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Vital Focus Transportaion operates PB Bus Express,
TRAVEL & TOUR CONNECTIONS Suria Bus Express, Borneo Highway Express (Bintulu,
Miri, Sarikei, Kuching) Tel: 322450, 313254,
Unless otherwise indicated, all addresses are 96000
Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia. The telephone dialling code is Airport. No direct bus service. If you are travelling light,
+6084 from overseas and 084 within Malaysia. take a Lanang Road bus to Kanowit or Sibu Jaya and ask
for the airport juncion (10 mins walk). Roughly every
AIR - Malaysia: MAS connects Sibu with Kuala Lumpur hour from 5.15 am to 5 pm. RM 3.
(1x daily) and Kuching (2x daily). Advance booking fares Bintangor. Most buses to Sarikei stop in Bintangor, RM 5.
are available. Air Asia operates regular lights between Bintulu. Frequent services with irst bus deparing 7
Sibu and Kuching (2x daily), Kuala Lumpur (LCCT, 5x am, last bus 12.30 am. RM 28.
daily) and Johor Bharu (1x daily). MASwings operates Dalat. Trans Borneo Resources, phone for schedule. RM 22.
ATR72 turboprop services connecing Sibu to Kuching Kanowit. Lanang Rd Bus No. 3 Roughly every hour from
(5x daily), Miri (4x daily), Bintulu (2x daily) and Kota 5.15 am to 5 pm. RM 5
Kinabalu (2x daily), as well as 19-seat DHC-6 Twin Oter Miri. See operators above. Frequent services with irst
turboprops from Mukah to Kuching (3x daily) and Miri bus deparing 7 am, last bus 12.30 am. RM 40.
Mukah. Trans Borneo Resources, Lanang Road Bus Co,
(1x daily). Malindo Air will commence lights from Sibu phone for schedule. RM 20.
to Kuala Lumpur in January 2014 (1x daily). Connecions Ponianak (Indonesia). Biaramas Express, 10 am, 01.45
to other desinaions are via Kuching, Kuala Lumpur, pm, 9.30 pm, 11.30 pm 12:00 am. RM 95.
Miri, Johor Bharu or Kota Kinabalu. Sarikei. See operators above. Frequent services with
Sibu Airport Informaion. Tel: 307770. irst bus deparing 5.15 am, last bus 12.30 am. RM 10.
Sibu New Bus Terminal . From the Express Wharf Bus
Air Asia. Ground Floor, Airport Terminal Building, Staion, Lanang Rd Bus No. 21 or Sungai Merah Bus Nos.
contact via call centre: 03-87754000, www.airasia.com. 12 & 17. Every 45 mins from 6.30 am to 5.30 pm. RM 1.
Malaysian Airlines (MAS) & MASwings. Ground Floor, Sungai Merah Bazaar (for heritage walk) and Wong Nai
Airport Terminal Building, contact via call centre, Tel: Siong Memorial Park. Sungai Merah Bus 1A. RM1
1-300 883000 or 326861, www.malaysiaairlines.com.
Malindo Air. No Sibu oice. Contact via call centre, Tel: EXPRESS BOATS: Tickets are sold in the Passenger
03-7841 5388, www.malindoair.com. Terminal at the Sibu Express Wharf. It’s advisable to get
ROAD: The Trans-Borneo highway connects Sibu to all there 30 mins before departure, except at peak holiday
periods when you may have to book a day in advance.
major cites in Sarawak. Sibu to Kuching takes about 5
hours by car, Bintulu about 2 hours, Miri about 4 hours Belaga. Daily at 6.15 am (9.30 am from Kapit). Services
and Mukah about 3 hours. Roads in and around Sibu are may not operate during the dry season (July-Sept).
generally good. 8 hrs. RM 50 (Kapit RM 35). Foreign visitors require a
permit from the Kapit Resident’s Oice to travel beyond
BUS SERVICES: Local bus services operate from the Kapit, so will need to stay overnight in Kapit.
bus staion opposite the Express Wharf and serve Dalat. Smaller speedboats depart from the jety at
desinaions throughout the town and its surroundings. the juncion of Jln Khoo Peng Loong and Jln Temple.
Long distance buses depart from the Sibu New Bus Roughly every 1½ hrs from 7.00 am to 2.30 pm. 1 boat
st
Terminal on Jln Pahlawan. Please phone the bus back from Dalat 6.30 am, last boat 12.30 pm. Boats
companies for latest schedules, e-mail the Visitors’ depart as soon as they are full so get there at least 30
Informaion Centre in Sibu for up-to-date bus schedules mins early. 2 hrs. RM25.
and prices, or drop by for a printout of the same. Daro. 2-hourly from 7.30 am - 9.30 pm. 2 ½ hrs. RM25
Kapit. A variety of operators run frequent services from
Biaramas Express (Bintulu, Kuching, Sarikei, Miri, 5.30 am to 3.30 pm, most of which stop at Kanowit, Song
Ponianak) Tel: 313139, 311323, latest bus schedules at and the occasional longhouse along the way. Contact
www.busasia.com. the Sarawak Rivers Board for up-to date schedules, Tel:
Borneo Amalgamated Transport (Bintulu, Kuching, 339936 (24 hrs). About 3 hrs. RM28 (1st class RM33).
