Dayak Lundu
editLittle is known about the history of Lundu. The main river is called Batang Kayan, "the Kayan river". In the mid-eighteenth century a group of Dayak Bidayuh people from near Bau migrated and settled on the west bank of the Batang Kayan, where Kampong Stunggang Melayu now stands. They came to be called the Dayak Lundu, and you can still see the grove of durian trees they planted. The name "Lundu" itself is taken from a small catfish that abounds in the Sungai Lundu which flows down from Gunung Gading.
Lundu is a town and a district located in the northwest of Kuching Division of Sarawak, Malaysia, and borders the Indonesian Province of West Kalimantan.
Lundu is located 100 km from Kuching City, 70 km from Bau Town, 28 km from Sematan Bazzar, 26 km from Biawak Bazzar, 18 km from Kampong Sebako and 10 km from Pandan Beach. It is accessible by road.
Biawak which is near the Indonesia-Malaysia border is the location of one of three land border crossings into Indonesia. The Malaysian checkpoint is called the Biawak Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security Checkpoint while the Indonesian checkpoint is called the Aruk Border Crossing Checkpoint. The nearest towns to Aruk are Sambas town about 93m away, and Singkawang about 160 km away. Both towns are in West Kalimantan.
Tourist Attractions :
· Tanjung Datu National Park - westernmost tip of Sarawak
· Gunung Gading National Park - home to the Rafflesia
· Siar Beach
· Pandan Beach
· Pugu Beach
· Sematan Beach - Abang Amin Beach, Sungai Kilong Beach and Pueh Beach
· Telok Melano Beach
· Talang-Talang Islands (Greater and Lesser Talang-talang) - turtle sanctuary
· Samunsam Wildlife Sanctuary
· Sampadi Island
· Rambungan Beach
· Sebako hot spring
· Jangkar Waterfalls
· Pueh Longhouse Homestay - Salako ethnic
· Telok Melano Homestay - Malay ethnic
· Kangka Longhouse Homestay - Iban ethnic