Limbang is the Suluk Durian Kingdom of amazing orange, yellow, red and sometimes marbled hybrids of D. zibethinus and D. graveolens. But they’re not just random trees — there are grafted Suluk hybrids, just like Musang King or Black Thorn or Puangmanee. Behind each durian is a story — and behind this flaming sunset durian […]
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Sri Aman Durian Guide
About Sri Aman, The City of Peace Sri Aman is a small city facing the Batang Lupar River in a wide, bumpy agricultural plain meandering into the pepper-filled mountains of the Indonesian border. It’s a city populated primarily by ethnic Ibans, with a strong Chinese influence. There’s a Quan Yin Temple on the riverbank, plenty […]
Travel Lawas Durian Guide
There was only one reason we Durian-Obsessed peeps got interested in Lawas — Durian. This tiny little sliver of Sarawak is famous for it. But, once we started hanging out in this sleepy, tourist-free town, we realized that it’s really a beautiful area with plenty of cool nature-things to do between all the durian snacking. […]
Suluk King at Lo’s Lawas Durian Farm
A friend of a friend of a friend told us we needed to go visit Mr. Lo to taste the best Lawas durian farm. So one fine day in early December, a hungry group of us durian munchers traveled to the small town of Lawas, in northern Sarawak. Waiting for us was something pretty special. […]
Malaysia 2019 Durian Season Guide
Oops. It’s already May, and if it were any other normal durian year, durians would be dropping in Malaysia and I’d be apologizing to all you durian munchers for being so tardy in releasing the Malaysia 2019 Durian Guide. Luckily durians are late this year too. Keep scrolling down to see lists of recommended durian […]
Durian Stalls on the new Song to Kapit Road
Six months ago, the road wasn’t there and neither were the durian stalls. It’s all new. When I visited Song last year, in 2018, the only way to get there was to shuffle on board a boat and cruise up the Rajang. Durians either traveled to Song the same way, or were never collected or […]
Up the Rajang: Belaga Durian Guide
Belaga is a very small town on the Rajang River, the longest river in Sarawak. It’s further than Sibu, or Song, or even Kapit. Past the Pelagus Rapids along about 120km of brown, ever narrowing river, you’ll find your way to Belaga. So far from the coast, I imagined Belaga to be up in the […]
Merarap Hot Spring Durian Farm | Lawas, Sarawak
Does relaxing in a natural hot spring in the jungles of Borneo, munching durian under a black and star speckled sky, sound like a dream come true? Yeah, that’s what I was thinking too when I decided to travel 2 1/2 hours into the Iran mountain range to visit the Merarap Hot Spring Lodge Durian […]
Grafted Wild Durian Hybrids in Limbang, Sarawak
Many people in Sarawak sell durian along the main roads during the season, usually in tied-up piles (ikat) or loose piles (tompok). One of the few places (maybe the only place) where you can sit-down to have a comfortable durian meal at a durian-stall-type setting, ala Peninsular Malaysia, is Madam Ting’s just 5km outside of […]
