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Popular Off the Beaten Path | Miscellaneous Off the Beaten Path Tips | All Tips (4) A beach not only beautiful but where you may very well be the only one in the water.
Bekenu is a village located at about 50' drive from Miri. Just before the village, a road to the right will take you to very scenic beaches, easy to access and just waiting for you to be discoverred.
Take everything with you because there is almost nothing there. Though you may buy fruits and local food at the local village market.
Should you fancy the experience, ask a local fisherman to take you for a ride along the coastline. Cheap if you bargain.
For back packers, YES you may consider camping on site.
To get there, you may arrange a taxi from Miri to drop you and pick you up. Leave a Comment |
Kuala Baram is located near the mouth of Sungai Baram (Baram River), one of the longest river in Sarawak.
Kuala Baram is a small outpost/village that used to be the main entry point of tourists from Brunei to Miri town. A large open ferry (that could carry up to 20 vehicles) used to work at the Baram River to transport passengers back and forth across the wide river. However, ever since the completion in August 2003 of the new Batang Baram Bridge or "ASEAN Bridge" that span the width of the Baram River, people have stopped using the ferry.
Kuala Baram is also the place where one takes the local river transport - the Long Lama express boats - to go upstream to Marudi town and onwards to interior villages such as Long Lama and Mulu.
When I visited Kuala Baram again in Feb 2008, I saw a few changes. There were new industries setting up shop there, some warehouses, hostels for sawmills' workers, and new housing quarters for government Maritime staffs. The crocodile farm is still there... yeah!
Despite these small changes, Kuala Baram still maintains its untouched and relax way of life. One can still see the "wild" lalang (coarse Malaysian grass/tall coarse tropical grass) growing rampantly on wide empty fields, casuarina pine trees and misplaced mangrove trees struggling to survive in the unfertile soil, and village children running around half-dressed and playing on the deserted roads. Quite surreal.
To get to Kuala Baram, you can either drive your car (just follow the road signs), take a taxi, or the public bus (not advisable !!). |
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Lambir Waterfalls is located in the Lambir Hills National Park and a place is popular with locals especially on the weekends. People come here for picnics or to enjoy nature with the long walks on the way to the waterfalls
The main waterfall is Latak Waterfall, which is the highlight of the trip. There is a sandy beach where you can lie or play sports and swim in the pool below the falls. Wooden tables & benches are prepared for the public to picnic and restrooms are available for your convenience
On the way to Latak Waterfall, you will see a few smaller waterfalls which are also quite popular. The walk to the main waterfall can be quite steep and slippery so bring comfortable shoes. It can also get very humid in the rainforest so bring some refreshments
To get to the waterfalls, it is a half hour drive from Miri and a further 20 min (pleasant) walk to Latak waterfall |
Much of the Gunung Mulu National Park was unexplored until the Royal Geographic Society and the Sarawak government surveyed it in the late 1970s. The park was not even opened to the public until 1985. Some of the best examples of tropical limestone weathering in the world can be seen here including enormous razor-sharp pinnacles, deep-cut canyons, and awesome caverns that are home to millions of bats and cave swiftlets.
These caves include the world's largest underground chamber, Sarawak Chamber in Lubang Nasib Bagus, capable of holding 40 Boeing 747 aircraft; the world's biggest cave passage, Gua Payau (Deer Cave), which can fit five cathedrals the size of Saint Paul's in London; and the longest cave in Southeast Asia, Gua Air Jernih (Clearwater Cave). |
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