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Free entry for nature reserve, national park from Jan 1, 2015
For more information about Sama Jaya Nature Reserve, Gunung Santubong National Park and other national parks or nature reserves, logon to sarawakforestry.com or contact the National Parks Booking Office at 082-248088.
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MOUNT SANTUBONG, SARAWAK
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Published on Oct 25, 2012
Fishermen and sailors saw a profile of a woman when they looked ashore at the mountain from the South China Sea. Many visitors say they see an outline of a woman lying on the shore with her long hair flowing to the sea. Today, the head portion of the mountain is still unchanged- the forehead, the eyes, the nose, the mouth right up to the neck, bosom, belly and legs pointing to the sea
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11 Feb 2017
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Kuching: Climb Mount Santubong – TripAdvisor
There is checkpoint 1 where car park fee RM5 (parking lot belongs to the restaurant) and admission fee RM8 per climber payable to the Green Paradise Jungle Trek, the company which fully managed and maintained the trek for years.
Kuching Traveler Article:
Kuching: Climb Mount Santubong
Mount Santubong is situated on the Damai peninsular about 35 km north of Kuching and take only about 45 minutes to reach from the city centre. Many travellers staying at the nearby hotels and beach resort are not aware of this gem of a mountain at their virtual doorstep.
Although at only 810 metres high, Mt Santubong is a “single rise” mountain with a short range out of a relatively flat terrain by the sea, hence its impressive facade as you drive towards it from the city. In fact, it looks rather intimidating in part due to its extreme steep slope especially near its summit.
Start the climb at the base station of a restaurant on the right side of the road as you approach the big DAMAI signboards. There is checkpoint 1 where car park fee RM5 (parking lot belongs to the restaurant) and admission fee RM8 per climber payable to the Green Paradise Jungle Trek, the company which fully managed and maintained the trek for years. Upon registration they will inform or giving a briefing session about do and don’t. The climb takes 3-4 hours to the summit (depends on your fitness level). There is also the shortest way to the summit which is fromBukit Puteri (3 hours to the top) and 2 hours downhill – a total of six hours – and does not include rest time. So advice is to start really early, say about 8 am and be at the checkpoint 2 (Bukit Puteri) by 5pm, making it a total of 9 hours.
For more:
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g298309-c128855/Kuching:Malaysia:Climb.Mount.Santubong.html
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Free entry for nature reserve, national park from Jan 1
KUCHING: Sama Jaya Nature Reserve and Gunung Santubong National Park will waive their entrance fees for all category of visitors with effect from Jan 1.
The waiver only applies to these two locations.
All fees in other national parks and nature reserves across the state remain unchanged.
Sarawak Forestry announced this yesterday in a media statement, adding that the waiver would be for entrance fees only while other chargeable fees would still be in effect.
For more information about Sama Jaya Nature Reserve, Gunung Santubong National Park and other national parks or nature reserves, logon to sarawakforestry.com or contact the National Parks Booking Office at 082-248088.
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Local Legend
Among the famous legend of Santubong is the tale of jealousy and rage which had a tragic ending.
Legend tells of two sisters who were princesses of kayangan, the celestial kingdom who were well-liked by the people as they assisted them in their disputes. The princesses, Princess Santubong and Princess Sejinjang were invited by the people to live among them, which they graciously did.
Princess Santubong, the more beautiful of the two, had many suitors, got married and subsequently became pregnant. This made Princess Sejinjang very jealous, and consequently, she began to claim that she was more beautiful than her sister. Santubong would not agree and a huge argument ensued between the two. In the end Sejinjang became violent and hit her pounding pestle on the head of Santubong, who fell to the earth and grew into the mountain that bears her name. However, just before Santubong fell she threw her weaving loom’s beam at Sejinjang, breaking a part of her body, which scattered into the sea, creating the islands in the area (Pulau Kera, Pulau Burong, Satang/Talang-talang and so on). Meanwhile, the rest of Sejinjang’s body also fell to the earth and became the other mountain near Mount Santubong.
That is why the profile of Gunung or Mount Santubong looks like a lady lying on the horizon if viewed from various angles from the South China Sea.
http://wikitravel.org/en/Santubong
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Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Pendakian Gunung Santubong, Sarawak
Baru-baru ini Unit Kembara Alam, Kelab Kebajikan dan Sukan, Agensi Antidadah Kebangsaan telah mengadakan program Pendakian Gunung Santubong, Sarawak. Program ini melibatkan seramai 20 orang penyertaan. Perbelanjaan untuk mengikuti program ini ialah sebanyak RM500.00 hingga RM700.00 seorang iaitu untuk tempah tiket kapal terbang, penginapan, makan dan minum sepanjang program ini berlangsung. Perbelanjaan ditanggung sendiri oleh peserta.
http://kembara-alam-aadk.blogspot.my/2014/10/pendakian-gunung-santubong-sarawak.html
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9 August 2015
Students stranded on Mount Santubong rescued
Students stranded on Mount #Santubong rescued http://www.nst.com.my/node/95386 #nst170
By RABI’ATUL ‘ADAWIYAH ISMAIL – 9 August 2015 @ 7:08 PM
Read More : http://www.nst.com.my/node/95386
SANTUBONG: A mountain climbing trip at Mount Santubong for more than 100 students of a private college turned into a tragedy when nine of them stranded for more than seven hours inside the woods here.
