Welcome to TAMAN NEGARA
Arrived at JETTY
Don't jump, Sharon!!
Nusa Holiday Village
Miss KUAN & JunYin
Peace & Smiling
Before hiking BUKIT WARISAN
Below: The Abang (green shirt) was our guidance
Peak - 383 metres height
VU Semester 2 Students
SCSC 2008 Committee
Group Photo
Ivan & Noelle
Smiling
l + ll + lll = llll ???
l + l + l + l = llll ^^
Canopy walkway - Samantha Ng
Canopy walkway - JunYin
Rapid Shooting: None of us could escape from getting wet!
Dragon Fruits ~~~
We Love Dragon Fruit!
Yummy
Beautiful colour
Diana with 2 dragon fruits
Sharon
Fiona
We get it!!!!
Taman Negara Trip Report
The Taman Negara Trip (25-27 July 2008) was organized by Sunway CPA Australia Student Charter (SCSC) and partly sponsored by CPA Australia. It was a 3 days 2 nights trip for 40 students and 1 CPA officer at one of the oldest rainforests in the world. Taman Negara was declared for conservation in 1938 and has become Malaysia's premier national park and the largest in the country covering over 4343 square kilometres (434,300 hectares) of primary forest, spans across three states: Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang. Taman Negara is the most extensive protected area of pristine, lowland, evergreen rainforest in the country.
Day 1
SPKG Tours Sdn Bhd has arranged the transport from Sun-U to Kuala Tahan Jetty. The journey has started at 9am and ended arriving at the jetty around 4.30pm with a lunch break before that. It took approximately 30 minutes for the whole group to reach Nusa Holiday Village by its boat service.
After everyone has settled down their luggage at hostel dormitory, an ice-breaking session took place for one and a half hour before dinner break at 8pm. There was an hour of Night Jungle Walk later after dinner. It was an experience to walk in the jungle at night to see the tropical forest night life. The tour guide has shown some unusual species of insects, flora and fauna. The most interesting part was the opportunity to see the glowing fungus and insects having luminescent chemicals which produce weak light. Unfortunately, the jungle walk ended with almost half of the group bitten by leeches.
Day 2
The first activity after breakfast was an three hours of jungle trekking through steep hill up to the top of Bukit Warisan, which is an ideal place for bird watching and a beautiful viewpoint as well. It was certainly the most exhausted activity in this trip, with people sliding down at steep area, with people pulling everything their hands can reach at in order to climb up a big step, and of course with people getting bitten by leeches again. However, it offered an opportunity to experience the extraordinary beauty of nature at its best especially the scenery at the top of the hill.
After the lunch time back at the village, the group was preceded by boat to experience the Canopy Walkway. It is a hanging bridge on the top layer of vegetation in the forest, with the height of 40m and 400m long with 9 platforms, which enables people to view the rich and diverse flora and fauna at the very summit of the forest. It is also recognized as the world’s longest hanging bridge.
Another exhilarating experience was the rapid shooting on boats. The boats traveled further up the Tembeling River from the village, and shot the seven sets of rapids. It was an exciting ride to experience the adrenalin rush of river water. As expected, a water war has started and everyone was trying to splash water to another, ended being wet from head to toe thorough soaking of river water.
The next activity was to visit the Orang Asli Settlement with wet clothes still on bodies. Orang Asli means the Original People in Malay language, lived in traveling lifestyle in Taman Negara and call themselves as Batek. Their settlements are often along some forest trails or rivers. In this visit, the group was educated with their unique lifestyle. Blowpipe weapon was demonstrated and tried by some of them.
The Taman Negara Trip (25-27 July 2008) was organized by Sunway CPA Australia Student Charter (SCSC) and partly sponsored by CPA Australia. It was a 3 days 2 nights trip for 40 students and 1 CPA officer at one of the oldest rainforests in the world. Taman Negara was declared for conservation in 1938 and has become Malaysia's premier national park and the largest in the country covering over 4343 square kilometres (434,300 hectares) of primary forest, spans across three states: Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang. Taman Negara is the most extensive protected area of pristine, lowland, evergreen rainforest in the country.
Day 1
SPKG Tours Sdn Bhd has arranged the transport from Sun-U to Kuala Tahan Jetty. The journey has started at 9am and ended arriving at the jetty around 4.30pm with a lunch break before that. It took approximately 30 minutes for the whole group to reach Nusa Holiday Village by its boat service.
After everyone has settled down their luggage at hostel dormitory, an ice-breaking session took place for one and a half hour before dinner break at 8pm. There was an hour of Night Jungle Walk later after dinner. It was an experience to walk in the jungle at night to see the tropical forest night life. The tour guide has shown some unusual species of insects, flora and fauna. The most interesting part was the opportunity to see the glowing fungus and insects having luminescent chemicals which produce weak light. Unfortunately, the jungle walk ended with almost half of the group bitten by leeches.
Day 2
The first activity after breakfast was an three hours of jungle trekking through steep hill up to the top of Bukit Warisan, which is an ideal place for bird watching and a beautiful viewpoint as well. It was certainly the most exhausted activity in this trip, with people sliding down at steep area, with people pulling everything their hands can reach at in order to climb up a big step, and of course with people getting bitten by leeches again. However, it offered an opportunity to experience the extraordinary beauty of nature at its best especially the scenery at the top of the hill.
After the lunch time back at the village, the group was preceded by boat to experience the Canopy Walkway. It is a hanging bridge on the top layer of vegetation in the forest, with the height of 40m and 400m long with 9 platforms, which enables people to view the rich and diverse flora and fauna at the very summit of the forest. It is also recognized as the world’s longest hanging bridge.
Another exhilarating experience was the rapid shooting on boats. The boats traveled further up the Tembeling River from the village, and shot the seven sets of rapids. It was an exciting ride to experience the adrenalin rush of river water. As expected, a water war has started and everyone was trying to splash water to another, ended being wet from head to toe thorough soaking of river water.
The next activity was to visit the Orang Asli Settlement with wet clothes still on bodies. Orang Asli means the Original People in Malay language, lived in traveling lifestyle in Taman Negara and call themselves as Batek. Their settlements are often along some forest trails or rivers. In this visit, the group was educated with their unique lifestyle. Blowpipe weapon was demonstrated and tried by some of them.
Day 3
After breakfast, the group departed by boat to Kuala Tahan Jetty at 10am. There was a change in plan on the way back to Sun-U. A post-graduate from Victoria University has invited everyone to visit his dragon fruits plantation. He explained in details the cultivation of dragon fruits and insisted to give away some dragon fruits. He has also bought some durians, rambutans and mangosteen as a treat. The whole trip has finally ended when the bus arrived Sun-U at around 6pm.
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