Brunei’s magical water village, Kampong Ayer, is one major reason to visit Brunei.
Once an empire that stretched all the way across the Philippines, Brunei is a small, oil-rich sultanate nestled within the Malaysian province of Sarawak on the island of Borneo. Ravished by British colonialism in the previous centuries, Brunei (Malay: Negara Brunei Darussalam) now stands as a proud independent country of untouched beauty and rich cultural history. In the river flowing through Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei, there is a village built on stilts older than the city that now surrounds it. The typical wooden home only lasts a few decades, however this particular village has existed for over a thousand years. Discover the colorful, secret side to Brunei that most residents of this small Asian sultanate, and the world, never see.