Theme Parks in Sarawak

One is in Miri while the other is the newly re-launched project called Sarawak Sentosa Theme Park in Kuching.

You should not get your hopes too high as these are both these theme parks are very small and do not qualify as world-class theme parks, but more for the local family getaways. 

In the list are also some of the upcoming theme parks in Sarawak which are scheduled to open in 2017 and 2018, so do look out for them. 

This small theme park is called Borneo Tropical Rainforest Resort and inside the resort, there is a mini water park with a racing slide and twist slides, a play pool, and a mid-sized swimming pool.

The water park in Miri is free for guests staying here while visitors planning a day trip need to buy tickets.

Next time you explore Miri, do check this place out as it is a great place to stay at if you are heading to the Niah Caves or national parks here. 

Well, this theme park in Kuching is more of an “activity park” as the attractions here are not theme park related.

They offer the largest indoor skating rink, indoor archery field, a 12,000 square feet Kuso 5D Museum, 9D VR or Augmented Reality Experience, a few types of Go-Karts, bubble football, hoverboards, electronic darts and a games area.

Originally, this was called the Sentosa World Sports Centre and was opened on 15 Jan 2016, but it was re-branded and re-launched under the brand Sentosa Theme Park. 

To be very honest, it is very confusing, especially for the tourist visiting Kuching as the title ‘theme park’ is very misleading. 

Sentosa Theme Park is also open 11.00 AM to 11.00 PM, daily and has a cafe and sports section. Currently, this is the talk of Kuching as the city has never had a theme park and this is the first of its kind, well sort of.

This brought locals by the busloads to experience this fun family concept but after opening it, there was no news of follow up on this mobile water park in Sarawak.

Plans were to take this concept to other parts of Sarawak namely Sibu and Miri.

There will be a shopping mall, cultural village, hotel, amphitheater and even a planned man-made island in the 36-acre site near Sungai Tujuh, which is very close to Brunei.

This massive project is also by the Miri Housing Development Realty Sdn. Bhd. and it was scheduled to be ready by 2016, but judging from the news, it may only be launched in 2018.

Plans to incorporate a theme park and water park similar to the sister project, Bukit Gambang Resort City will make this one of the top theme parks in Sarawak. 

So visitors will have to wait till 2018 before the Borneo Samariang Resort City opens. 

The ambitious plan sounded good, but unfortunately never happened. This is highlighted here just to show that there was in fact, plans for theme parks in Sarawak, especially around 2011 and if it did take off, it would have been pretty good. 

The RM50 million project would have been spread over 50 acres of the island would have seen a an iconic gigantic hornbill sculpture standing at 150 feet high which would have made this into the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest bird statue in the world. 

The Pulau Kerto Theme Park project would have put Sibu on the travel map, had this project gone through. It was also called Hornbill Bay, according to another report where the entire bay was shaped like a hornbill head.

Anyway, since Sarawak is located in the tropical climate, it is only right to have water parks as visitors can head there to cool off and have fun. 

Update: The Genting 20th Century Fox Theme Park was cancelled in 2019 and Resorts World will take over and open their own theme park.

You can also read this article if you want to know more about Theme Parks in Malaysia as it gives you the complete list. 

While Sarawak is more of nature, culture and heritage place to visit, there are still those wanting theme parks in Sarawak as for most locals, they have to head to Singapore or Peninsular Malaysia to enjoy it.