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  • Viki P
    Bratislava, Slovakia42 contributions
    Powerful place
    We really enjoyed Taman Negara. The entry fee is super small and you can enjoy stunning nature. I would say that you do not need a guide if you want to see main points. It is sometimes little bit difficult due to a humidity, so I would recommend for people to bring some mineral water, or just some magnesium or vitamins...
    Visited February 2020
    Written 4 August 2020
  • Aylin N
    11 contributions
    Breathtaking experience
    We booked a tour to Kuala Tahan, the village near one of the entries, via a travel agency in Kuala Lumpur. We booked an accommodation on ourselves and had a very friendly host. The travel agency (Han) offered many activities such as hiking in Taman Negara, boat cuises, night walks, expedition to the orang asli village and many more. We stayed for a week and would have loved to stay a few more! The village has many delicious restaurants, a few of them offer western food. We often ate pancakes for breakfast. Careful: Make sure to bring enough cash, because there unfortunately is NO ATM. To get to the forest you have to hire a “ferry”, more like a small boat. Just wait at the sign and they’ll pick you up for 1 ringgit. The canopy walk was closed due to constructions, the wood was getting unstable over time. The rainforest offers a diversity of flora and fauna, a few spots to legally swim and some unpaved paths to hidden lookouts, where we got scared, because no one else was there with us! Bring LOTS of insect repellent, flashlights for the amazing night walks, functional wear (humidity), a bathing suit and long sleeves. We visited during rainy season, the rivers were full of fresh water and sometimes it rained tons!! We highly recommend you to visit this little town, as it fully captured us and blew our minds. 5 stars fully deserved.
    Visited August 2019
    Written 23 March 2020
  • Peta B
    171 contributions
    Great nature yet requires maintenance
    Great park in the middle of Malaysian Peninsula, although requires a fair bit of maintenance. From the south enter by long boat, then pay an entrance fee per day plus fee for using a camera/phone camera, total RM6/day entrance. You can do various walks and treks in the park, check out the various hides to spot wildlife, walk up and across the worlds longest canopy walk, night walks and take a boat trip on the river. So good selection of activities on offer. The boardwalks are very poorly maintained so be careful as they drop when walking in them, of where required you’ll step around broken boards. The canopy walk only opens at 9am and becomes very busy quickly, so be prepared to wait in line. During my time I saw and heard lots of birds, monkeys, frogs, scorpions, spiders, snakes. Great park for nature lovers.
    Visited September 2022
    Travelled solo
    Written 30 September 2022
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53 contributions
Nice for one day.
Aug 2023 • Couples
There's not much you can do here on your own.. and there are no guides. Every agency/hostel offer the same few trips, only one 1 day trip that is interesting (but unfortunately it already includes most things that you can do alone..so there's nothing left to fill in one more day if you've already planned to stay longer..). We did a day tour via hostel Agosto, with a very nice guid Tam, we enjoyed it, but it is a long day and the walikng tempo was pretty fast so not much time to look around. Also: i dont know what to think about the Orang Asli village..it didnt feel right to be there, its just three houses, and a few people who didnt look happy to see us.. There's also a 2D1N trip that includes sleeping in a cave..so if you haven't booked a hotel yet, it maybe an option as well. There are a few restaurants here where food (compering to the rest of the country) is ok. No alcohol in restaurants (you can buy it in hotels/hostels and mini markets/shops)
Written 21 August 2023
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Alb.ms
Amsterdam, The Netherlands123 contributions
Beautiful nature
Jul 2023 • Solo
Beautiful park. From the map one gets at the entrance, one can do hikes 1-6 alone. Other hikes require a guide. Staying in Kuala Tahan is advisable as crossing the river is quite easy and hassle free.
Written 9 July 2023
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Aishah Fz
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good
Jun 2022 • Family
the service is good and the staf is friendly so i really recommended to all travelers also it’s very fun for family activities
Written 9 May 2023
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ERARYP
Gävle, Sweden27 contributions
Boardwalk needs TLC
May 2023 • Solo
The Jungle is there but not so much big animals…a lots of insects and butterflies.
Nice atmosphere at the river restaurants.

Negative is the boardwalk it’s not maintained for years. Parts is missing, it’s lose its quite dangerous after the dark.
So this is needed to fix it for now and the future…fix it now easier waiting will just create more work!!!!
Written 5 May 2023
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Bob B
Myrtle Beach, SC2 contributions
Taman Negara new regulations
Feb 2023 • Solo
I have been coming to Taman Negara for many years and have always enjoyed the incredibly beautiful trails throughout the park.
Many times I have followed the Orang Asli trails to find places to camp out for weeks at a time.
This is how I have experienced the true nature of this rainforest in all its beauty.
On this visit it appears the park management has made some new rules.
Any trails other than the boardwalks surrounding the resort are forbidden without the use of a guide.
In other words the actual forest, which is the sole purpose of being here, is not accessible.
Some of the boardwalks which visitors are allowed to walk are in a bad state of repair and bordering on dangerous.
They also don't really represent what it's like to be in the forest.
For those who come here for the standard, sleep in a cave, inner jungle package and a few of the other activities like the Canopy walk its a brilliant place to be.
For anyone wanting to explore and enjoy this beautiful forest on their own without being forced to hire guides don't waste your time.
Kuala Tahan is a great little village full of very friendly people and definitely worth a visit.
Written 31 March 2023
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bever c
2 contributions
Overrated
Mar 2023 • Couples
Having visited several parks in SE Asia this one is not different and others in Indonesia or Thailand are equal if not better altogether.
Broken and not maintained trails, missing toilets and garbage cans or obsolete signage hardly justified travel costs and fees
Basically this park is completely surrounded by palm oil plantations and chainsaw noise can be listened to while walking around nature.
(extra for mobile phones, cameras, and canopy trails)
for our efforts to visit.
Written 30 March 2023
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Alex
Singapore, Singapore523 contributions
Recommended!
Jan 2023 • Friends
Recommended for everyone who like hiking - relatively manageable, unless u’ve acrophobia or cant climb steep stairs!
Written 25 January 2023
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Peta B
171 contributions
Great nature yet requires maintenance
Sep 2022 • Solo
Great park in the middle of Malaysian Peninsula, although requires a fair bit of maintenance.

