Background
The world's oldest tropical rainforest beckons in Malaysia. Preserved to stay the way nature intended to be for you to explore and enjoy. A haven for hundreds of species of wildlife exotic birds, fish and plants, Covering 4,343 sq. km of virgin jungle, the park offers an undisturbed diversity of habitats and plant communities.
Taman Negara (formerly known as king George V National Park), more than 130 millions years of age, beckons the adventurous to a mysterious world older than the Congo or the Amazon.
Taman Negara, located at the very heart of Pahang's tropical forest, which has lain mostly undisturbed for millennia, maintains a natural habitat for a variety of flora and fauna, some of which can only be found in this part of the world. Trees that are hundreds of years old form a giant canopy above you as you enter into Taman Negara, which is accessible through Jerantut, the main entry point.
Taman Negara, located at the very heart of Pahang's tropical forest, which has lain mostly undisturbed for millennia, maintains a natural habitat for a variety of flora and fauna, some of which can only be found in this part of the world. Trees that are hundreds of years old form a giant canopy above you as you enter into Taman Negara, which is accessible through Jerantut, the main entry point.
How to get to Taman Negara?
You will have to take either private transport by van or limousine costing approximate RM300 per way or by public transport from Kuala Lumpur or Kuantan, and it takes approximately 3 - 4 hours from these points to Jerantut.
Things to note
The Department of Wildlife has counter located at Kuala Tembeling jetty to issue entry permits and various licenses such as: Park permit: RM 1 per person, applicable to all visitors. Fishing licenses: RM 10 per person. Camera licenses: RM 5 per camera.
Nusa Camp (That's where we stayed for 3 days- June 15-17 , '08).
We are very excited on the whole trip the three of us (unfortunately none of us brought any cameras as we are busy strategizing what to do in the next three days before the trip, courtesy of Nusa camp's on the actual cabin we stayed and nature pictures).
We decided on three locations, Lata Berkah, Canopy walkway & Ear Cave. One must visit the canopy walkway, where spectacular view below is awesome, and Lata Berkah, the crystal clear waterfall will tempt you for a swim, and lastly Ear cave, the exploration in it is breathtaking as we need to slowly engineer our way down the slope and behold the bats, as we journey back to the camp, I guided the way back as we seem lost earlier with only bare-footed on my side as I so-called worn a slipper in this hard terrain as I thought it a piece of cake, nevertheless managed to reach camp Nusa in the evening. Bruised and tired but thrilled to come again is time permit, we packed our gears and head back to Kuala lumpur for another rat race challenge again.
See you all again and until next time, adieus
Cheers
David
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