Benak Of Batang Lupar

One of the main tourist main attraction to Sri Aman or Batang Lupar great river is a Tidal Bore or known as Benak by local Iban or Malay.

The benak of the Batang Lupar first becomes visible in the estuary region of Pulau Seduku. It reaches its peak as it passes the town of Sri Aman, 90km from the estuary. Along the banks of the town a tidal watching festival was inaugurated on the King Tide of 5th May 2001 - the Pesta Benak. This gave the local boatmen an opportunity to show their skills to tourists, surfing the bore in longboats. Prior to the event, several days were spent flushing crocodiles out of the river for the safety of tourists!

The benak continues its journey another 30km inland, ending near the small village of Engkilili.

For those who would like to see Batang Lupar Tidar Bore or Benak the best time for you to see benak is in month of May.

Welcome to Sri Aman the city of Bujang Senang and Benak...

Visit Sri Aman-The City Of Bujang Senang and A Tidal Bore - Mount Hosanna

Mount Hosanna Chapel is another tourist attraction in Sri Aman. It's located 33 km away from Sri Aman town.

The church is only open on Sunday, and close most of the week from Monday to Saturday.

According to one of the local that we met outside the church, the church will be normally full on Sunday. It recieves the visits from all types of people and believes, from inside or outside Sarawak such as from Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia and the tourists. Normaly people came to the church to pray for their health.



The church is not that far from the main road and can be seen clearly. For those who are looking for alternative way for healing, Mount Hosanna Chapel is the most suitable place for you to come and pray for your own or your love one health.

Welcome to Sri Aman.

Visit Sri Aman-The City Of Bujang Senang and Tidal Bore

Sri Aman is located 175km north of Kuching, the capital City of Sarawak. It is known of its popular Batang Lupar river – the house for the giant legendary crocodile known as Bujang Senang or literary translate as the “Easy Warrior”, and the mighty tidal wave or known as “Benak” by the local people. There is a lot of popular tourist attractions in Sri Aman, but today I am going to introduce this interesting place, the Tapang Rumput picnic spot.

Tapang Rumput is located at 35km Sri Aman-Kuching Road. This Notice Board can be seen clearly showing the direction of the reacreation spot. Some of the nice spots for bathing - clear spring water that flows from Kelingkang Range, the longest range in Borneo and International Boarder for Indonesia-Malaysia/Sarawak.





The facilities available at Rumput Tapang - Public Toilet and enough space for car park.

Due to lacking of promotion by the local authorithy (Sri Aman City Council) that manage the recreation spot, not many visitors came to visit the place

For those who would like to feel the cool spring water from the heart of Borneo, Tapang Rumput is the best Recreation spot for you

"Welcome to Sri Aman"!

My Birtday and The Birth Of My Blog

Today 31st March 2009 is my birthday. First of all I would like to give thanks to all my Colleagues especially my bosses for organizing such a wonderful Birthday Dinner at one of the best eating outlet in Kuching City the City of Cat.
The eating outlet where we were having the Birthday Dinner is called Heritage. It is located at the heart of Kuching City. Heritage serves all kind of halal steamboat suitable for all races, muslim and non-muslim.
The dinner ended at 8.30pm. Thank you all for the best and not easy to forget birthday dinner for me.
Reached home at about 0900pm….A surprised cake from my family members , my hubby and 5 wonderful kids…Thank you all and sorry for not being able to come back early for a big surprise…
In conjunction with my birthday today, I am starting this new blog of mine. In this blog I am going to share with all the people in this world about wonderful place or tourism spot, some of the eating outlets, and the daily activities of the people in my wonderful state of Sarawak.
To all visitors of my first blog, I would like to welcome all of you with “Selamat Datai “ and do enjoy reading my blog.

Thank you..terima kasih.