Location: Sibu
Top Things to do in Sibu
The 10 Best Things to Do in Sibu, Malaysia
Sibu /ˈsibuː/ (simplified Chinese: 诗巫; traditional Chinese: 詩巫; pinyin: Shīwū) is an inland town at the central region of Sarawak and the capital of Sibu District in Sibu Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. The town is located on the island of Borneo. The town covers an area of 129.5 square kilometres (50.0 sq mi). It is located at the confluence of the Rajang and Igan Rivers, some 60 kilometres from the South China Sea and approximately 191.5 kilometres (119 mi) north-east of the state capital Kuching. Sibu is mainly populated by the Chinese especially the Fuzhou Chinese ethnicity. Other local ethnic indigenous groups such Melanau, Malay, and Iban are also present, but unlike other regions of Sarawak, they are not as significant. The town population as of the year 2010 is 162,676.
Restaurants in Sibu
1. Tua Pek Kong Temple
Overall Ratings
4 based on 59 reviews
Reviewed By LBTEO - Singapore
made a short visit to the temple as it is along the river and nearby the night market. One of the big temple in Sibu. the temple offer a good view along the river. We observed people loading unloading of goods from boats.
2. Sibu Night Market
Overall Ratings
4 based on 34 reviews
Reviewed By Elena S
It is a place to reward yourself. The variety of local delicacies will make you want to return to the market the very next evening. The price is more than reasonable. The stall owners are cheerful and friendly. There are also stalls selling clothing, electronics, fruits etc.
3. Sibu Heritage Centre
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 65 reviews
Reviewed By Xeonnate - Sibu, Malaysia
This place is a renovated after the migration of the Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) office place and named Sibu Heritage Centre. Not much attraction except a place to take photos and some food. There is a small shopping place beside there which you can find cheap daily needs such as food , toothbrushes, clothings etc.
4. Jade Dragon Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 20 reviews
Reviewed By Siak Y
Friendly staff and a lovely pitstop to ease the eyes and stretch the legs.. 2 main halls to cater for both Taoism and Buddhism.. Playground for photography as the structures and colours still new. Peak visit is Wesak Day and Hungry Ghost Festival
5. Lau King Howe Hospital Memorial Museum
Overall Ratings
4 based on 21 reviews
6. Taman Bukit Aup Jubilee Park
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 22 reviews
Reviewed By Gano .
Are you tired of indoor GYM work out ? Come! let yourself FREE again when you are in Sibu. Put on your trekking shoes as you will be sure geared to climb the staircases all the way to the highest point in Sibu. Feel the fern leaves atmospheres and ionized on the way out of this Jubilee Park. If you feel soreness the next day, you should thank this outdoor trekking opportunity as you will find may be you are a little out of shape and you really need to be serious to find an outdoor activity like trekking outdoor and get back your health without any delay. Let the kids feed the Telapias and tortoises in the pond, while you choose a short journey or a lengthy trekking is up to you. I give this place a three stars even though the maintenance works is seriously required. Good to see some professional photographers are capturing the most authentic scenery in the park. Good idea for wedding album outdoor shooting.
7. Sibu Town Square Commercial Centre
Overall Ratings
4 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By Elena S
Its an annual event organised since 2002. The theme of this year's festival (2015) is Beauty in Ethnic Diversity. Stages are with cultural Performances from main ethnic groups. Food stalls are all over the large Town Square compound with enormous selection of local delicacies. Its a must visit event if one drops by Sibu at this time of the year.
8. Bukit Lima Forest Park
Overall Ratings
4 based on 8 reviews
Reviewed By AmethystAme - Singapore
Taman Rimba Bukit Lima Forest Park situated in the midst of kampong sentosa, a resettlement residential area in Sibu. It’s a cool place to jog, mornings or evenings.The Forest Park is a recreational peat swamp forest where the public can experience the tropical rain forest Wilderness. It plays hosts to a variety of flora and fauna comprising birds, bats, lizards, snakes, frogs, terrapins and long-tailed macaques. Besides nature-watching, visitors can go for short treks or jogs. It is a good place for families to work together
9. Tiger Emperor Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By AmethystAme - Singapore
I knew about this temple while preparing for the Sibu largest temple's article and I happened saw this tiger temple online. I then asked a lot of my family, local friends and relatives, none of them heard about this temple at all and no one know how to go.
Based on the information, we finally find the place. Here are some directions if you are going via the old airport road. You will reach a junction where left towards Taman Bukit Aup and right towards Jalan Teku. Take right towards Jalan Teku, drive until you see a roundabout then take 12 O'Clock way, go straight until you see Jalan Trusan, then follow the sign of the temple. You might not be able to find this small road on google map.
The temple is quite new, it was opened in Year 2005, so it is 7 years old now. 7 Seven Star General Tigers god(七星虎将军） stay in this temple, which they called as 虎帝庙, if translate to English it is Tiger Emperor Temple. The temple is not like the one you saw traditionally, it is like a cave and there main gate is closed. You have to enter the temple via the two side gates, just like you entering the cave.
Not easy to find but quite a unique temple.
http://discoversibu.blogspot.sg/2013/08/tiger-temple.html
10. Wong Nai Siong Garden
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 15 reviews
Reviewed By soh_kien_peng - Singapore, Singapore
Initially, I thought this was a sort of indoor memorial garden but was surprised it was an outdoor open air sort of garden. It was properly maintained and clean, apparently there was a great respect for this old man that the place was not vandalized. It was right in the middle of the Sungai Merah town beside the Sungai Merah canal. It is a rather small garden but you can see the garden the moment you alighted at the bus stop. I have read the biography of great adventurous Western explorers like Christopher Columbus, Magellan, Sir Stamford Raffles, tc but this great Chinese Christian of the Ching Dynasty has inspiring great courage to lead a group of 1188 Chinese Christians to Sibu. Sibu owed a lot of the present prosperity to this great man who has such great courage to venture this piece of area in Borneo when everything was still in its primitive stage during that period. My salute to such a great enterprising and adventurous spirit of a Chinese man born in a period of conservatism and old feudalism of the declining Ching dynasty.
If you are not driving, you can take bus no. 1 blue bus Teku Bas Co. direct to Sungai Merah. The bus will stop at the Sungai Merah market. You can see the market right in front of you. I took bus no. 3 to Bukit Aup Jubilee Park. After the visit to Jubilee Park, I visited a longhouse at Sungai Aup before coming to Sungai Merah town. It is about 6.1 km away from Jubilee Park. I managed to get a free ride from a good hearted Iban driver who offered to fetch me to the town as he was on his way to the market.
It is good to come to Sungai Merah to have a look at the unique redness of the river water. I was surprised to see that the water is dark chocolate red which is different from the tea milky color of River Rejang in Sibu cty.
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