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Jungle Escape for a Day in Hutan Lipur Kanching ~ Part 1

Posted on May 24 in Jungle, Mountain and Waterfall, Malaysia Explorationby ShelynPrintText Resizer Text Resizer
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“Exhausted… work day and night everyday.”
“Nature provides an escape from reality, wanna hide yourself in the jungle?”
“Hmm… can’t think of any reason I would say ‘No’”

So here we are, a jungle escape for a morning in Hutan Lipur Kanching.

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The advantage of staying in Selayang is that you are surrounded by jungles and nature.
10 minutes drive to Hutan Lipur Kanching.
10 minutes drive to Hutan Commonwealth.
10 minutes drive to Templer Park.
10 minutes drive to FRIM.
10 minutes drive to Batu Caves.
15 minutes drive to National Zoo.

Thus, there is no reason for me not to commune with nature.

We arrived Hutan Lipur Kanching at 9:30 a.m., paid RM2 for parking, and couldn’t wait to explore the place. There wasn’t a clear map of the place, do not trust the map board at the entrance of the park. We tried to follow the direction shown in the map and we got lost.

There was a huge park before accessing the jungle. By following the map, we were led to the recreation park.
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It was peaceful and the park is unexpectedly nice maintained.
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The kids were playing in the stream.
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Love the countryside-style bridge. There are a lot of these bridges in the park and jungle.

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We detour around the park and finally reached the entrance to the jungle.
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You basically just need to follow the left path once you come to the entrance of the park and it will lead you directly to the entrance of the jungle.

Hiking in Hutan Lipur Kanching is very easy as the concrete stairs were built from the foothill all the way to the waterfalls. So if you ask what should you wear to Hutan Lipur Kanching, I would say just a pair of sandal, you don’t even need a pair of shoes to climb the hill. On top of that, it’s easier for you to just remove your sandal and dip your feet into the icy cold water.

“What water?”
Well, continue reading then…

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After about 5 minutes walk, we arrived at the first cascade. Now you see the water. There is a huge waterfall pool where a lot of nature lovers soaked themselves in the water.

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It was quite crowded and since this is the first waterfall, it implies that the water isn’t as clean.

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So we continued our journey by climbing higher. The incline becomes steeper.
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About few minutes climbing, the second waterfall came into sight. We had to walk through the dirt paths to get to the bridge. Don was already on the bridge while I took my time to photograph the nature.
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There are a lot of nice huts scattered among the tropical trees facing directly to the waterfalls. You can have a picnic here enjoying your food while appreciating the nature and revel yourself in the beautiful tunes from the waterfalls.
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Malaysians just love dumping trash everywhere, this is seriously disgraceful. You will really get pissed when you see the trash was just everywhere. How difficult it is to just pack their own trash and throw them in the trash can?

Apparently this guy was hired to clean up the trash in the jungle. So shameful that these litterers need someone else to clean their shits.

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Continue here for Part 2 -> Jungle Escape for a Day in Hutan Lipur Kanching ~ Part 2

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6 Comments

  • fufu says:
    May 25, 2009 at 11:08 am

    wow nice!!! i didnt know that selangor has such nice hutan!!

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  • shloke says:
    May 25, 2009 at 2:32 pm

    Nice post! I love the way you composed your reviews. Sort of step-by-step thingy. There’s a flow to your story and it’s easy to understand.

    Well, the rubbish thingy is A VERY SAD EPISODE in our country. Similar ugly scenes in Templer’s Park Waterfall.

    But then again, I won’t blame the ‘pengotor’ because the local council are not doing much to make it a cleaner place. Lack of rubbish disposal system.

    Commonwealth Forest Park is a cleaner place but lots of leeches.

    Cheers!
    mylo

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  • Shelyn says:
    May 26, 2009 at 3:39 am

    Hi mylo,

    Thanks for liking it :-) .
    About the litterers, I agree that the local council didn’t do much on the rubbish disposal system. But yet, as an educated citizen, we should at least be more environmentally conscious and not to litter is the main thing that we have been taught in school since young. It’s still a long way for Malaysia to develop to become a completely civilized country.

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  • shloke says:
    May 26, 2009 at 2:08 pm

    @Shelyn,

    Well, you’re right about Malaysians as educated citizens. Free education for all. But then again, it’s the tidak apa attitude.

    Just look at our river.It’s dirty and polluted. People still dump their rubbish into the river despite endless campaign to LOVE OUR RIVER.

    Did you read an article published in NST today? The fireflies in Kg. Kuantuan in Kuala Selangor is GONE! The place is DOOMED!

    Cheers!
    mylo

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