Natures and Interesting In Bau. Sarawak.

#PLACES THAT MUST BE VISIT

Tasik Biru

(Blue Lake)

Short history: The gold mining activity here ended in 1921. In early 1990s, the mining activity started again; somehow sinkholes began to show up here and there, around Bau town. After sometime, they decide to shut down the mining for the 2nd time.

Fairy Cave

This climbing area has 8 separate walls with over eighty climbs here. Difficulties ranges between 5-8 (French grading).  All climbs have glued in (Hilti RE 500) and fixed hangers on expansion bolts certified by International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA).  Located 6-km away from the town of Bau, the Fairy Cave area comes under the Krokong village committee made up of 17 smaller villages.The Bidayuhs here are the ancestral custodians of the cave area. Most of them here are Catholics and their parish of 7 villages has worked with local climbers in carrying out community service at the climbing areas.

Wind Cave

The Wind Cave Nature Reserve is part of the Bau Formation, a narrow belt of limestone covering about 150 sq km of Southwest Sarawak. Due to the comparatively soft and soluble nature of limestone, and the intense tropical rainfall of the region, the whole of the Bau Formation is intersected with caves. Whilst many caves of the Bau Formation are remote and inaccessible, the Wind Cave is within easy reach of Kuching and is a popular day trip and picnic destination. The Wind Cave Nature Reserve covers 6.16 hectares and includes the cave itself and the surrounding forest.

#FLORA AND FAUNA

The Wind Cave’s has been gazetted as a nature reserve not just to protect the cave and its inhabitants, but also to conserve a number or rare species in the surrounding limestone forest. Amongst the small to medium sized trees and shrubs are some very rare palms, including Arenga pinnata (called Inyok in the local Bidayuh language), Arenga undulatifolia (Opip in Bidayuh) and the gigantic Calamus ornatus (Wi jelayan in Bidayuh).here

Squirrels, shrews and a variety of birds can be found along the river and the limestone hill. Black nest swiftlets can be seen and heard inside the cave, as well as 14 species of bat. Twelve distinct species of snail have also evolved in the caves and the covering hill, each unique to its own limestone habitat.

#SHOPPING

Serikin Weekend Market

Serikin is a small Dayak Bidayuh village in Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. The town is located about 15 km from Bau town and 80 km from Kuching city. Kampung Jagoi Serikin is famous for her week-end market to local tourists from Malaya and Sarawak. In the week-end market, you can find numerous items ranging from batik, handicrafts, fish, birds, turtle eggs, herbal products and jamu, electrical items, electronic items, male and female workers, jungle produce and exotic meat.People of Serikin, or BiRikin, originated from Kupuo' Jagoi Dorod.