Kuching - Things to Do at City Centre

If you plan to stay at Kuching for very short period and do not plan to visit to nearby city like Semenggoh or Bau (although we strongly recommended you to pay a visit there :P), you can still having fun loiter around Kuching city centre! From cultural visit to historical visit and not to forget local attraction tooo!

First of all, you may need a transport here to ease your day. Rent a car is too mainstream and you may need to crack your head to look for parking. That’s why we go for motorbike! According to locals, there is only one legal shop at Kuching with motorbike renting service!

Ah Hui Motor

Address:

No. 29, Jalan Tabuan, 93100 Kuching, Sarawak.

Telephone: +60168863328 or +6082240508

Opening hours: 8am – 6pm (Monday to Saturday) ; 8.30am – 11am (Sunday and public holiday)

Ah Hui Motor.

Vespa for rent too!

This shop is recommended by Lonely Planet and their service is very good! We rent a motorbike (Karisma) from them for 2 days, Rm40 per day including helmets. Rm100 deposit is required. For insurance, the owner only covered insurance for the motor vehicle itself, not including rider and passenger due to accident.

Our rented Motorbike!

Things to do at city centre:

No.1 – Tua Pek Kong Temple

This is the oldest temple in the city which was built during pre-Brooke era. From here, you can get a great view of Sarawak River.

No. 2 – Bazaar Street

Bazaar Street is one of the oldest streets in Kuching. There are lots of souvenir stores and local delicacies like layer cake selling here too. 

No. 3 – Kuching Waterfront

Here is like a must-go place when you are at Kuching. Kuching Waterfront is quite a photogenic spot, overlooking the mosque across Kuching River. Besides, from here, you can get a great view of Fort Margherita which is across the river.

No. 4 – Carpenter Street

The other side of Kuching, Old Kuching :) There are quite a number of hidden gems here, especially food and of course the old buildings.

Entrance of Carpentar Street.

No. 5 – Cat statue

The biggest cat statue at Kuching! Too bad it was raining and we didn't take any photo with it! So here is a Google street view for you :P

No. 6 - Street arts

Try to look for all street arts and catch them all!

Love this the most!

By the way, there are street murals by street artist Ernest Zacharevic at Kuching, the famous one is Orang Utan mural. We are so close to that area but we could not find it that time T.T So here you are, Google street view again :P

Can you spot them?? Blocked by a van LOL.

No.7 - Unique cafe

We found quite a lot of unique cafe at Kuching, the one we loved the most is The Barber. Transformed from an old traditional barber shop into a cafe, where all old stuffs were fully utilised, either as decoration or still serving their own purpose until today!

So old-school!

The main entrance!!!

Haha, loved this!

There are much more interesting things which are yet to be discovered! Hope to see you soon, Kuching!