Jungle Escape for a Day in Hutan Lipur Kanching ~ Part 2

Posted on May 24 in Jungle, Mountain and Waterfall, Malaysia Explorationby ShelynPrint

* If you haven’t read the Part 1 of this post, click here -> Jungle Escape for a Day in Hutan Lipur Kanching ~ Part 1 *

Always look up the sky when you hike in the forest. We saw this amazing “Crown Shyness” Phenomenon. The leaf tips appear to shy away from their own kind which lead to the “Crown Shyness” phenomenon. This has been attributed to mechanical abrasion and to changes in the rate and direction of branch elongation in response to neighbours. Many animals use this as ‘highways’ to cross from one crown to the next. Amazing huh?

But the “Crown Shyness” phenomenon in FRIM is even more stunning. See the picture taken by Anne ~ FRIM Back to Nature Trip. But remember to come back after reading Anne’s post.

Adventurous Don as usual, waded through the challenging trail instead of using the normal path.

So I had to follow behind him hiking up the falls. Luckily the trail ended somewhere and we had to go back to the man made path to ascend.

Finally we reached the peak. Well, peak as in where the trail ended. The higher we hiked up, the fewer people we found, which met our objective to avoid the crowd.

Look… how peaceful.
There were natural water pools on the top of the hill where you can have a long dip without worrying the water isn’t clean.

The water was ICY COLD! It took me some time to slowly dip my feet into the water.
Don is crazy about cold, he just blissfully jumped into the water and pretended like a dead body.

I wandered on the water enjoying the quietness and soaked up the sun.
I love Hot, Don loves Cold.

My first experience of having FISH SPA!
These tiny fishes gave me massage on my feet. I think they were eating my dead skin. I stood still for about 5 minutes enjoying their tiny bites.

“Why is fish spa getting so popular? I don’t really care about the dead skin on my feet. Who would be interested on my feet in the first place?” I asked Don.

“I’m more concerned about my face. Do you think we can soak our face in the water and let the fishes to cleanse our dead skin?” Ok… I should stop the nonsense.

For your information, the fishes in the fish spa are actually used to give relief to people with various skin disorders, including eczema, psoriasis and dermatitis.

We bumped into this puffy monkey with very nice fur chowing down the potato chips given by the tourists. Looks like it is asking for more.

Kanching Rainforest Waterfall (Hutan Lipur Kanching) is full of long-tailed macaques. These monkeys are everywhere. Do not leave your belonging on the ground, macaques are curious, quick and grab anything in reach.

When we were about to leave at 11a.m., there were more people streaming in. So it’s advisable to visit Kanching Rainforest Waterfalls (Hutan Lipur Kanching) early in the morning.

~ Useful Information ~

Open to Public:

Everyday from Sunrise to Sunset

Fees and Advice:

> Entry fees – RM1 per adult
> Parking fees – RM2 per vehicle
> Plenty of food stalls in the parking area for drinks, snacks and lunch
> Bring water and snacks for the trail and extra clothes for water play
> Restroom and changing facilities available
> Take out your own trash, the bins are not monkey proof
> No proper overnight camping facilities
> Public transport availability difficult

Getting There:

1. Follow the road to Kepong and Rawang (E1) for about 20 to 30 minutes.

2. Look for brown signs pointing the way to Hutan Lipur Sg. Kanching.

3. See signs for Templers Park and just after the
protruding limestock rock on the right.
Kanching Park is also on the right but you need to make a U-turn another 1-2 km further down.

4. Go straight until you pass by a Petronas station on the left and stop at the next traffic light in the right lane.

5. A Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet will be on your right side. Make the U-turn and go back on the same road until you see the entry sign for Kanching on the left.

6. It’s a quick descent to the entrance parking lot, so be aware.

7. If you miss it, no problem. There is a U-turn up the road after passing the limestone rock. So just repeat the above.

You may visit http://www.nature-escapes-kuala-lumpur.com/Kanching-Rainforest-Waterfall.html for more information and MyLoisMyLife’s Kanching trip for more awesome photos.

Happy Trekking!!

9 Comments

• fufu says:

  May 25, 2009 at 11:12 am

  a dead body picture?? cool!!
  anyway you should try the free fish spa there ya =p j/k i know the fish is different!!

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• Benedict says:

  May 25, 2009 at 1:59 pm

  Pretty informative posting on Hutan Lipur Kanching… Yes, selayang is a pretty strategic area to many natural park… I use to stay in Sri Damansara for about 4 years but too bad I only explore FRIM, Batu Caves and Templer Park only.

  I remember the waterfall at FRIM got many blood sucking leaches when I frequent there more than 10 years ago Did you encounter any leach @ Hutan Lipur Kanching waterfall?

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• shloke says:

  May 25, 2009 at 2:39 pm

  Shelyn, I’ve learnt something new from your post. The “Crown Shyness” Phenomenon. Sounds so mytery to me

  Glad you and Don enjoyed the icy cold water. The dead body picture is funny!

  Cheers!
  mylo

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• Shelyn says:

  May 26, 2009 at 3:29 am

  Hi fufu,

  I have already tried the free fish spa there… did you see my foot? :p

  Hi Ben,
  You stayed in Sri Damansara before… I always visit my friend there… haha… I’ve been to FRIM numerous times, but never got bitten by leaches. No, there wasn’t any leach in Kanching. At least I didn’t spot any of them.. might be lucky though.. haha..

  Hi mylo,
  You should have spotted “Crown Shyness” Phenomenon before too, since you have been to so many forests.

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• shloke says:

  May 26, 2009 at 2:03 pm

  Yep….seen it before but I’m no good in this scientific jargon

  Cheers!
  mylo

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