Water taxis
Across the river.
Balou46 — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand — CC0 · Yu Chu Chin — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Yu Chu Chin — CC BY-SA 4.0
To many the largest water village in the world, a whole town of wooden houses raised on stilts over the Brunei River opposite the capital's centre, centuries old and described by European travellers in the sixteenth century as the Venice of the East. The village has dozens of neighbourhoods linked by long wooden walkways over the water, with schools, mosques, police and fire stations and shops, all on stilts, home to thousands of residents who get around by small boat as others do by car. Visitors cross the river by small wooden water taxis from the city-centre jetty in minutes, stroll the walkways and visit the Kampong Ayer Cultural and Tourism Gallery with its view over the water; some families invite visitors in for tea and local sweets. Wandering the village is free, crossing by water taxi costs a token fare agreed with the boatman, and longer boat tours run around the village and into the mangroves to see proboscis monkeys. Respect residents' privacy when taking photographs.
Across the river.
Over the water.
In the mangroves.
On the Brunei River, opposite the city centre
By small wooden water taxi from the city-centre jetty in a few minutes.
