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The farm
Jong’s Crocodile Farm & Zoo is a wildlife attraction in Siburan, Sarawak. Visitors discover crocodiles up close, explore mammals, birds, reptiles and freshwater fish, and learn about captive breeding that began as a family passion in 1963.
Surrounded by a tropical environment, the farm brings together wildlife encounters, animal exhibits and educational experiences for visitors of all ages. Whether you are visiting with family, joining a school excursion, or exploring Sarawak’s attractions, every visit offers something new to discover.
The zoo grew out of the same habit. The family collection has long included a variety of Borneo wildlife alongside breeding ponds for saltwater crocodiles and false gharials. Peacocks, otters, owls, iguanas, the petting zoo, and the arapaima pond are part of the walk too.
Jong’s Crocodile Farm & Zoo Sdn Bhd (481985-X) runs the grounds. A Malaysia Tourism Quality Assurance silver award for man-made tourism is valid through 17 December 2027.
From a sports shop in Kuching to the ponds at Siburan.
Yong Kian Sen leaves the river village of Beliong for Kuching after the Japanese occupation. He opens a small sports shop, Fui Lip, and starts looking for something to do once the shop is busy.
He buys six young estuarine crocodiles from an Indonesian seller. His sons, Marvin and Johnson, are as interested as he is. The animals join a collection that already includes goats.
Another 19 youngsters bring the total to 25. They live in a pond on the family’s acre at Chawan Road, Kuching.
The family takes a two-and-a-half-acre property at Siburan, about 18 miles from town. Eggs are laid. None hatch. Yong goes to river villages to ask how crocodiles actually breed.
On 30 May, after years of trial, the first 20 hatchlings break out of the shell. Johnson keeps studying nesting and, in 1983, builds a homemade incubator from plywood, drawing on crocodile nesting conditions.
Official opening on 4 July 1993, officiated by YB Datuk Amar James Wong Kim Min, then Minister of Environment and Tourism of Sarawak. The farm later expands on a new Siburan site with visitor facilities and a mini zoo.
Today the farm combines decades of crocodile breeding with wildlife exhibits and conservation education. Stock bred here has been supplied to other zoos and aquariums, and wild crocodiles transferred by Sarawak Forestry authorities have been received for care and management.
Breeding
Hundreds of eggs were laid at Siburan before a single one hatched. The breakthrough in May 1981 came after Yong asked around the river villages. Johnson then built his own incubator from the nesting notes he had kept. The first one, in 1983, was plywood. The farm still collects eggs, and visitors can see eggs, a nest, and young animals up close.
Conservation
Jong’s has played an important role in crocodile conservation in Sarawak through captive breeding, wildlife management, and conservation education. The farm successfully bred saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) in the 1980s and has also achieved breeding success with the endangered false gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii). Today it houses more than 100 false gharials.
Beyond breeding and exhibiting crocodiles, the farm supplies animals to other zoos and aquariums, supporting collaborative breeding and genetic management. It also accepts wild crocodiles transferred by the Sarawak Forestry authorities for care and management, contributing to the protection of Sarawak’s natural heritage.
A few things worth knowing before you walk.
Wheelchair-accessible routes run up to the feeding show pond. An accessible entrance is available. The Jungle Walk is not wheelchair-accessible because of its natural terrain.
33 to 39 minutes from Kuching
Siburan, on the Kuching–Serian road. Gates open at 9:00 AM and the last admission is 4:30 PM.
