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goods on sale, from everyday household items to local in Miri to enjoy the spectacular tropical sunsets. Taxi or
handicrats and jungle produce, as well as dozens of Miri Bus Nos. 11 and 13.
temping food stalls. Runs from Friday evening unil
Sunday midday. Take a taxi. Hawaii Beach is located at Kampung Bakam, a 15 minute
drive from Miri. The entrance is in the village next to the
The San Ching Tian bus stop, and a wooden footbridge leads to the palm-
temple (Jln Krokop 9) is fringed beach. Picnic and barbecue faciliies can be
the largest Taoist temple provided for a small charge. Taxi or Miri Bus No. 13.
in Southeast Asia. The
superb red roof, elegant Just south of Kampung Bakam, Tusan Beach and Clifs is
lotus design moif and a series of relaively narrow white sand beaches broken
the delighful wind chimes make this a very impressive by rock outcrops and backed by a mixture of sandstone
and atmospheric place to visit. Take a taxi. and limestone clifs for its enire 11 km length. The clifs
rise to a height of 45m in places. The views from the
The Sikh Temple on Jln Kubu (10 mins walk from city top of the clifs are spectacular, especially at sunset. No
centre) is one of only two in Sarawak. It is atracively direct beach access - walk from Bakam Beach or Bungai
located in the shade of a 100-year-old angsana tree. Beach. The clitop can be accessed on foot from the
coastal road.
Taman Awam Miri is a huge family park with children’s
playground, botanical garden, sot adventure aciviies Further down the coast towards Bekenu are a number
and jogging trails. The park is doted with stone of atracive casuarina-fringed beaches - Bungai Beach,
carvings and sculpture, overlooked by a towering Sibui Beach and Peliau Beach - that are ideal for
wooden walkway leading to an observaion plaform. picnicking. They are around an hour’s drive if you have
Open daily, entrance is free. Located 3km from City your own transport, or take Miri Bus No. 13.
Centre, take a taxi.
A great way to discover
Taman Bulatan is a large urban park sandwiched the Bekenu area is the
between two major roads. It is a popular jogging spot Kedayan Homestay,
and also features a children’s boaing lake. which involves 28 ishing
and farming families form
Atracions – Out of Town the three ethnic Kedayan
villages of Kampung
Peliau, Kampung Bungai
and Kampung Jambu.
Aciviies available include deep sea ishing and diving.
Tel: 019-8247826 (Haji Abdul Ghani bin Kamit), www.
go2homestay.com/homestay-kedayan.
Kampung Kuala Sibui is a Melanau ishing village
Amateur geologists will be fascinated by the Airport about 85 km from Miri which boasts probably the best
beach in Northern Sarawak, running for 2.5 km from
Road Outcrop, a raised outcrop of layered laterite the mouth of Sungai Sibui to the mouth of Sungai Niah.
and other sot rocks that clearly illustrate how the Past Sungai Niah, a further 32 km of coninuous beach,
surrounding land was formed and how Miri rose from broken only by small streams, runs as far as Kuala Suai.
the sea over the last 10-15 million years. Just get your Village homestay available, Tel: 495097. Villagers can
taxi driver to make a brief stop on the way to or from arrange crocodile spoing and irely watching trips.
the airport. 1½ hrs drive, or Miri Bus No. 13 and hitch hike from the
The Miri Crocodile Farm at Kuala Baram, 24km from juncion (easy).
