Blogs from Taman Negara National Park, Pahang, Malaysia, Asia

Tuesday at midday I took the speedboat back to Kuala Besut and then caught the local bus to Kota Bharu which is the main city in the far northeast of peninsula Malaysia. I really enjoyed the bus trip because of all the old wooden houses and their windows painted in every colour you can imagine. I quickly found a room at a guesthouse about a minute from the bus station, got something to eat and then had a look around the city. Originally I had planned to spend a couple of nights here, but after having a wander around I realised there wasn't a great deal to see besides a few very nice buildings, so I decided to leave on the train the next day. So wednesday morning I got up very early to catch a ... read more

Spent 3 nights in Taman Negara for 10 ringits a night (2 pound) and I must admit the hostel wasn't the greatest in terms of cleanliness, but had a good vibe in the evenings and the hostel owner and his friends were pretty helpful and fun. They would play guitar and sing some tunes that they know and a good place to meet other travellers. Hostel is called Ripple Hostel. Anyone wanting to do the canopy walk, you have no need to spend 35 Ringits that they try charging you outside the park as it only costs you 5 Ringits and is easily accessible without the guide and the trek to Bukit Teresek is pretty simple. The canopy walk was alright, parts of it were under construction so didn't last that long, but it is pretty ... read more

Travel Blog Day 4 Travelling to Teman Negara Nationa lPark We were up bright and early, had our Malaysian fried rice for breakfast and donned our backpacks (wow they feel very heavy!) and walked to the Crown Plaza Hotel to catch our bus. The bus cost 70 MRM each and arrived pretty much on time with our guide for the day, whose name was “Apple” on board. Nice air conditioned coach, but with no more than 9 people on board. Apple explained that there had been a problem with the original bus so we had a different bus and a driver that had never driven to Taman Negara before! The journey started well but we were disappointed with the scenery - just miles and miles of Palm oil trees in huge plantations! Not what we had ... read more

Taman Negara ist der groesste Regenwald der malayischen Halbinsel und gilt mit etwa 130 Millionen Jahren als der aelteste Regenwald der Welt, mehr als doppelt so alt als der Amazonas-Regenwald. Zahlreiche Tier- und Pflanzen-Arten hat dieser Wald kommen und gehen sehen. Er beherbergt heute viele vom Aussterben bedrohte Tiere, wie das Sumatra-Nashorn, den asiatischen Elefanten und den malaysischen Tiger. Zu sehen bekommt der normale Besucher diese Tiere kaum. Hierzu sind mehrtaegige Treks durch den Dschungel notwendig und auch dann ist die Chance, vor allem beim Tiger aeusserst gering. Die einzigen Menschen, die von und in dem Wald leben, sind die Orang Asli, die Ureinwohner der malaiischen Halbinsel. Ich habe mich diesmal an keinem mehrtaegigen Trek beteiligt. Allerdings bietet der Taman Negara auch fuer Besucher, die sich nur kurzzeitig hier aufhalten viel Interessantes. Im Gegensatz ... read more