Asia

Brunei Darussalam

Location

South-eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and Malaysia.

Crime low, occasional petty crime against tourists. Personal security, general travel, navigation, off road driving, hot weather injuries, personal hygiene, sanitation/sterilisation, clothing & equipment, emergency first aid, cultures/customs, communications, emergency shelters, jungle travel. Accommodation is very hard to find outside the main towns.

Use bottled water only.

Flat coastal plain rises to mountains in east; hilly lowland in west.

Tropical; hot, humid, rainy.

Typhoons, earthquakes, and severe flooding are rare.

Avian influenza, dengue fever, hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), hepatitis A, polio, typhoid, yellow fever.
Hospital: Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital, (RIPAS), Bandar Seri Begawan. Tel: 2-242424

Seasonal smoke/haze resulting from forest fires in Indonesia.

If involved in a road traffic accident as a driver, you should not leave the scene until police have attended.

For more in-depth general information please download our Preparation and Training document.