Top Bandar Seri Begawan Art & Culture

Experience Brunei highlights, from grand mosques to a Sultan’s palace, mangroves, and the water village, on a full-day tour from Bandar Seri Begawan. Limited public transport options mean reaching these top Brunei sites on your own can be a challenge, but this tour covers lots of ground in a single day, with a guide to share insights into Brunei’s unique culture and traditions.

Get to know Brunei's diverse history and culture on this tour of Bandar Seri Begawan. This tour is a good option for travellers who only have a short time to spend in Brunei: your guide highlights some of the most revered buildings in this unique city of architecture and art during a fast-paced half day tour.

An excursion over the border into the Sarawak jungle to experience a natural mud spa in the heart of Borneo Experience a natural mud spring hidden in the Borneo jungle! Just 1 hour from Brunei's capital, we travel over the border into Sarawak, to have fun in bubbling muddy pools - prepare to get messy! With normally over 20 pools active and many mud slides between them, it's an afternoon of enormous fun : ) Travelling by private car, we cross the border at Kuala Lurah, our destination another 30 minutes into the sparsely populated Limbang district.

Experience the passion and dedication local Brunei people bring to their historic traditions of hand-weaving golden thread cloth. This guided tour offers a rare opportunity to see this centuries-old art form, which has been passed from generation to generation for over five hundred years. Set the experience in context with a journey through the Brunei countryside before returning to Bandar Seri Begawan.

See some of the many highlights of Brunei’s capital without the stress and inflexibility of a large group on this half day, small group tour of the city. With your guide by your side to make sure you don’t miss anything, explore Bandar Seri Begawan and visit landmarks like the Royal Regalia Museum, the Omar Ali Saiffudien Mosque and Istana Nurul Iman, the seat of government in Brunei and, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the largest palace in the world.

Explore Brunei’s capital city at night and see it all lit up on this atmospheric evening tour. Rather than crowding into a bus and being ferried from place to place in a big group, take your time as you walk to some of Bandar Seri Begawan’s many landmarks in your small group for photo and shopping opportunities. Stop by the Brunei River, the royal palace and two of the city’s resplendent mosques, then sample local snacks and flavors at the city’s open air night market.

This is a seat-in-coach tour. Min 4-to-go Including Pick up & Drop off Additional B$10 to visit Water Village with Light Refreshments.

See the highlights of Bandar Seri Begawan on a tour designed to cover top destinations in one day of exploring. With an itinerary that includes an open-air market, the Royal Regalia Museum, the Sultan’s palace, the Brunei Museum, the Malay Technology Museum, two mosques, and Kampung Ayer, you’ll get a great introduction to Brunei’s culture, then experience Brunei hospitality firsthand by visiting a local home in the vast stilt village.

This half-day tour will show you the highlights of Brunei in a very short time. If you are taking a cruise trip or a short time business visiting in Brunei, this quick tour together with transfer will perfectly save your money and time.

Cover the highlights of Bandar Seri Begawan on a half-day tour that explores mosques, royal treasures, and more. Door-to-door transport from city hotels make this a convenient way to take in the sights, and you’ll enjoy the safety and comfort of traveling by private vehicle, from the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque to Istana Nurul Iman, the Sultan’s sprawling palace.

Cover key highlights of Bandar Seri Begawan on a half-day tour that explores Brunei’s spectacular mosques, the royal palace, the water village, and more. With morning and afternoon departures available, this tour is a great way to experience Brunei even if you have limited time, and it features convenient pickup and drop-off at local hotels.

On this full day tour, we will drive pass the Lapau (the Royal Ceremonial Hall), the Dewan Majlis (Parliament House) and the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque as well as visit the Tamu (Open Market), the Malay Technology Museum, the Maritime Museum, and the tomb of the fifth Sultan of Brunei - Sultan Bolkiah (1485 -1524). After lunch at a local restaurant, we will continue our tour by visiting the Royal Regalia Museum, stopping by at the Sultan’s Palace (Istana Nurul Iman) for photo taking sessions and then proceeding to the Water Village. We will end our tour by taking a boat ride at Water Village and stop at a local house where local refreshments (local cakes & tea) are served.

Discover the best of Bandar Seri Begawan on a tour that covers the city’s spectacular highlights—from ornate mosques to the Sultan’s palace—but also explores daily life and culture with a market tour, included lunch, and home visit in the Malay Water Village. You’ll see Brunei’s capital by land and water, starting with a sightseeing tour, then boarding a boat through the sprawling Malay Water Village.