Efforts to rescue the students whom lost their way inside the woods only concluded at about 3am today.
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Petra Jaya Fire and Rescue station chief Mohamad Raffy Saibi said 14 men in one engine was rushed to the scene to rescue the students after receiving a distress call at about 7pm.
The rescue team, Raffy said, was assisted by 18 men from the Civil Defence Department and the police.
“The first group of three students, whom had proceeded ahead with their journey after being separated from their friends, were rescued at 10.15pm.
“About 30 minutes later, the rescue team found the remaining six students, whom were stranded inside the woods,” said Raffy.
Since the weather was dark, Raffy said the rescue team had to bring down the remaining students in a group of two.
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Borneo Post Online
Santubong resort ankle-deep in water
by Jeremy Veno reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on February 16, 2015, Monday
KUCHING: A patrol conducted by the Petra Jaya Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) this morning has revealed that certain coastal areas were hit by the flash flood including a popular resort in Santubong.
It was believed that the ankle deep water level at a section of the resort’s main carpark is due to its low lying location which pooled in rain water after experiencing a torrential downpour during the wee hours.
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This is Borneo’s top predator, and largest cat.
Borneo Post
Clouded Leopards seen at Mount Santubong
Posted on April 6, 2014, Sunday
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Media Center
Students clean up Santubong beach
The 40-odd Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus students were partakers in the “Bagtastrophe” campaign initiated by biotechnology undergraduate Angelica Fiona Tan to reduce the use of plastic-based products, in particular plastic bags.
Tan is one of Bayer’s Young Environmental Envoy, a program the global German healthcare and agriculture company organises in partnership with the United Nations Environment Program to develop young leaders and create environmental awareness.
The program requires the 12 selected envoys in Malaysia to implement environmental projects which will be judged in September. The two top-performing envoys will earn an all-expense paid trip to Germany in November to learn about trends and perspectives in environmental protection and sustainability.
On the beach, the second-year undergraduate scoured the coastline for trash with her like-minded peers. By the end of the half-day outing, they cleared the beach of litter and collected 18 large bags of rubbish – 1,526 pieces of discarded items.
Read the full article in http://swinburne.edu.my/media/media_release/2013/media_details040913.html
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Published on Oct 25, 2012
Fishermen and sailors saw a profile of a woman when they looked ashore at the mountain from the South China Sea. Many visitors say they see an outline of a woman lying on the shore with her long hair flowing to the sea. Today, the head portion of the mountain is still unchanged- the forehead, the eyes, the nose, the mouth right up to the neck, bosom, belly and legs pointing to the sea
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WikiTravel
SANTUBONG
Set under the spectacularly steep 810m peak of Gunung Santubong, the Santubong Peninsula is home to Sarawak‘s finest beach resorts and its famous Cultural Village and only 35 minutes drive from Kuching.
7th-14th Century – Santubong Era . According to the Encyclopedia of Iban Studies the original inhabitants of Santubong are Ibans the sea Dyak.Derived from the word Si-antu-ubong which means the spirit boat in the Iban language.Antu is hantu in Malay.
Local Legend
Among the famous legend of Santubong is the tale of jealousy and rage which had a tragic ending.
Legend tells of two sisters who were princesses of kayangan, the celestial kingdom who were well-liked by the people as they assisted them in their disputes. The princesses, Princess Santubong and Princess Sejinjang were invited by the people to live among them, which they graciously did.
Princess Santubong, the more beautiful of the two, had many suitors, got married and subsequently became pregnant. This made Princess Sejinjang very jealous, and consequently, she began to claim that she was more beautiful than her sister. Santubong would not agree and a huge argument ensued between the two. In the end Sejinjang became violent and hit her pounding pestle on the head of Santubong, who fell to the earth and grew into the mountain that bears her name. However, just before Santubong fell she threw her weaving loom’s beam at Sejinjang, breaking a part of her body, which scattered into the sea, creating the islands in the area (Pulau Kera, Pulau Burong, Satang/Talang-talang and so on). Meanwhile, the rest of Sejinjang’s body also fell to the earth and became the other mountain near Mount Santubong.
That is why the profile of Gunung or Mount Santubong looks like a lady lying on the horizon if viewed from various angles from the South China Sea.
http://wikitravel.org/en/Santubong
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THE silhouette of a woman lying down can hardly be missed by anyone visiting Kuching.
Star
THE SANTUBONG LEGEND LIVES ON
It’s in the mountain, the peninsula and the many documents of concerned authorities
It’s in the mountain, the peninsula and the many documents of concerned authorities. THE silhouette of a woman lying down can hardly be missed by anyone visiting Kuching. The legend has been told over and over, and is even narrated in the lyrics of what is today, a popular state song Puteri Santubong.
http://mystar.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
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