Sunday 13 April 2014

THE BORNEAN FROG RACE 2014









Venue: Kubah National Park |  Start Date: 04.26.2014  |  End Date: 04.26.2014
The 3rd International Bornean Frog Race 2014.

The race itself is modeled after the annually-held and highly successful “Bird Race”, and would entail participants going up one or more trails at the Serapi foothills within Kubah National Park, for a period of 2 hours, and returning with digital images of amphibians

Amphibians comprise some 6,771 species, and living representatives include frogs, salamanders and caecilians. From a conservation standpoint, it is remarkable that a large proportion of the world’s amphibians- a third of the known species, are recognized as being under threat

Tuesday 1 April 2014

PESTA BENAK (TIDAL BORE FESTIVAL)

Venue: Batang Lupar River Front At Sri Aman Town  
Start Date: 05.16.2014  | 
End Date: 05.18.2014
Pesta Benak is one of Sarawak's iconic event and celebrated on a grand scale. Centered in Sri Aman, there will longboat paddling competition, tidal bore surfing, water sports, food and trade fair and; nightly entertaiment.  Two new activies for this year are a body-building contest and hot air balloon rides.