How To Get Through Lawas Town

Transport

Pasar Besar Lawas

Road

Lawas, by virtue of its geographical location, is cut off from the rest of Sarawak's road network. It is however linked by main road to Sabah and Brunei's Temburong district. There is a good local road network around network around Lawas district which is relatively free of traffic jams.

• Mengkalap: Located to the west of Lawas town is the Mengkalap border checkpoint for traffic headed to or from Brunei. It is operating temporarily from a shoplot in Trusan Bazaar, 8 km from the actual Brunei-Malaysia border. The name of the Brunei checkpoint is Labu in Temburong district located at the border.

Water transport

Brunei, Labuan and Limbang can be reached by boat. The journey will take around two hours to get to the destination. Boats to Brunei, Labuan and Limbang are available at Lawas Wharf every morning. The boats can accommodate around 150 passengers.

Air transport

Lawas has an airport (IATA: LWY) with flights to Limbang, Miri and Kota Kinabalu.

Public transport

There is a local bus network as well as buses linking Lawas with Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

Places of interest

One of the most popular tourist attractions in Lawas is its Tamu Lawas (or Lawas Produce Market), which is held every Saturday. Local products such as vegetables, fruits and sea products are sold by locals in this market which is frequented by locals and people from the neighbouring Temburong district of Brunei.
Besides Tamu Lawas, other interesting places in Lawas are Punang Beach, Sungai Bangat Beach, Pa' Lelau in Merarap, Mount Murud, Kampung air Terjun (along Jalan Trusan) and Sri Tanjung Resort in Kuala Lawas.
Kuala Lawas, Punang and Awat Awat are famous with its Kampung Air. It is similar to Kampung Ayer in Brunei but smaller. The main mode of transportation is perahu (boat) to cross the river.

Community

Lawas is made up of a population comprising Lunbawang, Kedayan, Brunei Malay, Murut Tagal and Chinese. The main spoken language is Brunei Malay, Kedayan and Lunbawang.