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![Kapit](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Kapit_skyline.jpg/3840px-Kapit_skyline.jpg)

Town in Sarawak, Malaysia

# Kapit

Kapit is a town and the capital of Kapit District in Kapit Division, Sarawak, Malaysia on the south bank of the Rajang River.

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## Every way there

- Kuching → Kapit Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kuching-to-kapit) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kuching&to=Kapit)
- Kota Kinabalu → Kapit Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kota-kinabalu-to-kapit) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kota+Kinabalu&to=Kapit)
- Ho Chi Minh City → Kapit Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ho-chi-minh-city-to-kapit) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Ho+Chi+Minh+City&to=Kapit)

The field note

What is in and around Kapit, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Kapit has

- Yes Scheduled flights Sibu (SBW), 109 km as the crow flies
- Yes Trains and coaches Transitous carries 7 timetable feeds for this country, 0 with real-time; whether a train or coach stops here shows when you plan
- Yes Ferries Kapit, 1 km; sailings estimated
- Yes Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- No Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- No Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Yes: you can plan it here today · Not yet: we know a source but do not plan with it yet · No: no source we know of.

2.017°, 112.933°

The district comprises 15,595.6 square kilometres and as of 2020, it has a population of 65,800.

Get in

## Getting to Kapit

From Sibu there are regular AC express boats to Kapit (3½ hr, costs 20RM per person). The last boat leaves at 2:30PM and arrives in Kapit anywhere between 5:40PM and 6:30PM depending on river levels. Boats can get a little chilly so consider bringing a jumper.

Do

## Things to do

Visit a longhouse, like the over 100-year-old Rumah Bundong (formerly known as Rumah Seligi after the late chief). For a few hour tour during the day, just head to the wet market (big outdoor square selling fish and other assortments) and talk to one of the yellow cab drivers. William Taba () will provide transport at a fair price (half price of any 'tour guide').

Eat

## Where to eat

When in Kapit you must try some of the excellent local cuisine such as wild boar (babi hutan). There are great hawker stalls that open at the Open Air Night Market one street behind the public square. Unnamed Chinese Stall at the Open Air Night Market next to the Methodist Church (side closest to the Rajang River on the "upstream" end). Probably the best food at the night market.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapit) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Kapit), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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