Sarikei, Sri Aman, Kanowit, Miri) Tel: 334521. Kanowit. See Kapit. 40 mins. RM8.
Lanang Road Bus Co and Rejang Transport (Kuching, Kuching. Express Bahagia, departs daily at 11.30 am,
Bintulu, Miri, Kanowit, Sarikei, Bintangor, Mukah,
stopping at Sarikei and Tanjung Manis. RM 45, 5 hrs. Tel:
Balingian plus local services) Tel: 314527, 335917. 319228 Fax: 336199. RM45 (1st class RM50).
Miri Transportaion (Bintulu, Miri, Kuching) Tel: 324818. Sarikei. See Kuching. 1 hr. RM10.
Sungei Merah Bus Co (Sibu town local services) Tel: Song. See Kapit. 2½ hrs. RM 22 (1st Class RM28).
330759, 335564.
Suria Bus Express (From Mukah to Bintulu & Miri) Tel: TAXIS: Airport to town is RM 28. Town to airport is
872682. RM26. Taxis do not use meters but most trips within
Syarikat Bas Baram (Bintulu, Baram, Miri, Kuching) Tel: town are between RM6 and RM12. Taxis can always
313100. be found outside the big hotels and at the taxi stands
Tai Hua Bus (From Mukah to Oya & Dalat) Tel: opposite the Express Wharf and on Jalan Lintang.
871230/872682. Alternaively, call the taxi staion, Tel: 320773, 335787
Trans Borneo Resources (Kuching, Mukah, Oya, Dalat, or 313384. Oicial 1-way long distance fares are: Mukah
Sarikei, Bintulu, Miri. Also from Mukah & Dalat direct to (RM250), Bawang Assan (RM70), Sarikei (RM150),
Bintulu & Miri) Tel: 082-452271. Kanowit (RM70) and Bintangor (RM120).
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TRAVEL & TOUR CONNECTIONS Suria Bus Express, Borneo Highway Express (Bintulu,
Miri, Sarikei, Kuching) Tel: 322450, 313254,
Unless otherwise indicated, all addresses are 96000
Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia. The telephone dialling code is Airport. No direct bus service. If you are travelling light,
+6084 from overseas and 084 within Malaysia. take a Lanang Road bus to Kanowit or Sibu Jaya and ask
for the airport juncion (10 mins walk). Roughly every
AIR - Malaysia: MAS connects Sibu with Kuala Lumpur hour from 5.15 am to 5 pm. RM 3.
(1x daily) and Kuching (2x daily). Advance booking fares Bintangor. Most buses to Sarikei stop in Bintangor, RM 5.
are available. Air Asia operates regular lights between Bintulu. Frequent services with irst bus deparing 7
Sibu and Kuching (2x daily), Kuala Lumpur (LCCT, 5x am, last bus 12.30 am. RM 28.
daily) and Johor Bharu (1x daily). MASwings operates Dalat. Trans Borneo Resources, phone for schedule. RM 22.
ATR72 turboprop services connecing Sibu to Kuching Kanowit. Lanang Rd Bus No. 3 Roughly every hour from
(5x daily), Miri (4x daily), Bintulu (2x daily) and Kota 5.15 am to 5 pm. RM 5
Kinabalu (2x daily), as well as 19-seat DHC-6 Twin Oter Miri. See operators above. Frequent services with irst
turboprops from Mukah to Kuching (3x daily) and Miri bus deparing 7 am, last bus 12.30 am. RM 40.
Mukah. Trans Borneo Resources, Lanang Road Bus Co,
(1x daily). Malindo Air will commence lights from Sibu phone for schedule. RM 20.
to Kuala Lumpur in January 2014 (1x daily). Connecions Ponianak (Indonesia). Biaramas Express, 10 am, 01.45
to other desinaions are via Kuching, Kuala Lumpur, pm, 9.30 pm, 11.30 pm 12:00 am. RM 95.
Miri, Johor Bharu or Kota Kinabalu. Sarikei. See operators above. Frequent services with
Sibu Airport Informaion. Tel: 307770. irst bus deparing 5.15 am, last bus 12.30 am. RM 10.
