Marudi is a town on the Baram River in Miri Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. Marudi is a quiet town situated inland from Miri. It is similar in size to Kapit though nowhere near as busy. Its main attraction is the wooden Fort House, another of the Brooke outposts. It is the cultural heart of Sarawak's highland tribes, collectively called Orang Ulu. Before Miri was founded, Marudi was the administrative center of the northern region of Sarawak.
Marudi is located 100 km upriver from Kuala Baram, is the largest town in the sparsely populated Baram district. It is the district administrative headquarters and has been since the days of the White Rajahs. Marudi used to be a stepping stone to the well-known tourist destination, Gunung Mulu National Park. Pioneer tourists would travel from Miri to Marudi first, and then tourists would have to use long boats to cut through river rapids upstream before reaching Mulu. Now, the longboats are not used to travel from Miri to Marudi but instead, are used to get to another district. Instead, tourists can use their own cars or other modes of transportation to travel from Miri to Marudi.