The house at gaatu

 GAATU

Ironwood Valley Farm’s story begins at the foot of Bung Sadung, the mountain site of the ancestral longhouse home of the Bukar tribe, and the source of Gaatu stream. The whole valley and plain through which the stream meanders is called Gaatu. Back when the valley was still in its primal state, belian trees were in abundance. There were three deep ravines over which felled giant belian tree trunks of 20 metres or more served as crossings ( Tayan Tahas ) connecting the jungle tracks to the farms and surrounding villages.

Gaatu is on the Baki-Riih Road, between the Bukar villages of Kampong Baru and Kampong Ta-ee in the Serian District