Tama'k (uncle) Ngimat Ayuh's homestay would be one of the better places to stay in Bario. It is clean, the rooms are comfortable and the view from the veranda is plain spectacular. It is set by the main road to Bario Asal, on the 'outskirts' of the village, approximately 2 km from the Bario E-Centre, 'commercial' area.

Your stay here costs RM 60 per day inclusive of hot 3 meals, tea and coffee at anytime and a bed with clean sheets. They have both western sit and eastern squat toilets and cold refreshing showers.

This homestay has a longhouse setting and is elevated on a hill over looking rice paddies and the Ulung Palang longhouse in the Kelabit highlans.

We walked around from this homestay to as far as the village of Bario Asal, the Bario Museum, with its hill overlooking the mountains,  plains and rice paddies.

Tama'k and Sinak Ngimat Ayuh. Ngimat was the paramount chief of the Kelabits. He is a statesman and a real gentleman. Sinak is such a dear lady and she made us feel like family.

Pre-dinner activity includes chatting with Sinak in the kitchen at the fireplace.

Bario Asal as seen from the hill where the Bario Museum is located.

View of the rice paddies from Ngimat homestay