Taman Negara

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Taman Negara, Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia travel blog

Taman Negara

A travel blog entry by lauranmatt

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We have come to the end of our time in the beautiful rainforests of Taman Negara, but it has been fantastic! After being taken there by long wooden boats (similar to that which you would see Ray Mears travelling around the rainforest in) we checked in to ...

Taman Negara, Taman Negara, Malaysia travel blog

Taman Negara

A travel blog entry by mfinney

Ok, so we've been too busy travelling and just a little bit lazy! We went here honest, but more on this ...

It's a jungle out there!, Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia travel blog

It's a jungle out there!

A travel blog entry by cawleyadventure

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Taman Negara is in the heart of Peninsula Malaysia and is said to be the oldest rainforest in the world. After arriving in Jerantut by train from Singapore we had a short taxi ride to a jetty where we caught a narrow boat up to Taman Negara Park. The trip ...

Taman Negara (temporary placeholder), Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia travel blog

Taman Negara (temporary placeholder)

A travel blog entry by galumphing

... to be the world's oldest rainforest.  I don't know the truth of these claims, but both jungles did seem rather primeval.  Taman Negara doesn't have nearly as much bamboo as Khao Sok, but I noticed a lot more ferns (in many diverse varieties), as ...

Taman Nagara, Taman Negara, Malaysia travel blog

Taman Nagara

A travel blog entry by dna

After an 8 hour bus ride to Taman Negara, that bumped along a dirt path (sending us in the back of the van to repeatedly hit the top of our heads on the ceiling), it dropped us off in what seemed like the middle of nowhere. The small local village of ...

Cry from the jungle, Perhentian Islands - Taman Negara, Malaysia travel blog

Cry from the jungle

A travel blog entry by ak_and_gregor

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... weather, so we will recommend to everyone to go to these islands during February! Now we have been 3 days in the jungle, in Taman Negara (said to be the oldest rainforest in the world). The ice age never came here, so you find unspoilt vegetation and ...

Stand By Me, Taman Negara, Malaysia travel blog

Stand By Me

A travel blog entry by ando

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... So for the first "scheduled" break from school I headed up to KL (home of the new twin Petronas towers) and then on to Taman Negara (national park) for a 4-day hike and jungle trek. KL: Overall i felt KL was a dirty version of Singapore. As with all ...

Taman Negara, Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia travel blog

Taman Negara

A travel blog entry by kuk

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Fuer Montag (24.01.11) hatten wir einen Transfer zum Nationalpark Taman Negara gebucht. Los ging es mit dem Minibus nach Kuala Tembeling (3,5h) und weiter mit dem Boot nach Kuala Tahan (3h) zu den Park Headquarters. Gegen eine Gebuehr von 1 RM (+ 5 RM ...

Impensable....., Taman Negara, Malaysia travel blog

Impensable.....

A travel blog entry by tiphaine

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Quoi, me direz-vous? et ben moi 2 jours dans la jungle!! c'est vrai ca , c'est pas du tout mon truc, marcher dans la jungle, la plus vieille du monde, en passant, avec un gros sac a dos, la chaleur, les sangsues, mais je l'ai fait!! Epuisant ceci dit, ...

Taman Negara (National Park), Taman Negara, Malaysia travel blog

Taman Negara (National Park)

A travel blog entry by stubo

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... from Kota Bharu to Taman Jerantut which was very beautiful seeing all the different landscapes as i dont think ive seen a proper Jungle before. Taman Negara is a very hard place to get to so we had to spend a further night in Jerantut. We stayed at a ...

Taman Negara, Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia travel blog

Taman Negara

A travel blog entry by mattli

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I was a little disappointed, but the canopy walk was still cool. ...

Welcome to the Jungle!, Taman Negara, Malaysia travel blog

Welcome to the Jungle!

A travel blog entry by tjwanderer

... were a little monotomous. Once we arrived in Jerantut we were approached by a tout asking us if we were going to the Taman Negara and had we somewhere to stay. Usually we'd be disinclined to talk to touts but this guy seemed okay, very friendly and ...

Carrie Moor goes on an adventure of her own!, Taman Negara, Malaysia travel blog

Carrie Moor goes on an adventure of her own!

A travel blog entry by becpowell

... that it had been put on a boat with a load of other bags and passengers going back towards Jerantut and away from Taman Negara! I was told that the boatman noticed one was left on the boat once the passengers disembarked but proceeded to leave it ...

Ewwwww I Got Bitten!!!, Kuala Tahan - Taman Negara, Malaysia travel blog

Ewwwww I Got Bitten!!!

A travel blog entry by charlotte.in.oz

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Well what another great day .... i got up early and met Susie and we went over the river to see if they had a room or else she was going to have to leave as every thing was full .. and they did so we decided to see if we could find a river tour up river ...

Ekoton Chalets, Kuala Tahan - Taman Negara, Malaysia travel blog

Ekoton Chalets

A travel blog entry by ngreenwich0830

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Taman Negara – oldest jungle on planet, Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia travel blog

Taman Negara – oldest jungle on planet

A travel blog entry by tsimko

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... started to hate infinitely. Luckily some dorm beds were left. I stayed in Liana Hostel with extremely helpful staff. Taman Negara is a large relatively isolated national park hosting allegedly oldest jungle on planet. The following day along with Eike, ...

