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Private Bandar Highlight & Water Village Tour: Comprehensive Half-Day City Exploration in Brunei
4.9
11 Ratings
Bandar Seri Begawan
This well-liked half-day city tour provides a wide-ranging insight into Brunei’s customs, heritage, and past, offering chances for photo stops and visiting some of the notable spots in Brunei Darussalam.
This well-liked half-day city tour provides a wide-ranging insight into Brunei’s customs, heritage, and past, offering chances for photo stops and visiting some of the notable spots in Brunei Darussalam.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Jame’Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque - Visit Jame Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque, Brunei’s largest mosque. A fine example of modern Islamic architecture, built to celebrate the 25th year of the current sultan’s reign.
(Close for visitors every Thursday & Friday) - Istana Nurul Iman - Photo stop at Istana Nurul Iman main enterance, the official…
- Jame’Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque - Visit Jame Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque, Brunei’s largest mosque. A fine example of modern Islamic architecture, built to celebrate the 25th year of the current sultan’s reign.
(Close for visitors every Thursday & Friday)
- Istana Nurul Iman - Photo stop at Istana Nurul Iman main enterance, the official residence of the Sultan of Brunei, the world’s largest residential palace.
- Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque - Photo stop from The Frame and visit Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque, the iconic landmark in the capital city. The elegant mosque was offically opened on 26th Sept 1958 and a symbol of the Islamic faith in the country.
Declared by most to be the most beautiful mosque in the region.
(Close for visitors every Thursday and Friday)
- Kampong Ayer - Venice of East - Boat ride along the historical Kampong Ayer is regarded as the largest Water Village settlement in the world.
The centuries-old Kampong Ayer is dubbed as “Venice of the East” by Venetian Antonio Pigafetta who sail to Brunei with Ferdinand Magellan’s flagship “Victoria” in 1521.
Visit a local house with light refreshment.
- Royal Regalia Museum - Visit the Royal Regalia Museum, officially opened on 30th Sept 1992 to mark 25 years of His Majesty’s the Sultan accession to the throne.
The architectural design of the museum takes into account the characteristic concept of the Malay Islamic Monarchy.
It houses the royal regalias and royal custums used during the coronation, as well exhibits related to commemorate the Silver Jubliee of HM the Sultan of Brunei.
(#Photos are allowed at the main gallery area only.
#Close every Friday and Sunday.)
What's Included
- All tour related expenses covered
- Complimentary bottled water
- Air-conditioned vehicle comfort
- Scenic boat ride and local house visit
- Safety ensured with life jackets
- All tour related expenses covered
- Complimentary bottled water
- Air-conditioned vehicle comfort
- Scenic boat ride and local house visit
- Safety ensured with life jackets
Location
Jame'Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Highway, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Highway, Kiulap
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(11 Ratings)
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Alexandra_l
Oct 29, 2024
Great informative tour - A great half day tour taking in all the main sights including the fascinating water village. Faisal was an excellent guide explaining Brunei culture and history and its people. I enjoyed the mosque visits and the tea at a local house in the water village. A great cultural experience.
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Marco_r
Oct 17, 2024
Bestvof Brunei - I really enjoyed this tour. Thanks to my guide I had the chance to see and enjoy the best of Brunei in such short time. Really authentic experience
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Tracey_b
Sep 15, 2024
Wonderful tour - What a great tour. Our guide Joey was very informative and looked after us.
Great insight into Brunei and we just loved the trip to the family’s house at the water village!
A must !!!!!
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Mirawal_r
Aug 18, 2024
Great - Jayson is a great guide , very passionate, walked extra mile during our trip to suggest restaurants of my preferred cuisine .....he had been great
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Claire_i
Jun 29, 2024
Great tour, highly recommended - Jason, our amazing tour guide was so knowledgeable, respectful, cared for ensuring we had a great experience, & always knew when to interject with humour. We were tossing up between this & full day, but this was just enough to see the main highlights. Jason also showed us the exact spots of where to take photos. Highlight was the first mosque we visited & the water village. Very beautiful & kind people. Loved this tour. Thank you to Jason & the tour company :)
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Khanh_v
Jan 30, 2024
Excellent tour - Perfect half day tour to experience the highlights of Brunei. Haji, our tour guide, was very knowledgeable, accommodating, and friendly. Highly recommended!
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Work2traveltheworld
Oct 30, 2023
Just an amazingly helpful and thoughtful guide!! - We booked the tour when we plan to visit Brunei on a cruise ship. We booked the tour via Viator (same company as TripAdvisor), but it turned out the travel time from the cruise port is too long to fit the original tour timeline.
Nevertheless, Bruneian Guide was super super communicative and helpful. We were able to communicate with him initially via Viator, and then via WhatsApp. He was happily able to help find us alternatives, even though his original tour could not accommodate the time to travel from the cruise port (the original tour starts from a hotel somewhere in Bandar, almost an hour from the cruise port).
In short, he is just a top notch and super helpful person, even on a situation when he won't personally benefit from it. I can only imagine how helpful he is on his own tour.
Thanks again very much for your help and thoughfulness!!
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Ailton007
Sep 30, 2023
Great tour to see Brunei's main attractions - Haji was a great guide and prompt to respond and provide instructions since we only booked a day in advance. Pick up from hotel on time at 8 am and we went to see the palace (just outside), both major mosques in the downtown area, Regalia museum (very cool) and did the boat ride and lunch at a local's home in Kampung Ayer Watertown last. It's a great tour to get around as taxis are otherwise hard to come by in Brunei. Hajo told us plenty about Brunei history, the work and life of the people (Brunei only has close to 500k population) and always had some inside information which made the tour fun and entertaining!
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Denise_a
Jun 12, 2023
Fendi was great! We loved... - Fendi was great! We loved the home visit in the water village. The mosques were beautiful . Great tour Fendi gave great information, the museum about the sultan was fabulous
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Luckyride8
Mar 26, 2023
A bit pricey - Great tour guide. A bit pricey for mostly free stuff to see all in the same area. Would be almost as good on your own with limited prior research.
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