Benak Festival

Benak festival is very popular events in Sarawak.

        This festival are held at Sri Aman. The venue is at Sungai Batang Lupar. They held at the river because Unique Tidal Bore Phenomena.

           The Festival is to promote harmony among local community and to introduce Sri Aman town through tourism. Tidal Bore or locally known as Benak accurs everyday with different warelenght and heights. During spring tide, tidal bore with high magnitudes can be observed clearly. The Benak continues its journey another 30km inland, ending near the small village of Engkilili in Sri Aman.

        It wavelength sometimes can sink a boat. A lot activities was held during Benak festival. Like pam boat, boat power horse 40, tidal bore surfer and many more activities was held during the festival. 

      Sri Aman is a market town and port and the capital of Sri Aman District and Sri Aman Division in Sarawak, East of Malaysia,and was formerly name Simanggang. It take time 3 to 4 hours drive from Kuching town to Sri Aman town.