Kuching City is to discover the romance and charm of the city built during the White Rajah era. 
Your panoramic city tour includes, among other sites, the bustling Kuching Waterfront; Chinatown, where you'll find the oldest street in the city and the heart of old Kuching; the Tua Pek Kong Chinese Temple; and the Civic Centre Viewing Platform, where you can take in the best panoramic views of Kuching. Continue to St. Joseph Cathedral, the Syariah Court, the Satok Suspension Bridge, and traditional Malay stilt-houses built along the riverbank.
Kuching was known as Sarawak more than 150 years ago. Then the word Proper, was added to Sarawak, thus Sarawak Proper, so as to distinguish it from the larger Sarawak which, in 1841, consisted of only the area between Tanjung Datu and the Samarahan River. On 12 August 1872, under the rule of the second Rajah of Sarawak, the name Sarawak Proper was given its present name, Kuching.
Kuching city was so named after a tidal stream called Sungai Kuching (Kuching River) that ran between the present-day Tua Pek Kong Temple and Chinese History Museum. The stream originated from Bukit Mata Kuching (Cat's-eye Hill) where there was an abundance of a local fruit from the Dimocarpus longan species called Mata Kuching or Cat's Eyes (D. longan ssp malesianus). During the 1950s, the stream was filled in to make way for roads and the city's expansion eastwards.
Kuching is an Old Malay language spelling which means cat. The official spelling in the current Malay language has the letter h dropped but still has the same meaning. Nevertheless, the official spelling of the city still remains as Kuching with an h. To date, there is no substantial evidence to connect the etymology of Kuching to the feline animal, but as the name suggests, the cat literally became the symbol of the city, hence the nickname "Cat City".
Your panoramic city tour includes, among other sites, the bustling Kuching Waterfront; Chinatown, where you'll find the oldest street in the city and the heart of old Kuching; the Tua Pek Kong Chinese Temple; and the Civic Centre Viewing Platform, where you can take in the best panoramic views of Kuching. Continue to St. Joseph Cathedral, the Syariah Court, the Satok Suspension Bridge, and traditional Malay stilt-houses built along the riverbank.Kuching was known as Sarawak more than 150 years ago. Then the word Proper, was added to Sarawak, thus Sarawak Proper, so as to distinguish it from the larger Sarawak which, in 1841, consisted of only the area between Tanjung Datu and the Samarahan River. On 12 August 1872, under the rule of the second Rajah of Sarawak, the name Sarawak Proper was given its present name, Kuching.
Kuching city was so named after a tidal stream called Sungai Kuching (Kuching River) that ran between the present-day Tua Pek Kong Temple and Chinese History Museum. The stream originated from Bukit Mata Kuching (Cat's-eye Hill) where there was an abundance of a local fruit from the Dimocarpus longan species called Mata Kuching or Cat's Eyes (D. longan ssp malesianus). During the 1950s, the stream was filled in to make way for roads and the city's expansion eastwards.
Kuching is an Old Malay language spelling which means cat. The official spelling in the current Malay language has the letter h dropped but still has the same meaning. Nevertheless, the official spelling of the city still remains as Kuching with an h. To date, there is no substantial evidence to connect the etymology of Kuching to the feline animal, but as the name suggests, the cat literally became the symbol of the city, hence the nickname "Cat City".