Trip To Nanga Sumpa: Nature beauty of Lubuk Antu

Experience the Nature around Nanga Sumpa, Batang Ai

A wonderful experience to Nanga Sumpa an Iban village situated up river in Lubuk Antu.

The journey from Kuching took around 3 hours to Batang Ai. From Batang Ai jetty, we took a long boat ride about another one hour 30 minutes to reach Nanga Sumpa Village.

I never imagine the huge clear water lake and beautiful surrounding of Batang Ai Hydro electric dam during the long boat ride going up river to Nanga Sumpa. As we go on further reaching the tributary river, with the tree canopy covering the river and the crystal clear water than enable us to see the bottom of the river. Certain location of the river we need to disembark to push the long boat as the water was too shallow. Some area along the river have small rapid which is interesting and scary to ride through using the long boat.

Nanga Sumpa river is beautiful as shown in some of the pictures below. The activities that we done during the trip for 3 days 2 nights are:-

Traditional Iban Ngajat
Hiking across forest to Wong Enseluai Waterfall
Cooking fish in Bamboo (‘Pansuh’ in Iban language)
Fishing
The boat ride is also a wonderful experience.
Swim in the clear water river.

A view from the long boat in Batang Ai Dam

Long boat ride up river to Nanga Sumpa

Navigating the shallow river

Navigating the shallow river

Navigating the Rapid

A view from the long boat

Crystal clear water to Wong Enseluai Waterfall


Catching fish using cast net.

The boatman ready to cast net to catch fish to be cook using bamboo at the Wong Enseluai Waterfall.

Traditional dance – the Iban ngajat at Nanga Sumpa longhouse.


A trip across the river to start our hiking through forest and paddy field.


A group picture at Wong Enseluai Waterfall