Borneo Highlands Resort promotes back to basics theme
By Sharon Ling
Monday December 10, 2007
The Borneo Highlands Resort, an eco-friendly development in the Penrissen Range near Kuching, is reinventing itself as a “back to nature” destination.
The resort, which boasts an 18-hole golf course among other attractions, is currently undergoing renovation to improve its hotel and other facilities. 
Bigger and better: A room decorated in the ‘back-to-nature’ theme. This is what the rooms will look like after the renovation.
Borneo Highlands Resort chief executive Loh Leh Ching said they would be increasing the size of guestrooms in the hotel.
“At the moment we have 55 rooms which are quite small, so we are renovating the hotel to make the rooms bigger.
“When completed, it will have 30 rooms in different categories such as deluxe and suite,” he said during a media tour of the resort recently.
Much to see and do: Visitors and resort staff heading back to their vehicle after looking across the border to Indonesia at the Kalimantan viewpoint (above) and (below) a landscaped flower garden. and rabbitrearing area.
He added that the guestrooms would be decorated according to a nature theme, while the resort’s jungle spa would also be renovated to make it more natural.
“In the past we had a golf concept for the resort but now we are going back to nature. We want to promote a ‘back to nature, back to basics’ lifestyle,” Loh said.
Besides the RM3mil renovation, the resort is upgrading its access road and installing electricity cables at a cost of RM8mil each.
All upgrading works are expected to be completed by April.
Natural beauty: A rocky mountain stream at the resort (above) and (below) the resort offers plots of land for bungalows amid the mountains and jungle of the Penrissen Range.
Borneo Highlands Resort also recently launched Phase 4 of its Rainforest Haven bungalow lots.
Dubbed Swan Lake Forest, Phase 4 comprises 46 lots dotted around the contours of the resort, each with a different mountain and jungle view.
Loh said there were plans to introduce the properties to the international market next year with a projected price of up to US$200 (RM676) per square foot.
Time for a dip: This waterfall is one of the scenic points on the way up to the resort.
“For the past two years, our records have shown that the minimum selling prices of our properties have increased by 90% from RM38 to RM72 per square foot.
“With our foray into the international market, we are projecting to hit US$200 per square foot,” he said.
Located about an hour’s drive from Kuching, the resort is set amidst jungle-clad mountains near the Indonesian border at about 1,000m above sea level.
Guests can look across the border into Indonesia, which lies below a cliff drop of 600m at the resort’s Kalimantan viewpoint.
Other attractions include flower gardens, a horticulture nursery, Chinese tea house, rabbit park and jungle waterfall. -- The Star Metro.
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