Jerantut, Malaysia Travel Blogs

Day 139
Feb 1, 2007 (5 photos)

We all woke around 10am and prepared to leave the hide. The light was already illuminating the hide since there were no windows you could close just the viewing gaps. Breakfast was some rolls and then we were off to our next destination - a hut! The hut ...

Day 137
Jan 30, 2007 (2 photos)

... who had been in the same guest house as me in Melaka so I said "Hi". Christian is French-Vietnamese and we wondered away from Jerantut bus station in search of a hotel for the night - it was already 8pm! As we approached our favoured choice for hotel a ...

Breaking Beds in Jerantut
Jan 3, 2006 (2 photos)

... well worth it but in hindsight, one night could of been enough. I travelled on Transnasional's bus from Malacca to Jerantut, taking about 4.5 hours. I arrived into Jerantut just after 8.30pm. After checking into my RM15 a night single room with shared ...

Hurdling Workout in Taman Negara
Jan 5, 2006 (5 photos)

After yesterday's 6 hour trek through Taman Negara's Keniam Trail, I was beginning to feel the effects. However, after a few exercises and a hearty breakfast of 2 minute noodles I was ready to go again. I was rearing to go... but the other 4 were quite ...

Day 140
Feb 2, 2007 (5 photos)

We woke a bit earlier today given that we slept on concrete with no walls to separate us with the rain forest and all its creepy crawlies! Breakfast was rice pudding though the utensils and plates were still stinking of curry but never mind! We had ...

Rumble In The Jungle
Nov 6, 2004 (14 photos)

... leopard cats out of the bushes - by throwing rocks into the bush, they've a very high regard for their native animals in Malaysia! After a good nights sleep, we were up early the next morning to catch the 8am riverboat back to Jerantut, then a 2 and a ...

A Cultural Insight
Jan 6, 2006 (5 photos)

... We boarded a short boat back to where we began at Kuala Tahan and I had about 5 hours there until the coach back to Jerantut. Kuala Tahan's facilites were basic but I found a cold shower, and rinsed my shoes of all the mud but they absolutely stink at the ...

Day 138
Jan 31, 2007 (6 photos)

... at 7.30am and I packed my things up and crossed the road to our pick up point. We had a short bus ride to Jerantut's jetty and then a very enjoyable 2.5 hour boat trip up river to Kuala Tahan (the headquarters town of Taman Negara National Park). I'd ...

Not another river crossing!
Jan 4, 2006 (5 photos)

... battled to keep my eyes open the whole way. I was the only one on the bus as well. It is low season here in Malaysia so the tourist sights are quite empty (and cheap). I arrived at the jetty at 8.30am and had a personalised briefing from one of the ...

Relaxing in Jerantut
Jan 6, 2006

After a three day, two night cultural and physical trek through the rainforest of Taman Negara, I have arrived back in Jerantut for 1 night of recuperation before heading to Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. I can't wait to write about the last three days because ...

Being robbed.
Jan 6, 2006 (5 photos)

If anyone is going to Jerantut (note: Hotel Sri Emas), please be careful. As I mentioned in a previous entry, I have had my first bit of trouble here. The hotel offers a storage room to put all of your supplies. It is partly my fault as to what ...

Jungle Fever
Oct 29, 2005 (8 photos)

... . You can trek through deepest, darkest jungle, brave the creaky canopy walk, shoot poison darts through a blowpipe with Malaysia's OrangAsli and explore stunning caves(according to LP anyhow). We stayed here for a couple of nights and spent a whole ...

Jungle Train
Oct 28, 2005 (1 photos)

... Bharu to Jerantut (the gateway to Taman Negara) was 10hrs by jungle train, leaving at 06:00hrs in the morning and arriving in Jerantut after stopping at every single station on its way at 16:00hrs. It was cheap though at $3 each we couldn,t complain, ...

Crossing cultures
Mar 3, 2003

2nd March - Set off on yet another jungle trek. This one was 3.3km over flattish ground and we passed through a sort of village. This was even smaller than where we live at home - only one house! People live here temporarily to collect oil for the ...

Rain forest day 2
Jul 9, 2007

I give today a 3 out of five.  I'm a little disappointed actually.  To start with, we went on a hike to the top of the canopy where the suspension bridge is.  The hike wasn't too bad, but we had to watch out for leaches.  These leaches ...