Miri, is home to more than 1,000 estuarine crocodiles
and false gharials, and also features a snake house and Diving
a small zoo. The farm is fully CITES registered. Open Miri is fast becoming a
daily 9 am to 6 pm. Enquire for feeding imes, Tel: popular dive desinaion,
604108. Taxi or Kuala Baram bus. due to an abundance of
prisine patch reefs that
The Luak Bay Esplanade, 11km south of town, has an make up the Miri-Sibui
atracive white sand beach, making it a popular spot Reef Marine Park, lying
for picnics and barbecues, and probably the best spot at depths from 7 to 30
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handicrats and jungle produce, as well as dozens of Miri Bus Nos. 11 and 13.
temping food stalls. Runs from Friday evening unil
Sunday midday. Take a taxi. Hawaii Beach is located at Kampung Bakam, a 15 minute
drive from Miri. The entrance is in the village next to the
The San Ching Tian bus stop, and a wooden footbridge leads to the palm-
temple (Jln Krokop 9) is fringed beach. Picnic and barbecue faciliies can be
the largest Taoist temple provided for a small charge. Taxi or Miri Bus No. 13.
in Southeast Asia. The
superb red roof, elegant Just south of Kampung Bakam, Tusan Beach and Clifs is
lotus design moif and a series of relaively narrow white sand beaches broken
the delighful wind chimes make this a very impressive by rock outcrops and backed by a mixture of sandstone
and atmospheric place to visit. Take a taxi. and limestone clifs for its enire 11 km length. The clifs
rise to a height of 45m in places. The views from the
The Sikh Temple on Jln Kubu (10 mins walk from city top of the clifs are spectacular, especially at sunset. No
centre) is one of only two in Sarawak. It is atracively direct beach access - walk from Bakam Beach or Bungai
located in the shade of a 100-year-old angsana tree. Beach. The clitop can be accessed on foot from the
coastal road.
Taman Awam Miri is a huge family park with children’s
playground, botanical garden, sot adventure aciviies Further down the coast towards Bekenu are a number
and jogging trails. The park is doted with stone of atracive casuarina-fringed beaches - Bungai Beach,
carvings and sculpture, overlooked by a towering Sibui Beach and Peliau Beach - that are ideal for
wooden walkway leading to an observaion plaform. picnicking. They are around an hour’s drive if you have
Open daily, entrance is free. Located 3km from City your own transport, or take Miri Bus No. 13.
Centre, take a taxi.
A great way to discover
Taman Bulatan is a large urban park sandwiched the Bekenu area is the
between two major roads. It is a popular jogging spot Kedayan Homestay,
and also features a children’s boaing lake. which involves 28 ishing
and farming families form
Atracions – Out of Town the three ethnic Kedayan
villages of Kampung
Peliau, Kampung Bungai
and Kampung Jambu.
Aciviies available include deep sea ishing and diving.
Tel: 019-8247826 (Haji Abdul Ghani bin Kamit), www.
go2homestay.com/homestay-kedayan.
Kampung Kuala Sibui is a Melanau ishing village
Amateur geologists will be fascinated by the Airport about 85 km from Miri which boasts probably the best
beach in Northern Sarawak, running for 2.5 km from
Road Outcrop, a raised outcrop of layered laterite the mouth of Sungai Sibui to the mouth of Sungai Niah.
and other sot rocks that clearly illustrate how the Past Sungai Niah, a further 32 km of coninuous beach,
surrounding land was formed and how Miri rose from broken only by small streams, runs as far as Kuala Suai.
the sea over the last 10-15 million years. Just get your Village homestay available, Tel: 495097. Villagers can
taxi driver to make a brief stop on the way to or from arrange crocodile spoing and irely watching trips.
the airport. 1½ hrs drive, or Miri Bus No. 13 and hitch hike from the
The Miri Crocodile Farm at Kuala Baram, 24km from juncion (easy).
Miri, is home to more than 1,000 estuarine crocodiles
and false gharials, and also features a snake house and Diving
a small zoo. The farm is fully CITES registered. Open Miri is fast becoming a
daily 9 am to 6 pm. Enquire for feeding imes, Tel: popular dive desinaion,
604108. Taxi or Kuala Baram bus. due to an abundance of
prisine patch reefs that
The Luak Bay Esplanade, 11km south of town, has an make up the Miri-Sibui
atracive white sand beach, making it a popular spot Reef Marine Park, lying
for picnics and barbecues, and probably the best spot at depths from 7 to 30
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