MIRI: Borneo Tropical Rainforest Resort (BTRR)’s water park is now fully operational.
LATEST ATTRACTION: Visitors indulge in the new swimming pool and water park facilities at Borneo Tropical Rainforest Resort.
The open water park set amid the lush rainforest, which is one of its kind in Malaysia, consists of two swimming pools – one adult’s pool and a children’s pool – that are equipped with inline tube and body waterslides running through the forested area with ten other recreational structures.
Being its latest attraction for visitors to indulge in, the resort has also added a giant waterslide, where one can cascade down from a height of about 25 feet and have a big splash onto the pool.
Occupying an area of about two acres, the whole water park took about three months to complete.
“The public can now enjoy not only the nature but have fun for themselves and their children,” said the resort’s managing director Henry Law Ing Hua.
Speaking to reporters, he said before the water park was built, he received suggestions from visitors to build a pool that would entice and bring fun to their children.
Law added that since the resort first opened its doors to the public in June 2007, numerous improvements had been added and the latest were the new swimming pools and water park.
BTRR is an agro and nature resort nestled in the natural setting of the pristine and lush tropical rainforest adjacent to Lambir Hills National Park. It is located about 36km from Miri City, along Miri-Bintulu Road, about forty-minute drive away.
The resort offers an exciting and comprehensive range of facilities.
These include chalet and hotel accommodation, cafe and restaurant, meeting and conference rooms combining relaxation with a wide range of sports activities, sightseeing, educational and recreational activities of nature walk, rainforest trekking, night safari, pony ride and boat ride.
Set in tranquil and serene surroundings with lush greenery, BTRR is truly a tropical paradise amidst the tropical forest, a perfect retreat for relaxation and revitalisation of the body, mind and spirit, and a perfect getaway from the hustle and bustle of city life.
Apart from these, the resort also has a 100-acre orchard planted with 30 varieties of local fruits. It rears kampung chicken, ducks, rabbits, sheep and deer.
In conjunction with the school holidays from March 12 to 20, visitors to the resort can enjoy the facilities free of charge; whereas they would normally need to cough up RM10.
Entrance fees (for day trippers) from Mondays to Thursdays are RM50 (adult), RM30 (children aged 3-12 years) and from Fridays to Sundays and public holidays, the fees are RM60 (adult), RM45 (children aged 3-12 years).
The fees are inclusive of two-and-half-hour farm trailer and boat ride for sightseeing, lunch, afternoon snack and an entitlement to any type of fun-game.
From March 12 till May 31 this year, senior citizens aged 55 and above will be given 30 per cent discount for the day trip and stay packages.
The resort also provides specially tailored packages for students, schools, companies, churches, associations and other groups of visitors.
For information and reservation, please call 085-613888 or 013-8381985 (Mr Law) or fax to 085- 613808 or to email: info@borneorainforestresort.com or visit their website at www.borneorainforestresort.com. • (Bottom) The skateboarders practising at a skatepark. * (Centre top) A young Afghan skateboarder posing at the park. — AFP photos