Malaysia uncertain about it now.
Nov 25, 2004

... bitten all nite I wanted out of there the next morn. I have loved Asia so far so has everyone but since arriving in Malaysia it has been a shock of how different the culture is here and how slow backwards and expensive it is compared to the rest of Asia.

Bored in Jerantut
Oct 22, 2008

... boss if you are worthy of their ringgits... :)). Then you finally get your money and a receipt of exchange. I was bored in Jerantut. Went on an Internet for an hour and got caught in a rain afterward, so I spent another hour on Internet. That's ...

Me Manda, her Crean..
Oct 5, 2006 (8 photos)

On the 4th we travelled from Melaka to Jerantut, the only cool thing about Jerantut was the Mee Goreng, the best I have had yet and my current breakfast favourite. Basically it is fried noodles with a bit of vege, some chicken and a whole lot of hot ...

Taman Negara
Aug 2, 2007

... take three different busses across the peninsula to reach Kuala Tahan, the small town set across the river from Taman Negara, Malaysia's most spectacular national park.  I got there and settled at the little Durian House - named after the smelly and ...

Kuala Gandah Deer Park and Elephant Sanctuary
Apr 17, 2008 (16 photos)

Got up at 7am and had breakfast at the hotel before getting our day packs ready and heading down to reception for our pick up for our trip to Kuala Gandah's Deer Park and Elephant Sanctuary. We were picked up at 9am and began the drive across to the ...

The Jungle of the Rain Forest
Jan 7, 2005 (10 photos)

... it, so you will hear more about Project CocoBar soon! We, in the meantime, moved on, far from beaches to the interior of Malaysia, to be precise to Taman Negara, which just means, National Park. After a trip that seemed endless, hours in a bus and then ...

On the move
Feb 5, 2007

... .  Soon we began to see the vegetable and flower farms for which the Cameron Highlands are famous, producing all of Malaysia's vegetable requirements and most of Singapore's.  The farms were small and perched on the steep banks of the hills, the ...

Jungle Fever
Oct 5, 2006 (3 photos)

A mass of primary jungle over 130 million years old was our next draw. We scrambled over tree roots, under fallen trees and tried our hardest to avoid the leeches - they took a particular liking to Amy's white converse shoes, slithering through the ...

enter the jungle
Dec 10, 2006 (13 photos)

...   well most people know about the amazon and congo rain forest/jungle. but what about taman negara in malaysia and its counterparts in indonesia.  its all same same, just a bunch of invisible lines anyways. well, according to some sources it is ...

Taman Negara Rain Forest Day 1
Jul 8, 2007

Today we made our way to the Taman Negara rain forest.  We started off from our apartments at 9:00 a.m. and went for a four hour bus ride.  We stopped for lunch at a little restaurant on the side of the road about half-way through.  It was ...

Taman Negara
Sep 30, 2008

To be updated...

Le centre de conservation des éléphants
Jul 22, 2009 (10 photos)

Pour partir du parc nous prenons une pirogue « touristique » (il n’y a que des blancs), et nous descendons le fleuve au travers la jungle. Une belle ballade de 2h au court de la laquelle nous avons pu observer quelques beaux oiseaux ...

Off into the Jungle
Mar 10, 2007

We got up at 4:30 am to catch the 6 am jungle train to Jerantut. We left Kota Baharu to take a couple days trek in the oldest rain forest in the world, Taman Negara. We arrived in Jerantu, the diving off town, after a very nice 8 hour train ride through ...

Things that go arghhhhh in the night (Nathan)
Sep 20, 2006 (7 photos)

... punks in Thailand and waved farewell. After beans on toast and checking out we hopped on a mini bus headed for Taman Negara, Malaysia's largest national park. The bus ride was very long and tiresome, made worse by a long break in the middle of nowhere ...

Back to Jerantut
Mar 12, 2007

... cuz she was soo nice. #1 on the random acts of kindness scale so far. Also highly recomended is the NSK Hotels here in Jerantut. Their tour prices are a bit high, but the hotel was 15 RM ($3.50) for a clean room with double bed (shared bathroom).  ...