Petra Jaya
Petra Jaya is a suburb of Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Petra Jaya is a suburb of Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. This suburb was named after the sixth Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Yahya Petra of Kelantan (1975-1979), added by jaya, the Sanskrit word for "victory," "triumph", or "success".
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Worth seeing in and around Petra Jaya
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Sarawak Stadium
Sarawak Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kuching, Malaysia. It is currently used mostly for football matches, athletics, live concert events, conferences, and formal events.
2.8 km · stadium in Malaysia · Wikipedia - 02Kuching Cat Museum
The Kuching Cat Museum is a cat museum in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. It was founded in 1993 and it is owned by the Kuching North City Hall, and housed in their headquarters.
1.5 km · art museum in Sarawak, Malaysia · Wikipedia - 03Petra Jaya State Mosque
Petra Jaya State Mosque, officially known as Masjid Jamek Negeri Sarawak is the state mosque of Sarawak, located in Petra Jaya, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is also known as Jamek Mosque.
2.2 km · State mosque of Sarawak, Malaysia · Wikipedia - 04Sarawak State Stadium
Taha Ariffin Stadium formerly State Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is currently used mostly for football matches.
2.5 km · stadium in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia · Wikipedia - 05Sarawak State Library
The Sarawak State Library is the state library of Sarawak, located in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. It was established in 1999 with the passing of the Sarawak State Library Ordinance 1999 by the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly.
2.3 km · library in Sarawak state Malaysia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Petra Jaya
- Airports
- Kuching (KCH), 13 km · Supadio (PNK), 221 km
- Johor Bahru → Petra Jaya733 km · quickest by air, 6h 36m · RM530–820
- Kota Kinabalu → Petra Jaya802 km · quickest by air, 4h 29m · RM330–500
- Pontianak → Petra Jaya212 km · quickest by road, 5h 12m · Rp191,000–254,000
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Petra Jaya
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Petra Jaya. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFor Tanjung Datu National Park, catch a connecting Sarawak Transport Company bus to Sematan where you will have to charter a boat to the park.
- Get inFor those who can afford it, private helicopters and aircraft are available for charter from Hornbill Skyways.
- Get aroundSpeedboats are available for people who wish to go to Taman Negara Bako (National Park), Satang Island and Talang-Talang Island from Santubong.
- Go nextBeaches and jungle trekking easily reached by bus from downtown Kuching.
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Next door to Petra Jaya
Petra Jaya is 6 km from Kuching, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.