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Explore Sibu's Central Market through its produce and food, then leave room for a fresh kompia stop when a bakery is working. This is a flexible tasting walk, with purchases and menus chosen on the day.
Spend three days with a highland host programme centred on salt making, paddy landscapes and village life.
Visit farms near Kuching, learn about seasonal ingredients and prepare a meal with Bidayuh hosts.
Join a practical cooking session at Outreach Borneo Camp and share the meal you help prepare.
Spend an evening aboard North Borneo Cruises, combining coastal views, a buffet and live music.
Meet the hosts of a family-run garden in Lamunin and explore the connection between growing food and Dusun cooking.
Discover Sabah’s produce, seafood and everyday food trading at Kota Kinabalu’s waterfront market.
Arrange a coffee-focused visit in Kampung Tenom Lama, with time to understand the farm and factory rather than stopping only for a drink.
Follow cocoa from the plantation towards the finished product at this visitor attraction in the Balung Apas area near Tawau.
Explore Gadong Night Market as an everyday food stop, choosing what interests you without a fixed tasting checklist.
Spend time with local hosts around Tellian, connecting river travel, sago, village history and Mukah's markets. An arranged programme provides context and access that a room booking alone does not.
Arrange a private ambuyat meal at Teratak Setiawan, focusing on food and hospitality rather than a general water-village sightseeing tour.
Meet a local host around Kinarut and Papar, prepare regional dishes and share a meal in a family setting.
Visit a named community honey-learning programme near Palangka Raya, with harvesting demonstrations, tasting and an introduction to the plants that support the bees.
Shop for ingredients, cook with a local instructor and eat the meal you have prepared. Bumbu’s four-hour classes bring a practical food experience into a Kuching city stay.
Make a hosted village stop to learn about honey production in the Matunggong area of northern Sabah.
Visit the dodol-producing neighbourhood of Telaga Bidadari near Kandangan to see how a familiar South Kalimantan sweet is made. Arrange an introduction to a producer, allow time for questions and tasting by invitation, and buy directly if you find something you would like to take home.
Visit Mori Farm in Kampung Sinaut to follow the connection between growing herbs and preparing local tea. Arrange a hosted farm visit and leave time for explanation, rather than treating the stop as a shop purchase.
A host-arranged craft visit in Kedang Ipil brings attention to materials and everyday skills. The village lists palm-sugar production and weaving among its activities. The value is watching or learning a process with the person who practises it, rather than expecting every craft and ceremony in one standard tour.
Explore a working tea landscape near Ranau and make time to understand what happens between the leaf and the cup.
Arrange a hosted visit at Alai Gayoh Anak Pulau to learn about Dusun food, music and local traditions.
Make a planned visit to a working dairy farm in Mesilau, with a focus on milk production and the visitor activities available that day.
Explore the weekly trading market, meeting local sellers and looking at produce and handmade goods.