Activities

 A.      The Bario & Kelabit Highlands’ Food & Cultural Festival is a unique community-run event that takes place in the beautiful forested highlands of Central Borneo. Established in 2005, it has grown into a 3 day celebration of food, farming, forest and cultural heritage in the longhouses, plains and mountains of the Kelabit Highlands, the cultural homeland of the Kelabit race and one of Malaysia's largest surviving forested areas. The Bario & Kelabit Highlands’ Food & Cultural Festival takes place in the month of July and is a yearly affair. If you love exotic and traditionally farmed foods, wild foods, jungle trekking, wildlife watching and cultural tourism, come and join the community for this celebrations. With traditional cultural shows, wild food walks and home stays, it promises to be a wonderful experience. The Bario & Kelabit Highlands’ Food & Cultural Festival is supported by the Kelabit Highlands Community, Rurum kelabit & Ministry of Tourism.

B.     Adventure: Fishing & Hunting

Fancy making your adrenalin rush by shooting down rapids or go for jungle treking while enjoying the tranquility of one of the highlands of Bario? If you are one of those thrill seekers, then you are very much welcome to Bario.

Guarded by the majestic Mount Murud (3480 feet above sea level) and located amidst a lush green jungle, Bario is home to more than 5000 Kelabits, an ethnic group of the Orang Ulu community.  For the adventure seekers, this would be an ideal place for its challenging fishing, hunting & water activities due to the beautiful Pa’ dapur River.  Opt for exhilarating trip down the Pa’Dapur River to Long Bayu campsite for an overnight stay and enjoy the cool and windy weather.

 
Another activity that you can indulge in is fishing along the Pa’Dapur.  Bario boasts of its abundance in fresh water carp, which is locally known as ' Ikan Semah'. People can go for a relaxing picnic at one of the numerous 'rocky kerangans' of the Pa’Berang River while enjoying its flora and fauna & its rich fishing grounds.  In Bario, one can only depend on farming, fishing or planting fruit trees for an income.