Taman Negara in the interior of the Malaysian Peninsula is a big National Park. To get to Kuala Tahan, where the park entrance is, we had to take a boat from Jerantut for 2,5 hours. On the way we passed through the jungle and finally we arrived at the small village of Kuala Tahan.
We stayed 4 nights there and made a 2-day trekking, all organized on our own. We had to carry food, water and things to sleep. On the first day we walked about 6 hours on a well marked path from the park entrance to the Bunbun Kumbang hide, which should be the best one to observe animals. Unfortunately we didn't have the possibility to see wildlife, 2 hours after us arrived 4 people more and they were so noisy that all animals around went away...
On the next day we went back on another way which finally took us about 8 hours, going up and down all the time. We had to climb up, often was no way, just rocks and roots to catch. And this way with our quite heavy bags, lack of water and after a night with nearly no sleep. Well, happily we got back, and on the way we could see elephant shit and a footprint of a big cat (maybe a tiger?). Here some photos from this trekking tour:
Here the Bunbun Kumbang hide where we spent the night. The hide overlooks a small field and is surrounded by the big jungle. It's further away than the other hides in the park, so normally a good spot to see animals. The bad thing was that the hide was full of wasps... not very comfortable.
On the first day in Taman Negara we just walked to the canopy walkway, the biggest one in Malaysia and it's quite high, up to 45 meters! Except plants we couldn't see anything, well some butterflies and moskitos.
On the trekking tour we passed through a village (few houses) of local people and we saw some insects like ants, big streets of them, and other one's which are very big. Also a small snake we could see and Laura had the experience to get bite by a leech and a tick
We stayed 4 nights there and made a 2-day trekking, all organized on our own. We had to carry food, water and things to sleep. On the first day we walked about 6 hours on a well marked path from the park entrance to the Bunbun Kumbang hide, which should be the best one to observe animals. Unfortunately we didn't have the possibility to see wildlife, 2 hours after us arrived 4 people more and they were so noisy that all animals around went away...
On the next day we went back on another way which finally took us about 8 hours, going up and down all the time. We had to climb up, often was no way, just rocks and roots to catch. And this way with our quite heavy bags, lack of water and after a night with nearly no sleep. Well, happily we got back, and on the way we could see elephant shit and a footprint of a big cat (maybe a tiger?). Here some photos from this trekking tour:
Here the Bunbun Kumbang hide where we spent the night. The hide overlooks a small field and is surrounded by the big jungle. It's further away than the other hides in the park, so normally a good spot to see animals. The bad thing was that the hide was full of wasps... not very comfortable.
On the first day in Taman Negara we just walked to the canopy walkway, the biggest one in Malaysia and it's quite high, up to 45 meters! Except plants we couldn't see anything, well some butterflies and moskitos.
On the trekking tour we passed through a village (few houses) of local people and we saw some insects like ants, big streets of them, and other one's which are very big. Also a small snake we could see and Laura had the experience to get bite by a leech and a tick
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