Welcome to the jungle, baby!!!, Taman Negara, Malaysia travel blog

Welcome to the jungle, baby!!!

A travel blog entry by silberregen

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Speaking of, going to the middle of nowhere: "Welcome to the jungle!!!" Now I can cross another fact out of my list of things I've never done. We walked in the middle of the jungle over some huge rope bridges. It reminded me totally on the pictures of ...

Last leg of the trip..., Taman Negara Jungle, Malaysia travel blog

Last leg of the trip...

A travel blog entry by michelle05

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... a place I'd like to come back to someday. Anywhooo I'll let you know what we've been up to in the Jungle!!! We arrived at Taman Negara jungle two nights ago, and we stayed at a cute place called the Durian Chalet. The jungle was on the other side of ...

We decided to do the shortest walk ..., Taman negara National Park, Malaysia travel blog

We decided to do the shortest walk ...

A travel blog entry by pullmyfinger

We decided to do the shortest walk available, a 3-hour trail to the Canopy Walkway, followed by Bukit Teresek, a 343m high hill. Within the first hour, we spotted birds, butterflies and a plant that had blue/green irridescent leaves, i.e green from one ...

Into the jungle, Taman Negara, Malaysia travel blog

Into the jungle

A travel blog entry by laura-scot

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... time, it seemed like a good idea to something a bit different. Our next stop was going to be Taman Negara National Park, a rainforest park in inland Malaysia. The reason behind this was pretty weak, we'd read about a canopy walk that you could do there, ...

Tree Top Walk, Vipers and LEECHES!!!!, Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia travel blog

Tree Top Walk, Vipers and LEECHES!!!!

A travel blog entry by charlotte.in.oz

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Well what a couple of days this has been!! I packed up ready for my 7.30am bus leaving the Cameron Highlands yesterday.  after 2 hours we had to change off our luxurious air conditioned coach onto a mini bus which was a bit cramped and ...

Taman Negara, Taman Negara, Malaysia travel blog

Taman Negara

A travel blog entry by bowtie

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... the main streets.  Lucky for us!!! Unfortunately I can't remember the name because I would really like to give them a "plug" here. Taman Negara is a national park in the state of Pahang. The reason to come to Taman Negara is to experience the oldest ...

After a 35 hr bus journey from kuantan to ..., Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia travel blog

After a 35 hr bus journey from kuantan to ...

A travel blog entry by pullmyfinger

... winding roads to Tembling jetty, we made it onto the last boat of the day just in time. The 60 km boat ride into Taman Negara National Park was peaceful and relaxing, but within 2 hrs, our bums started to ache. We were partly sitting and partly lying ...

We caught a boat over to the other side of ..., Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia travel blog

We caught a boat over to the other side of ...

A travel blog entry by pullmyfinger

We caught a boat over to the other side of the river and made our way to Gua Telinga - a limestone cave - this time with three 1.5 litre bottles of water. The bag was heavier but the cold water felt cool against our backs. Despite setting of at 9.40am, ...

Besteigung des Gunung Kinabalu ... 4095 Höhenmeter, Taman Negara Kinabalu, Malaysia travel blog

Besteigung des Gunung Kinabalu ... 4095 Höhenmeter

A travel blog entry by travel.andrew

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Railway to Rainforest, Taman Negara, Malaysia travel blog

Railway to Rainforest

A travel blog entry by benwhit

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... for his Nasi Goreng Lakna (Fried rice with seafood stuff) for the past 5 days (food poisoning). Got up in the morning and caught a bus to Taman Negara decided to skip the tourist way in mini bus then boat 4 hrs and 30 RM with local bus 1 hr 30 min and 6 ...

Day 100, Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia travel blog

Day 100

A travel blog entry by paul.wilson

Nic and I both have a good nights sleep apart from an alarm that never seems to stop starting at 5.30am and then the owner of the alarm slamming doors and banging into beds as i think he's about to start his shift in the place and isn't too happy at ...

Living with the jungle tribes, Taman Negara, Malaysia travel blog

Living with the jungle tribes

A travel blog entry by friends007

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Taman Negara We stayed in the Taman Negara National Park which protects the jungle which is 130 million years old. We trekked to a hide and heard growing noises on the way. It took ages to get there because we had to wade and sometimes swim across ...

Hunting in the dark, Taman Negara, Malaysia travel blog

Hunting in the dark

A travel blog entry by friends007

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We went to stay with an Orang Asli tribe in the jungle....luckily the beds were better than in the hide! The cheif man was called John and he took us to the caves to see lots of bats. When we went in they all started to fly around! At night he took us ...

The Oldest Jungle In The World, Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia travel blog

The Oldest Jungle In The World

A travel blog entry by josh_mike

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... a three day adventure into the jungle. And following a sugar loaded breakfast on the river we crossed over to enter 'Taman Negara National Park'. And so started a grueling 11km hike through thick, tropical rainforest towards our first nights stay. Just ...

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