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Visitors admire an adult Estuarine Crocodile, one of the more fearsome residents of Matang Wildlife Centre.
from tropical countries. It also features a snake house and a small zoo.
Lot 164, 24Km Miri-Kuala Baram Road
98000 Miri
T (085) 650 558
F (085) 650 889
E info@miricrocodilefarm. com
Open: Daily, 9am~6pm including public holidays
Taman Tumbina Bintulu
Mini-zoo and botanical park located near Tanjung Batu, 4.5km from Bintulu town centre, with walk-in butterfly garden and exotic animals including flamingos, tigers, crocodiles and pythons. Facilities include canteen, souvenir shop, arapaima pond and a rest area. Bintulu Development Authority
97007 Bintulu
T (086) 337 709 www.tumbina.com.my Open: Daily, 8am~5pm, including Public Holidays
BOTANICAL PARKS, FARMS & ORCHARDS
Bamboo Botanical Park
This 35 acre park displays and conserves over 30 species of bamboo to
royal jelly. The bees range across 125,000 hectares
of rainforest, collecting pollen from over 1,000 hectares of sivicultured Acacia mangium trees near Tatau, Bintulu Division. The farm’s 26 stations produce over 800 metric tons of organically certified, halal compliant honey every year. c/o SBFM Industries Sdn Bhd
31⁄2 Miles, Upper Lanang Road
96007 Sibu
T (084) 212 912
F (084) 218317
E sproyalb@gmail.com www.sphoney.com.my
ANIMALS FARMS & ZOOS
Jong’s Crocodile Farm & Zoo Sdn Bhd
Sarawak’s largest Crocodile farm has over 1,000 crocodiles and other animals ranging from bear cats, macaques, porcupines, deer, civet cat, flying fox, sun bears, wild boars, an array of birds, pheasants, pythons and giant arapaima fish. The crocodile and arapaima feeding shows are the most popular attractions.
29KM, Kuching-Serian Highway, Siburan
T (082) 242790 www.jongscrocodile.com Open: Daily, 9am~5pm, including Public Holidays
Miri Crocodile Farm And Mini Zoo
22 acre, CITES-recognized crocodile farm, home to thousands of estuarine crocodiles, false gharials, as well as other exotic animals
Park founder, YB Datuk Peter Nansian Ngusie, inspecting one of the specimens at the Redeems Centre Bamboo Botanical Park.