Tourist Information Centre (TIC)

For tourist information Centre a tourist can find the TIC in the airport or ask the reception of the tourist's hotel for directions. A tourist can also pick up a Explore Brunei Visitor's Guide where it has a folded map inside it should help the tourist.

Transportation

The Mode of transportation is by using Bus, Taxi and water taxi. The buses in brunei is quite cheap and comfortable, Bus stops are easy to find. Taxi are a little quite expensive because it is fast and comfortable there are many Taxi services or car rental services available in Brunei. Water Taxi is also a cheap mode of transportation in Brunei as it only cost about BND1 Per person and a tourist can also ask the boatmen to cruise around the water village and proboscis monkey tours are also available.

Car hire Services

Avis Rent a Car
BookLink
Hani Car Rental
Qawi Enterprise ( Rent A Car)

Health and Beauty

For tourist who are aiming to be healthy or trying to be in tip-top shape they can always to go two of Brunei's well known Gymnasiums. For tourist who are aiming to be fit and healthy the tourist can always go to Fitness Zone and tourist who are into muscle building can always go to Harun Gym.

One of Brunei's Leading Fitness Centres;

Fitness Zone

If the Tourist is sick or unwell and in need of a license doctor then the Tourist can go to the private clinics available in Brunei such as the Amir's Clinic, Borneo Clinic, CY Lim Clinic, El-Shifa Clinic and many more these clinics that have been mentioned are all located at Bandar Seri Begawan and Gadong.

Spas in Brunei;

Amanha Spa
Spa Zone
Zen Spa
Shiatzen Spa

Eating Areas

Finding a place in Brunei to eat is quite simple and easy actually, with many varieties of choices a tourist can choose a place like the pasar malam where he/she can choose from many choices of food that is still freshly cooked and still hot or to a place where it is more on an average budget restaurant which is the Aminah Arif Restaurant or a tourist can go to a fine dining restaurant which is the Tarindak Restaurant which offers exquisite and exellent foods to the tourist

The Pasar Malam

The Tarindak RestaurantThe Aminah Arif Restaurant

Activities & Entertainment

Activities in Brunei are many with shopping one of the activites, there are also other available city tour or the proboscis monkey tour. For the city tour the tourist will be touring around the capital city of Brunei Darussalam and for the proboscis monkey tour is where the tourist can witness the amazing rare and wild proboscis monkey that can only be found in Borneo Island these tours are available via any tour agents in Brunei. Cinemas are also a big hit in Brunei there are 2 major cinemas in Brunei one is in The Mall, Gadong and the Other one which is in Jerudong in the Empire Cinema. Water sports are also Available in the such as the jet skiing,kayaking and many more in Pantai serasa.

Functions and Conference

There are many venues in Brunei that can held a particular function or an international meeting but 2 of the many venues in Brunei are the most talked about and the most recommended, the 2 venues are the International Convention Centre (ICC) and The Bridex Hall. Both of these venues are capable of holding a high profile events.

International Convention Centre (ICC)Bridex Hall

Tourist Attractions

Since Brunei is divided into 4 districts for each of the districts has its own tourist attraction. In Brunei Muara there are many tourist attractions amongst it is the Kampong Ayer or Water Village and The Royal Regalia Museum. In Tutong, Belait and Temburong have it's own tourist attractions as well.

Kampong Ayer

The Kampong Ayer or Water Village is also called by some people the 'Venice of the east'. The Kampong Ayer it self has 10% of the whole population of Brunei which means their are at least 30,000 people or more living in Kampong Ayer. It is Located in Brunei's capital city which is the Bandar Seri Begawan. Kampong Ayer was once visited by Antonio Pigafetta when the fleet of Ferdinand Magellan visited Brunei in 1521. The Kampong Ayer is culturally an important part of tourism in Brunei because this water village is the largest water village in the world. There are also tours available for cruising around Kampong Ayer from which the Water Taxi is available and it costs BND1 for one person and there is a proboscis monkey tour which cost 10 per person.

The Royal Regalia Museum

The Royal Regalia Museum was officially openned in 30 september 1992 by His majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah the 29th Sultan of Brunei. This particular building's purpose was to keep all the Royal Artifacts for the tourist and the Bruneian to see. In this Building it consists of 4 galleries which is the Royal Regalia (Coronation,1968), Royal Exhibition Gallery, Silver Jubilee Gallery, Constitutional History Gallery. For each of these galleries shows different types of artifacts.

Visiting Hours;
Sunday - Thursday: 9.00am to 5.00pm
Friday: 9.00am to 11.30am & 2.30pm to 5.00pm
Saturday: 9.45am to 5.00pm

During The Fasting Month;
Sunday-Thursday: 9.00am - 3.00pm
Friday: 9.00am - 12.00pm

Entry will be closed 30 minutes before visiting hours end and to enter the museum the tourist must take off their shoes or sandals before entering the museum and at certain galleries photo taking is not allowed.