Sibu New Bus Terminal . From the Express Wharf Bus
Air Asia. Ground Floor, Airport Terminal Building, Staion, Lanang Rd Bus No. 21 or Sungai Merah Bus Nos.
contact via call centre: 03-87754000, www.airasia.com. 12 & 17. Every 45 mins from 6.30 am to 5.30 pm. RM 1.
Malaysian Airlines (MAS) & MASwings. Ground Floor, Sungai Merah Bazaar (for heritage walk) and Wong Nai
Airport Terminal Building, contact via call centre, Tel: Siong Memorial Park. Sungai Merah Bus 1A. RM1
1-300 883000 or 326861, www.malaysiaairlines.com.
Malindo Air. No Sibu oice. Contact via call centre, Tel: EXPRESS BOATS: Tickets are sold in the Passenger
03-7841 5388, www.malindoair.com. Terminal at the Sibu Express Wharf. It’s advisable to get
ROAD: The Trans-Borneo highway connects Sibu to all there 30 mins before departure, except at peak holiday
periods when you may have to book a day in advance.
major cites in Sarawak. Sibu to Kuching takes about 5
hours by car, Bintulu about 2 hours, Miri about 4 hours Belaga. Daily at 6.15 am (9.30 am from Kapit). Services
and Mukah about 3 hours. Roads in and around Sibu are may not operate during the dry season (July-Sept).
generally good. 8 hrs. RM 50 (Kapit RM 35). Foreign visitors require a
permit from the Kapit Resident’s Oice to travel beyond
BUS SERVICES: Local bus services operate from the Kapit, so will need to stay overnight in Kapit.
bus staion opposite the Express Wharf and serve Dalat. Smaller speedboats depart from the jety at
desinaions throughout the town and its surroundings. the juncion of Jln Khoo Peng Loong and Jln Temple.
Long distance buses depart from the Sibu New Bus Roughly every 1½ hrs from 7.00 am to 2.30 pm. 1 boat
st
Terminal on Jln Pahlawan. Please phone the bus back from Dalat 6.30 am, last boat 12.30 pm. Boats
companies for latest schedules, e-mail the Visitors’ depart as soon as they are full so get there at least 30
Informaion Centre in Sibu for up-to-date bus schedules mins early. 2 hrs. RM25.
and prices, or drop by for a printout of the same. Daro. 2-hourly from 7.30 am - 9.30 pm. 2 ½ hrs. RM25
Kapit. A variety of operators run frequent services from
Biaramas Express (Bintulu, Kuching, Sarikei, Miri, 5.30 am to 3.30 pm, most of which stop at Kanowit, Song
Ponianak) Tel: 313139, 311323, latest bus schedules at and the occasional longhouse along the way. Contact
www.busasia.com. the Sarawak Rivers Board for up-to date schedules, Tel:
Borneo Amalgamated Transport (Bintulu, Kuching, 339936 (24 hrs). About 3 hrs. RM28 (1st class RM33).
Sarikei, Sri Aman, Kanowit, Miri) Tel: 334521. Kanowit. See Kapit. 40 mins. RM8.
Lanang Road Bus Co and Rejang Transport (Kuching, Kuching. Express Bahagia, departs daily at 11.30 am,
Bintulu, Miri, Kanowit, Sarikei, Bintangor, Mukah,
stopping at Sarikei and Tanjung Manis. RM 45, 5 hrs. Tel:
Balingian plus local services) Tel: 314527, 335917. 319228 Fax: 336199. RM45 (1st class RM50).
Miri Transportaion (Bintulu, Miri, Kuching) Tel: 324818. Sarikei. See Kuching. 1 hr. RM10.
Sungei Merah Bus Co (Sibu town local services) Tel: Song. See Kapit. 2½ hrs. RM 22 (1st Class RM28).
330759, 335564.
Suria Bus Express (From Mukah to Bintulu & Miri) Tel: TAXIS: Airport to town is RM 28. Town to airport is
872682. RM26. Taxis do not use meters but most trips within
Syarikat Bas Baram (Bintulu, Baram, Miri, Kuching) Tel: town are between RM6 and RM12. Taxis can always
313100. be found outside the big hotels and at the taxi stands
Tai Hua Bus (From Mukah to Oya & Dalat) Tel: opposite the Express Wharf and on Jalan Lintang.
871230/872682. Alternaively, call the taxi staion, Tel: 320773, 335787
Trans Borneo Resources (Kuching, Mukah, Oya, Dalat, or 313384. Oicial 1-way long distance fares are: Mukah
Sarikei, Bintulu, Miri. Also from Mukah & Dalat direct to (RM250), Bawang Assan (RM70), Sarikei (RM150),
Bintulu & Miri) Tel: 082-452271. Kanowit (RM70) and Bintangor (RM120).
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