Accomodations
Annah Rais Longhouse is located at about 60km
away from Kuching City. It is a large & old Bidayuh Tribe's
Longhouse that houses over 80 families. Majority of the us here
are still live in a traditional way of longhouse's living. We
plant paddy, cocoa, pepper, rubber & etc. for living.
Annah Rais longhouse has a written history of 175 years old
(over 500 years old of unwritten history, which counting to
approximately 8 generations old) to date. Many tourists from all
over the world come to visit Annah Rais Longhouse everyday, &
they just fascinated with the traditional way of living here.
In our community of Annah Rais Longhouse, many of us (families)
actually participate in our homestay programme by offering a
clean guestroom for you & our other guests to put up a night.
You will be staying with any one of us during the night time, &
the rest of the time you will be grouped together for meals,
tours & activities.
GUESTROOM
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Our guestroom is basic, just exactly like our own bedroom, if
not better. We make every effort to make sure that they are
always clean, cosy & comfortable place for you to overnight
during your stay. We also ensure that everything are prepared &
put in place before you come in for a rest or sleep. Our
guestrooms come with mosquito netting, cooling fan(s),
comfortable mattress, blanket, pillow, wardrobe & etc.
FACILITIES
Facilities include luggage storage, use of our kitchen, laundry
service, 3 meals daily, free flow of coffee tea, traditional
costume for photographing, musical instruments.
MEALS
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We serve you 3 meals daily with our traditional local food
(breakfast, lunch & dinner). During your visit to our longhouse,
you will have chances to try our bamboo rice. The time to try
our bamboo rice is after the harvesting season which is at the
end of March every year where we call it "new rice tasting".
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Try also our bamboo chicken, bamboo shoot which will be stir fry and lots of other vegetables that we plant and some also collected from the surrounding jungle such a fern (paku & midin).
DRINKS
We prepare orange juice, coffee, tea, or Milo (chocolate drink)
with boiled water. We will also serve you our traditional local
herbal tea which is made from a tree bark and tastes so good. We
also serve you our home-brewed rice wine especially while
relaxing and enjoying the traditional cultural show. Our water
is supply from our mountain and goes through a water filter
provided by the government so they are clean, fresh, & chlorine
free.
SWIMMING
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There is a river with the crystal clear & cold running water from the mountain. We can bring you to deep river water where you really can enjoy your swim or relax by the riverbank.
Notes
You are advised to purchase all your personal stuffs in kuching
before heading up to our longhouse. Below are some general
packing lists for your reference:
- Insect repellent
- Personal medication
- Cigarette
- Tooth paste & brush
- Soap & shampoo (you can use ours too if you don't mind)
- Lotion
- Sun block cream
- Comb
- Goggle (just in case the one we provided will not fit your face)
- Shaver
- Long-sleeve shirt & long pant (in case it gets cold at night)
- Underwear
- Towel
- Casual clothes
- Shoes/boots (for jungle trekking)
- Swim-suit
- Sandals
- Flashlight (if you plan for night jungle trekking)
- Camera or camcorder
- Hat, sunglasses & watch.
- Rubber shoes for jungle trekking