From the south enter by long boat, then pay an entrance fee per day plus fee for using a camera/phone camera, total RM6/day entrance.

You can do various walks and treks in the park, check out the various hides to spot wildlife, walk up and across the worlds longest canopy walk, night walks and take a boat trip on the river. So good selection of activities on offer.

The boardwalks are very poorly maintained so be careful as they drop when walking in them, of where required you’ll step around broken boards.

The canopy walk only opens at 9am and becomes very busy quickly, so be prepared to wait in line.

During my time I saw and heard lots of birds, monkeys, frogs, scorpions, spiders, snakes.

Great park for nature lovers.
Written 30 September 2022
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Michael G
2 contributions
Real wilderness Adventure with an Orang Asli Guide
Sep 2022 • Solo
10 Stars if possible. :)))
Facing the real wilderness was not like expected, but really exiting.

Special inner Jungle Tour with an original Orang Asli, who is born in the Jungle. Amazing!
Deep wilderness experience, offside all the touristic trails. Called Tenor Trail. Only 5 of 55 Guides here familiar with this Part of the Jungle.

I can highly recommend this. The Guide was smelling at the plants to get to know if animals are arround, a lot of quiet Stop&Go because of a big elephant group with two Babys, that were arround. The Orang Asli guy is always analyzing the Jungle by his smell/ hearing/ analysing the treeroutes. We were forced to do bonfire during the Day to have a safe place if we are too close to wild animals. Really Adventure feeling. We ate some fresh inside material of a Palm. It tasted like mushrooms, really enjoyable.

After showing us a treeroute with fresh wet end (ate by elephant), we needed to stop again and surprisingly the guide started to ran back to us. So we started running as well for 100-150m. In the End a Elephant of the elephant Group was sleeping on the trail. A group of elephant is the most dangerous in jungle you can have, so you have to run.

A lot of people expect to See wild animals, but we learned that facing the real wild animals is no fun. So you can only watch the animals from far away.

But in the end everything was safe because of this really experienced Orang Asli Guides. Due to the elephant group we can't finish the trail and were forced to go Back to the Orang Asli Village, were we Hang arround for 1 hour. We enjoyed the atmosphere, get to know to there life, which is sadly more and more influenced by the City.

We booked at a Information called Jungle planer near the circle upstairs the boat line. The Manager is a Park Ranger and born in Kuala Tahan. Top Adress to have discussions about jungle and Real wildlife. He offers also the Standard Attraction, but heißt a Jungle Ranger and lover by Heart. Agency officially is called.

Costa is 200-300 Ringit. Depend on the number of persons. It will be not more than four. My Personal feeling is that two Person is the best to be safe and have one on one support by the Orang Asli guides (always two or more, never only alone in the jungle)

!!! Don't book beforehand with NKS Office, take some time and go in touch with the locals.

I can recommend Park Lodge as accomodation as well. The Owner is a retired Park Ranger, who traveld whole Malaysia, got bite by a Snake, can do original animal noises. A really interesting Guy. The accomodation is clean and surrounded by Green nature and awesome atmosphere
Written 5 September 2022
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Kev W
Southampton, UK157 contributions
Well worth the effort to visit here
Aug 2022 • Couples
I was a little apprehensive about coming here, was the transport company (Han) legit, tales of leeches, would we get vertigo on the canopy walkway, how nice would our room as the TN Forest View Lodge be. All was good, see other reviews for more info.
We got Han Travels bus here from KL, arriving at Kuala Tembelling to catch the 2.5 boat ride to Kuala Tehan. WOW, what a great start to our Taman Negara experience.
Today we did the canopy walkway as it's closed tomorrow (Friday), arriving at 10am at the reception. Take your passports unless you remember the numbers.
Entry 1RM each, camera/smartphone 5RM each, canopy walkway 5RM each. So 27RM all in for us.
The walk to the canopy was good, generally boarded with steps here and there. Keep your eyes peeled and you may see insects, snakes and lizards. We saw NO LEECHES. But seeing all the flora and fauna did it for me, huge trees, bamboo as big as my house and the skyscraper canopy above.
Some parts of the walkway have been destroyed by taken trees so diversions are in place.
Once at the canopy walkway you get the chance to buy water (3RM for 1000ml)

Written 11 August 2022
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