The Kelabit are an indigenous people of the Sarawak/North Kalimantan highlands of Borneo with a minority in the neighbouring state of Brunei. They have close ties to the Lun Bawang. The elevation there is slightly over 1,200 meters. In the past, because there were few roads (only poorly maintained logging roads which tended not to be too close to Bario Highlands) and with the area largely inaccessible by river because of rapids, the highlands and the Kelabit were relatively untouched by modern western influences. Now, however, there is a relatively permanent road route which you can drive from Miri to reach Bario. The road is marked but is not advisable without a local guide as it takes over 11 hours of driving to reach Bario from Miri through many logging trail junctions and river crossin