Bandar Seri Begawan Muara, Brunei
Brunei

62 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

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Frequently Asked Questions

At the Muara deep-water port, about 27 kilometres from the capital, roughly thirty minutes by road through palm groves and residential districts. Line shuttles and taxis share the run.
No. Muara is 27 kilometres from the capital: a shuttle, taxi or organized excursion is essential. The transfer is simple and well established, but budget an hour round trip in your schedule.
The Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien mosque, the Royal Regalia Building and a water-taxi crossing to Kampong Ayer form a coherent route once you have transferred in. The river excursion to the mangroves needs more time.
Yes, outside prayer times. The hushed, cool interior is open to visitors in covering dress, lent free of charge at the entrance. Outside, you can walk the grounds between gardens and the artificial lagoon reflecting a stone royal barge.
A museum displaying coronation chariots, regalia and ceremonial gifts presented to the sultan. The main hall is dominated by the gilded jubilee chariot. Air-conditioned and free to enter, it makes a welcome break in the middle of the day.
A vast water village where thousands of people live in stilt houses linked by wooden walkways, facing the centre across the Brunei river. You follow the walkways past schools, neighbourhood mosques and floating grocery shops.
By colourful water taxi from the downtown quays: the crossing takes a few minutes at full throttle. You step off onto the pontoons and continue on foot along the walkways.
Yes, by continuing the boat trip upriver where the mangroves close in on the banks. With some patience you spot these long-nosed monkeys, found only on Borneo, leaping from branch to branch above the water.
No. Istana Nurul Iman, the vast residential palace, is not open to visitors. Its roofs do rise above the vegetation as boats pass: the view from the river is enough to convey its scale.
Late afternoon for the mosque: in the heat of the day the white marble throws back an almost blinding light, and locals wait for the sun to drop before strolling there with their families. Air-conditioned stops such as the Royal Regalia Building suit midday better.