After dinner at a local restaurant, we will do a panoramic drive through Bandar Seri Begawan via RIPAS Bridge while enjoying the night view of Water Village, stop by at the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque for photo sessions, drive pass the Istana Nurul Iman (Sultan’s Palace) where the Sultan resides, and marvel at the grandeur of the Jame’ Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque. The final stop is the Gadong night market where you can taste some local delicacies at your own expense and view the various types of vegetables, fruits and clothes on sale.

Explore a mangrove forest island on a half-day tour from Bandar Seri Begawan to Selirong Conservation Forest, watching for wildlife as you follow a 1.9-mile (3-km.) elevated walkway trail between the trees. The hour-long boat ride gives you more time on the water than many Brunei mangrove tours, and the mangrove island trail is a unique chance to see the aquatic trees up close in their natural habitat.

Kampong Sungai Bunga is a modern water village. The village is unique for the house built and infrastructure there. It is a approximately 10 km from the capital Bandar Seri Begawan, and can only be reached by boat. If you have half day free and want to better understand Brunei's traditional culture, this is just for you.

If you are taking a cruise or a short business visiting in Brunei. This one day private tour will help you save money and time most, which provide you the land transfer and city tour together and help you understand Brunei in short time.

Experience Brunei’s untouched rainforest on a tour to Bukit Patoi Forest Recreational Park, traveling by boat and car to reach the remote nature reserve in Temburong. A nature hike is a great chance to spot some of Bukit Patoi’s native plants and wildlife, which include hornbills, gibbons, civet cats, mouse deer, and a rainbow of tropical birds.

This tour is a throwback to the golden age of Brunei Darussalam under the Sultan Bolkiah, the fifth Sultan of Brunei who expanded Brunei commercial influence and at the same time spread Islam to Southeast Asia. His legend led into the modernization of Brunei under the 29th sultan of Brunei, Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, We will visit the Jame Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque (National Mosque of Brunei), take pictures at the main entrance of Istana Nurul Iman (Sultan’s Palace), visit Sultan Sharif Ali Tomb (3rd Sultan of Brunei) and Tomb of Sultan Bolkiah (5th Sultan of Brunei) We will also drive pass The Lapau (the Royal Ceremonial Hall), Dewan Majlis (Parliament House), The Secretariat Building, Clock Tower & Sir Muda Omar Ali Saifuddin Park. We will visit The Malay Technology Museum. We will ride a boat to the Water Village and stop at local house where local refreshments (tea and cake) are being served. The tour ends after visiting Sultan Omar Ali Saiffuddien Mosque.

Hail on local water taxi from the city across the river to the water village. Learn about the history of water village and the traditional culture of the people living on the water. Enjoy complimentary pick-up and drop-off to and from your hotel for this tour.

This seat-in-coach tour provide you with hightlights of Brunei in one day with other tourists. Pickup and dropoff services are included. Visit to Water Village is with boat ride & light refreshments

Depart from the airport, we will drive pass by Istana Edinburgh, Prime Minister Office, Government Office Complex, Legislative Council Building heading to the local restaurant for dinner. After dinner, we will do a panoramic drive to Bandar Seri Begawan by drive through RIPAS Bridge while enjoying the night view of Water Village, stop by at the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque for photo sessions, drive pass by the Istana Nurul Iman (Sultan’s Palace) where the Sultan resides and marvel at the grandeur of the Jame’ Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque. The final stop is the Gadong night market where you can taste some local delicacies at your own expense and view the various types of vegetables, fruits and clothes on sale before transfer back to airport.

Although half of Brunei’s population lives in the Brunei-Muara District, sticking around the capital won’t provide most travellers with a full picture of life in this unique slice of Borneo. On this full-day tour, glimpse a unique way of living in the communal longhouses of Borneo’s Iban people. Borneo’s untouched wilderness is also a focus of this tour; follow your guide on a nature trek to experience the sights and sounds of preserved tropical jungle.

Contrast two different ways of life on this water-taxi tour of Bandar Seri Begawan; starting in the modern capital city, jump on a traditional wooden boat for a view of life Kampong Ayer, a floating village home to over 10,000 people. The Brunei River is a great spot for wildlife watching; on this tour, sightings of proboscis monkeys and blue throated kingfishers are common.