Taman Negara is the main national park on peninsular Malaysia. As such, it is visited by many tourists, foreign and Malaysian alike. I was told that there were a number of day hikes you could do on your own and therefore expected it to be similarly mapped, signed, and easily accessed as the Cameron Highlands. Unfortunately this was not the case....

After 3 hours bus and 3 hours boat, I arrived in Kuala Tahan, main village at the Taman Negara National Park. The site is stunning: it is the oldest rainforest in the world. The vegetation is obviously very dense, it is obviously very hot and I suspect the humidity to be over 90%. All the required conditions are therefore approved to go for a lo...

Taman Negara is a huge national park with over 5000 km sq of rainforest jungle it is vast. We stayed in Kuala Tahan (KT) which is the main village (kampung) to explore the park. The journey from Cameron highlands to here is exhausting with a number of bus transfers. You have to get back down to Jerantut and then up to Kuala Tahan. It takes all d...

The oldest rainforest in the world. Fittingly we entered by boat, traveling up the muddy waters of Tembling River. The 2 1/2 hour ride takes you past vast palm tree plantations slowly changing to tall trees of every variety. We arrived at the floating restaurants of Kuala Tahan, a town that has grown to accommodate the large numbers of tourists ...

It was an all day minibus journey from Kota Bharu to the Taman Negara National Park in the heart of Malaysia. It was great to be back in the jungle but Jonty's Jungle felt like a playground compared to this! We stayed in a little town called Kuala Tahan which is the parks headquarters and the easiest place to enter the oldest part of the jungle....

Just a few days into my journey and I already made it to the middle of Malaysia. I had flight issues getting to Singapore and after finally getting it, I realized there was nothing there than I really wanted to do. So...I decided to leave for Malaysia. Of course there was a train schedule I had planned on adhering to and I'm sure that would have...

Two updates for you guys this time, firstly we'll deal with our venture into Taman Negara - the oldest rainforest in the world! The journey to Kuala Tahan, the small village which is the entry point into Taman Negara was fairly exciting..took a 3 hour ride on a small wooden boat on a stunning jungle river, flanked by tropical rainforest and sand...

Taman Negara kansallispuistoa odotettiin yhta kovasti kun Cameronia. Me buukattiin meian hostellista Cameronissa kyyti sinne. Oli vahan kalliimpi kun sinne oli kuulemma hankalampi paasta Cameronista. Ensiks mentiin minivanilla juna-asemalle mika kesti noin parisen tuntii mutkasia vuoristoteita (ja kuskin hassun ajotavan takia). Sitten noustiin j...

Tuesday Sept 11 to Thurs Sept 13, 2007 We (Frank, Murray, Lynn and Kay) left the Cameron Highlands at about 10:30 am by private minibus. A slight delay as we watched the cranky chinese bus driver try to squash the luggage of 10 passengers into a minibus that has No Boot (trunk) and No Luggage Racks/Storage. We chuckled wondering why a travel age...

Hey guys :o) So im actually writting this a couple of days late, internet in the jungle wasn't great! (unsurprisingly...) The second day in the jungle was really fun. I joined up again with the guys from Brasenose and we booked a guide to take us on a 13km trek through the deeper jungle. It was pretty tough going but having the guide was great, ...