MATANG MANGROVE FOREST RESERVE
WOODED MANGROVE FORESTS & NATIVE WILDLIFE
KUALA SEPETANG / PORT WELL ECO
RIVER CRUISE / EAGLE FEEDING / FIREFLY TOUR / VISIT KUALA SANGGA VILLAGE / VISIT FISH FARM
DESCRIPTION:
Kuala Sepetang is a vibrant fishing village located in Perak and 40 minutes drive from Taiping. Also, Kuala Sepetang is formerly known as Port Weld (砵威). The main jumping off of this village point to the river mouth community of Kuala Sangga, which is a Chinese fishing community at the river mouth that specializes in fish breeding in cages. The Port Weld railway station was located in the center of town. Also, the whole railway line from this village to Taiping was the first railway line in the Peninsular. Nowadays, this railway was dismantled and now only the ticketing booth the Port Weld railway signboard remain. Now, the ticketing booth is a Chinese coffee shop and the shop owner still remains the railway signboard.
RIVER CRUISE
The visitors can enjoy the boat rides that would be cruising over the river to see houses built on stilts with many fishing boats docked right in front of the houses.
ACTIVITIES:
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RIVER CRUISE
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EAGLE SIGHTING
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FIREFLY TOUR
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VISIT KUALA SANGGA
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VISIT FISH FARM
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SUNSET
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EAGLE FEEDING
There have many eagles that are roaming above the mangrove forest of Kuala Sepetang. The boatmen will pour chicken oil into the river to get the eagle to come to a litter closer and the eagle will come dashing down, getting a scoopful of the chicken oil.
VISIT KUALA SANGGA FISHING VILLAGE
Kuala Sannga (老港渔村) is a tiny little fishing village that 30 minutes of boat ride away from Kuala Sepetang. This village was established in the 1890s and today it has about 40 to 50 families living in this village. In this village, fishing is one of the main sources of income for the villagers. Despite being so small, this village has one temple, one church, one primary school, one altar, and one Kopitiam. Kuala Sannga’s houses are typically built on stilt, while necessities such as water and electricity are not available. Surprisingly, the villagers still survive on rainwater and every household has its generator to generate electricity.
VISIT FISH FARM
The fish farm is set up to float in the middle of the river. The visitors can feed the fish and try to touch the fish.
FIREFLY TOUR
Fireflies, in Malay, are called Kelip-Kelip. The species of fireflies here are mostly the Pteroptyx tener where its light flashed together at once. Although the fireflies here are very small, they emit very bright lights that will never fail to amaze you. Some believe that fireflies can bring good luck and make your wishes come true.