Selirong Mangrove Island

Tour Code: BWN 16

Tour Name: Selirong Island Excursion

Duration: 5 hours with light refreshment


The tour starts with pick up from your hotel and transfer to the boat jetty in the capital city. Board an open deck local wooden boat and cruise along the Brunei River passing the Water Village. Along the way, boat will pass through fishing village, Fish farm along the river bank, and head to Brunei bay.


Upon reaching Selirong Island, which is an protected Mangrove Forest.we will start to cruise slowly under the mangrove trees where you can witness the wonder of the mangrove world which is the cradle for a myriads of marine’s life. You will have the chance to see a unique fish that can live underwater as well as on land – the mudskipper hopping around on the muddy river banks searching for food. If you are lucky, you will also have the chance to witness the blue throated and the small red kingfishers taking a killer plunge into the water to catch small fishes. The white egret and night heron are also common sights during this tour. We will make a few stops under the mangrove trees and on the look out for the rare endangered species primate – the proboscis monkey which usually comes near to the water in the early morning and at dusk time. The odd looking monkey where the male have a large bright orange coloured pendulous nose can only be found on the island of Borneo and Sumatera of Indonesia. The unique thing about the proboscis monkey in Brunei is that you don’t have to travel far in the jungle to see them.
Along the walk way, we can get up close with the mangrove Forest and it habitat like flying fox, lemur,monitor izard and etc. Enjoy the tranquility of the Mangrove forest before head back to hotel. Tour End.