Taman Negara Things to Do

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One of the many activities on offer at Mutiara Taman Negara Resort is a night walk through the jungle. The guides at the resort have an amazing knowldge of their park and somehow manage to find all sorts of creepy-crawlies in the dark. Walks last for about 90 minutes and while it is unlikely that you will see any large animals - these can sometimes be spotted from the hides - you may be lucky, or inlucky, enough to see a bird eating spider!

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Below is the timetable,

Boat Counter Fare per Person Departure Time
One Way Return From Kuala Tembeling From Kuala Tahan
Hans Travel RM 25 RM 50 2.00 p.m. 9.00 a.m.
NKS Travel
SPKG Travel
Mutiara Resort RM 28 RM 56 1.00 p.m.

See more at http://www.tamannegara.asia/dailycoach.html

About you luggage, There is no porter service to take care of your belonging. Therefore, please take proper luggage or backpack. Get off the boat and walk up through steep road to your accommodation.

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With only one and a half days in Taman Negara, we decided to do a night jungle walk and a trek to the look-out point at Beresek Hill and the canopy walkway the next morning. That afternoon, we decided to do the trip to Lata Berkoh - it doesn't seem to be one of the trips that the tour companies really promote, but it was brilliant!

The 40 min boat trip up the river is spectacular, and gives you a great perspective of your surroundings. You then take a 10 min walk to "Lata Berkoh", a really pretty cascade waterfall spot. The water is crystal clear and the swim is so refreshing! I highly recommend this trip for anyone visiting Taman Negara!

If you're going for a 3days 2nights vacation, here are the standard things that you should do or visit:
- Night Jungle Trekking
- Gua Telinga
- Canopy walkway
- Lata Berkoh
- Orang Asli village.

I hv been to Taman Negara 3 times and still not bored with it. To me, the main highlight of the trip is the 3hrs boat ride from Kuala Tembeling to Kuala Tahan. It's really nice to see some orang asli kids having fun by the river. Many things to see along the way. If you're bored, you could always take a short nap.

The last time I visit Taman Negara was in 2005. 7 of us photographers went for the trip and really had a good time. Paid ~ RM550/person that includes return van transport from KL - Kuala Tembeling and boat transfers to/from Kuala Tembeling - Kuala Tahan, guide, food and chalet. We stayed in Agoh Chalet which is a budget chalet that can fit in 4ppl to a chalet with attached bathroom(cold shower).

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Although the highlight of the visit is supposed to be learning how the orang asli make fire and use the blowpipe, I found it more interesting to hear about what they are doing to earn a living (besides being stared at by tourists!) and they were also rather open to requests if they could fulfill them.

Our guide, Joe, took us to the village down river where there was this group of orang asli who belong to the Batek people. The man demonstrating the fire making was called Ah Long and he could speak Malay and English. He showed me the rotan plant when I asked about it and he also explained to us their customs for their dead and their marriages.

Although Ah Long never had any education, he intends to make sure his child will have some.

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Pack some chow, lots of insect repellents and water purifier and do the wild thing (preferebly not alone, althjough I met a Malaysian guy doing it on his own!) and take a walk all the way up to Gunung Tahan (55 kms), a mountain in the northern part of the park, all you do is walking by the Kuala Tahan river deep into the wilderness. Mind you, there are some tigers in there, too if you are lucky you'll see one. I wish I hadn't been a sissy when I was there and had done this hike! Anyway even if you get tired, you can turn back at any point.

Taman Negara is the home and protected area for some rare mammals, such as tiger, Sumatran Rhinoceros, Malayan Gaur (seladang) and Asian Elephant. Visitors can normally spot a small herb of water buffalos mud bathing along the river and i am just wondering whether they are wild buffalo or seladang?


The 'Gaur' (pronounced "GOWr")-(Malayalam kattupothu; Bos gaurus, previously Bibos gauris) is a large, dark-coated ox of the hilly areas of South Asia and Southeast Asia, which may be found wild or domesticated. (fact extracted from Wikipedia)

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Unforgettable experience. Who goes in the Taman Negara cannot lose them. Ten bridges in the Jungle he is as walk between the tops of the trees.

A piece of advice who suffers of dizziness.....do not look below.