Other Tourist Attraction;

In Brunei Muara

The Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque


The Jame Asr Hassanil Bolkiah

House of twelve Roofs


The Malay Technology Museum

In Tutong District

Pantai Seri Kenangan

Sungai Basong Recreational Park

Tasek Merimbun

In Belait Districts

Billionth Barrel Monument

The Anduki Recreational Park

Sungai Liang Forest Recreational Park

In Temburong District

Ulu Temburong National Park


Kuala Belalong Mini Park

Accommodation in Brunei

The Empire Hotel

In Brunei There are many accommodations (Hotels) but the most iconic hotel in Brunei is The Empire Hotel. This is probably the most unique and the most classiest hotel in Brunei with many varieties of features available and activities available in the Hotel.provides many varieties of rooms, suites and villas for the guest to choose from.

The features that is available in the Empire Hotel is the Theater, Swimming pool, spa, restaurants, gymnasium, bowling alley and golf. These features are all available for the guest although for the theater, bowling alley, spa, restaurants and golf the guest needs to pay at a certain amount but for the others as long as the person is staying in the Empire Hotel then its free.

For sports & activities available in the Empire hotel, whats available is a tennis court, squash court, bowling, gymnasium, badminton, multi-purpose court, indoor pool and pool table. although not all of these sports & activities are free to the guest some have fees. The activities that have fees are squash court, bowling, badminton and pool tables. For the squash court a guest needs to pay B$15 per 45mins per court, bowling B$8 per game per person, badminton B$20 per hour per court and pool table B$15 per hour per table.

For The Restaurants in the empire hotel there are 7 restaurants for the guest to enjoy and if the guest isn't satisfied with one of the restaurants he or she has 6 more restaurants to choose from this it widens the choice for the guest to choose to eat from rather than to stuck with just one restaurant. The restaurants that is available in the Empire hotel are such as Li Gong, Pantai, Pool Deck, Atrium Cafe, Lobby Lounge, Bunker Bistro and Spaghettini. Each of these Restaurants has its own unique theme based food for example The Li Gong is an asian Based theme food and for the pool deck it is just snack menus and for healthy diet because it offers combining healthy and nutritious selection for those who wants to keep fit and healthy. all of the restaurants has similar operating hours starts at 8am ends at 10pm while there are other restaurants that closes earlier such as the pool deck(8am-6pm).

Rooms,suite and villas for each and every room there are different types of rooms provided and located at a different location, for the rooms there are 3 types of Rooms which is the superior room located at the main atrium building, ocean room and the deluxe room both are located at the external building which is the lagoon, waterfall steps building. Each of these rooms cost different such as the Deluxe room cost BND500 per person per night, Ocean room cost BND450 per person per night and the Superior room cost BND400 per person per night.

For the suite there are 4 types of suites which is the Executive, Ambassador, Empress and Emperor suite are all located in the same location which is the main atrium building. The cost for each of the suites are for the Executive suite it cost BND900 per person per night, Ambassador suite cost BND1600 per person per night, Empress Suite BND9,000 per person per night and the Emperor suite cost BND16600 per person per night. All of the suites can enjoy an all access E-Club benefits.

And Finally the Villas there are 3 types of villas and for the views it is divided into 2. The 3 types of villas are 3 bedroom Ocean villa, 2 bedroom Garden Villa, 3 bedroom Royal Villa and for the views it is the Garden or Ocean view. For the cost of each villas it is for the Garden Villa it costs BND1,300 per person per night, Ocean Villa costs BND2,100 per person per night and Royal Villa costs BND2,900 per person per night.

For Even more Information visit the Empire Hotel's official website: www.theempirehotel.com and for the hotline: + 673 241 8888 Fax: + 673 241 8999.

Other Accommodations(hotel) in Brunei;

The Rizqun International Hotel

The Terrace Hotel

The Radisson Hotel


The Orchid Garden Hotel

The Centre Point Hotel

INTRODUCTION TO BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

Brunei is a small country in Borneo, the closest neighboring country is Sarawak(Malaysia). The country is located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in South East Asia separated from the coastline which is the South China Sea. The Full name of Brunei is Brunei Darussalam, from which 'Darussalam' is a Arabic word which translate to 'Abode of Peace'. Brunei has an area of 5,765km or 2,226 sq miles. It has a population of approximately 400,000 and the country is divided into 4 districts which is Brunei Muara, Tutong, Belait and Temburong District. The official language for this country is Malay while English is also widely spoken. The currency for this country is 'Ringgit' or Brunei Dollars, although Singapore money can be use in Brunei as long as it is not torn or damaged it will be accepted by the shops in Brunei. The official Religion of Brunei is Muslim although there are other Religion which is the Christianity and Buddhism but relatively in small numbers.