Waterfall in Labi, the Belait District, Brunei

Waterfall in Labi, the Belait District, Brunei

 

 

 

Want to get a look at this waterfall in person? First, head toward Southeast Asia and then to the island of Borneo. Journey to Brunei, a small sovereign country on the north coast. Find your way to Labi, a small ‘mukim’ aka subdivision of the Belait district in the rainforest-heavy interior. Visit the four longhouses of the Iban people of Serak, and behind the last one, duck under a bamboo grove and begin your hours-long trek to a group of splendid waterfalls.

This is around the part of the journey where sightseeing guides advise visitors to put on their best hiking shoes it’s slippery, slather on the mosquito repellent it’s buggy, and keep salt handy for, uh, the leeches. And of course, don’t forget your camera the area is extraordinarily scenic.
 Not to be confused with Brunei or Barneo.

Borneo  is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and east of Sumatra.
The island is politically divided among three countries: Malaysia and Brunei in the north, and Indonesia to the south. Approximately 73% of the island is Indonesian territory. In the north, the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak make up about 26% of the island. Additionally, the Malaysian federal territory of Labuan is situated on a small island just off the coast of Borneo. The sovereign state of Brunei, located on the north coast, comprises about 1% of Borneo's land area. A little more than half of the island is in the Northern Hemisphere including Brunei and the Malaysian portion, while the Indonesian portion spans both the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
Antipodal to an area of Amazon rainforest, Borneo is itself home to one of the oldest rainforests in the world.


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