#7 Beaches in Malaysia · 2026
Damai Beach
🌺🌺🌺 Highly Recommended · 🏖️ Beaches
Why go
A pleasant beach on the Santubong peninsula backed by green rainforest hills, with resort cafes and a lovely sunset towards the South China Sea. Close enough to Kuching for an easy day trip.
⭐ Don't miss: Sunset with Mount Santubong in the background
- Entry fee
- Free
- Opening hours
- 24 hours (check before you go)
- Best time to go
- Late afternoon; dry months Apr-Sep
- Time needed
- Half day
- How to get there
- About 35 min by car or Grab from Kuching; free parking at beach car park.
- Address
- Damai Beach, Santubong Peninsula, 93050 Kuching, Sarawak
- Area
- Damai, Kuching, Sarawak
- Facilities
- 🚻 toilets🚿 showers🅿️ free parking🍽️ restaurant
- Muslim-friendly
- 🕌 Prayer room (surau) on site · 🍽️ Halal food nearby
Halal restaurants in Santubong village; surau at the beach area - Accessibility
- Paved paths at resorts; soft sand
- Kids
- Calm and fun for kids; check water at low tide
☪️ Halal status changes. For food, look for a valid JAKIM certificate (check at myehalal.halal.gov.my). Hotels and venues we have not verified are described as "pork-free", not halal.
- Strong currents and rough water during Nov-Feb monsoon
- Occasional jellyfish
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Bako National Park
🌳 National Parks & Rainforest · Bako, Kuching, Sarawak
Sarawak's oldest national park: proboscis monkeys, bearded pigs and sea stacks on a short boat ride from Bako Village. Trails range from beach strolls to 5-hour treks.
Don't miss: Proboscis monkeys at Telok Assam and Telok Paku sunsets
Satok Weekend Market
🏮 Night Markets · Medan Niaga Satok, Kuching, Sarawak
A big Kuching weekend market with local produce, jungle ferns, handicrafts and Sarawak snacks, starting in the afternoon on Saturday and running into Sunday.
Don't miss: Midin ferns and Sarawak layer cake
Matang (Kubah) Waterfall
💦 Waterfalls · Matang, Kuching, Sarawak
A forested waterfall inside Kubah National Park, reached on a short trail with frogs, palms and ferns on the way. It's an easy nature outing from Kuching.
Don't miss: The cool pool at the base of the fall
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