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Visit Malaysia - Batang Lupar River, Sarawak 

A natural phenomenon - a tidal bore, locally known as "Benak",usually occurs at the Batang Lupar during the third and 18thday of the Chinese Lunar calendar month !t can also occurwhen the high tide is rushing up the Batang Lupar he tidalbore is created when the force of the tide water rushing up theri#er causes the ri#er to re#erse its $ow he height of the tidalbore depends on the time of the year, weather and phase ofthe moon he tidal action is signi%cant for the speed in whicha large #olume of water %lls the ri#er channel

 he tidal bore in the Batang Lupar reaches its height at theri#er in front of the &ri Aman own, which is about '8kilometres from its mouth he tidal bore tra#els further upri#er for another () kilometres to reach *ngkilili, a total of +8kilometres from the sea Although a regular occurrence, it ismuch awaited by the ri#erine folk and residents of theri#erside town of &ri Aman who gather at the etty to witnessthe bore

 he &ungai &krang, a tributary of the pper Lupar, is a #eryscenic ri#er and e.ually popular among tourists helonghouses of the nati#e !bans along the &krang /i#er arealways open to #isitors and if one is lucky, one might chanceupon an !ban ceremony or celebration in progress

How To Get There

Batang Lupar /i#er is three to four hour ourney from 0uching ou can get there by bus and stop at a town called Bandar &riAman, pre#iously known as &imanggang hough cruisingalong the ri#er is not ad#isable due to the bore but you canstill watch the fascinating phenomena from the etty

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