy
Visit and swim at OBBD waterfall
Optional tube ride back to campsite
Lunch with local food in open hut
Return to Batangduri by longboat
Transfer back to hotel in Bandar Seri Begawan

The Experience

The speedboat leaves Batangduri Jetty at 8:30am, and you're already moving fast through mangrove channels toward Temburong. Your guide meets you at the jetty after hotel pickup at 7:30am — the drive crosses the SOAS bridge into the district, and the landscape shifts from city to water almost without warning. Once the temuai (longboat) takes over from the speedboat, the river narrows and the noise of the engine fades into bird calls and the sound of the bow cutting through dark water. Light refreshment with local cakes waits at the campsite before you even enter the park.

Then the walking starts. One hundred and ten wooden steps lead up to a hanging bridge, and then you're climbing — 716 more steps, each one taking you higher into the canopy of Ulu Temburong National Park. The air gets thicker and cooler as you rise. At 50 meters above the forest floor, the canopy walkway opens out, and suddenly you're level with the highest trees, looking out across the rainforest like you're standing in the crown of it. The park is protected for research and low-impact visitors only, which is why it feels this quiet, this intact. Your guide points out the layers — the emergent trees, the understory, the way the whole system holds itself up.

The waterfall at OBBD comes next, and it's cold enough to make you gasp. The water is clear and shallow, good for swimming, and if you stay still long enough the doctor fish come to nibble at your feet — a strange, ticklish sensation that locals have relied on for years. After that, if the river level allows, you tube back downstream to the campsite, floating past the banks you climbed through an hour before. Lunch is local food cooked on-site in an open hut, served with a view of the Temburong River and the forest pressing in on both sides. The whole day trip takes about eight hours from hotel to hotel, and by the time you're back in Bandar Seri Begawan you've moved through three different ways of traveling — car, speedboat, longboat, walkway, water — and seen a part of Brunei most visitors never reach.

Weather and tidal conditions can shift the schedule — your guide has the right to adjust the route or skip the tubing if the river is too high or too low — so flexibility matters. Minimum group size is four travelers, and you'll need a passport copy for insurance before the tour date.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup at 7:30am in an air-conditioned vehicle, speedboat and temuai (longboat) transport to and from the park, park entry and registration, the 716-step climb and 50-meter canopy walkway, waterfall swimming, river tubing if conditions allow, lunch prepared by a local cook and served at the campsite, light refreshments and local cakes upon arrival, drinking water throughout the day, and an English-speaking guide and driver. The guide has the right to adjust the route or skip activities depending on weather, road and tidal conditions.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Asni Tours & Travel (M) Sdn Bhd

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see the rainforest interior and canopy without arranging your own transport, park permits or logistics — the full day is structured around the tides and river levels, which is what makes the tubing and waterfall swim possible in a single trip from the city.