South East Asian Trips

Brunei is situated in South East Asia on the island of Borneo, and is surrounded on all sides by the Malaysian province of Sarawak. Brunei itself is not one contiguous zone; it actually consists of two separate areas, about 30 km apart, and both bounded by the South China Sea and consists mainly of equatorial jungles interspersed with rivers. The country is divided into four districts - Brunei-Muara, the capital district; Tutong and Belait- the main reserves of oil and natural gas and Temburong - the area with acres of virgin rainforests. The Eastern part of Brunei is mainly coastal-lowlands that rise to a maximum altitude of 1841m at Bukit Pagon. The area to the west is also lowland, but relatively hilly in places.

Most of Brunei is still thickly forested, with prominent vegetation consisting of tropical hardwoods, orchids and a wide range of wild flowers and ferns. The forests have a lot of wildlife, too: monkeys and apes, deer, lizards, snakes and a huge number of birds have made their homes in Brunei's jungles.