MIRI, MALAYSIA - Super-exotic tour packages lasting 21 days encompassing Sarawak and Sabah, and Sarawak-Brunei-Sabah are now on offer, giving local and foreign tourists the chance of a lifetime to sample the ultimate Borneo adventure via a variety of all-in-one packages.

The tourism authorities of Sarawak and Sabah have joined hands to tailor several fascinating joint tour packages covering all the major tourism sites in east Malaysia.

Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) chief executive officer Gracie Geikie told The Star yesterday these 21-day packages were aimed at tourists with plenty of time to spend, especially those from long-haul destinations of the Americas, Europe, the Middle-East and the Far East.

"Tourists joining these packages will get to explore and experience a comprehensive range of culture, nature, adventure, shopping and food found in Borneo.

"These packages are all-in-one deals. They cover cities and places of interest stretching from Kuching to Miri to Brunei to Kota Kinabalu and to islands off the South China Sea.

"We have incorporated homestays in traditional villages and kampungs to make the packages complete," she said.