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Kanching Waterfall, Rawang, Selangor

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Hugely underrated and with the potential to be one of KL’s must visit natural attractions, Taman Eko Rimba Kanching is located next to Templer Park, another forest reserve at Rawang, a small town about forty minutes’ drive from Kuala Lumpur city centre, and boasts an impressive multi-tiered waterfall and forest trees found nowhere else in the world. Part of a triumvirate of parks, or Taman Eko, in Rawang that border on each other, and include Taman Eko Rimba Templer and Taman Eko Rimba Komenwel, Taman Eko Rimba Kanching is nestled at the foot of the Rawang Bypass along Jalan Rawang. Its proximity to the city makes it easily accessible nature’s haven popular among hikers and picnickers. Its star attraction is its multi-tiered waterfall, which reveals itself layer-by-impressive-layer, and tumbles down 7 near vertical drops from a height of 208 metres. Since Kanching Waterfalls is located at the forest reserve, there is no public transport you can take to rea...

FRIM

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WELCOME TO FOREST RESEARCH INSTUTUDE MALAYSIA (FRIM) Today, I would like to introduce you to a Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) @ Kepong with a photo story. FRIM is quite literally a capsule of natural beauty stretching almost 500 acres of land. Centered within a dense woodland reserve, FRIM is also home to the Kepong Botanical Gardens, which gives tourists a wonderful landscape to absorb as well as being a research area for botany and horticulture. This garden next to the Ethno-Botanic Garden, which shows local plants used as traditional remedies such as Tongkat Ali, is ideal for tourists with a green finger or for those who enjoy nature or plants to be precise. How can I hit FRIM? It's about 30/45 minutes from Kuala Lumpur City Center along the Selayang-Kepong Highway. When you reach the FRIM, the transparent (green/yellow) markings will take you to the entrance of the Woodland. Public transportation to FRIM is also possible, only get off at KTM Komuter station Kepong ...

BUKIT KUTU, SELANGOR

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  Bukit Kutu located in the district of Hulu Selangor in Kuala Kubu Bharu near Kampung Pertak, Selangor. The journey to reach at Bukit Kutu takes at least 90 minutes from Kuala Lumpur. There are bridge will be up ahead will be the entrance to Bukit Kutu. Estimated time takes to arrive at Bukit Kutu.     The bridge that become an entrance Bukit Kutu is one of the destinations that can growth progressive in future. Initially, Bukit Kutu is known as ‘treacher hill’ among British Resident of Selangor, William Hood Treacher. Names Bukit kutu comes from orang asli people that said route was too long until mention ‘kutu’. Bukit kutu stores many natural treasures that have not been explored by humans. It also has many historical relics that are not known by people. In the past, the top of Bukit Kutu was a British military monitoring station. However, it was abandoned after Japanese army bombed during Second World Wa...

BUKIT GASING FOREST PARK - A CITY JUNGLE TRAIL

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     Bukit Gasing Forest Park is a hiking trail that located in the middle of the city. Bukit Gasing is located between the border of Petaling Jaya, Selangor and Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and it also connected to Bukit Kerinchi, Kuala Lumpur which has created two entrances to enter Bukit Gasing Forest Park. Main entrance to Bukit Gasing is located in Petaling Jaya, Selangor while the other entrance is from Bukit Kerinchi, Kuala Lumpur. The origin of Bukit Gasing is actually a rubber plantation estate but has turned into a citizen’s favorite jungle escape. Since this forest park is near to the residential area, we can find the Chinese people bring their dogs hiking together in Bukit Gasing.      Bukit Gasing consists of 100 hectares’ area with 160 meters high of the top hill. It takes only half an hour or 45 minutes to reach at the top but since there are variety of trails that you can use to reach at the top, you may take few hours to explore thro...

DAMAI CAVE EXTREME PARK.

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Damai cave is located in Batu Caves, Selangor. The distance between Damai Cave is about 20 minutes from the heart of Kuala Lumpur. Damai Cave is one of the place that rarely hear by local people and some of them never know the existence of this cave because it is located behind of the Batu Caves. Besides, Damai Cave also known as Damai Cave Extreme Park because they are providing many adventure and extreme activities there. It offers an eco-recreational cum educational outdoor activities to all people which is bring you to enter the adventure world of the difficulty or obstacle rope management that you will remember the rest of your life.                 At Damai Cave, people can enjoy themselves the trekking, wiry the traditional herbs, caving and also get through via obstacle rope management. Besides, people can try to challenge their fear and test their agility through hiking, scrambling, crawling, squeezing...

DESA KALOI FARMHOUSE, ULU YAM, SELANGOR.

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Desa Kaloi Farmhouse is in Ulu Yam, Batang Kali, Selangor. The village of Kaloi Farmhouse is quite famous by the residents in the Ulu Yam area, but is less known by tourists outside the area. This destination is close to the Hulu Selangor area, which has many waterfall resorts. Map to Desa Kaloi Farmhouse, Ulu Yam, Batang Kali, Selangor. View of the Accommodation at Desa Kaloi Farmhouse, Ulu Yam, Batang Kali, Selangor. The village of Kaloi Farmhouse is suitable for tourists who want a holiday while recreation and leisure. This place can also provide release tension to tourists in terms of the beauty displayed to calm the mind during the holidays. This place is perfect for vacation rentals, family gatherings, camping, team building and picnics. There is accommodation that can accommodate over 20 people in one banglow and has furniture for the convenience of visitors. The Facilities at Desa Kaloi Farmhouse, Ulu Yam, Batng Kali, Selangor. Various facilities are available at Desa Kaloi Far...

AMVERTON COVE GOLF & RESORT

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  Amverton Cove Golf & Island Comfortably situated to the south of Port Klang and north of Banting town, Carey Island is a ideal getaway if you’re all about delicious seafood. Besides having a good meal, you can also enjoy dance performances from the Mah Meri, a subgroup of indigenous people living on Carey Island. Amverton Cove Golf is designed to bring ultimate satisfaction to tourist amidst its challenging course with each activities carefully sculptured according to its natural setting.It is also Klang Valley's latest award-winning family resort with a wide selection of elegant hotel rooms, courtyard villas and lake front chalets designed to provide comfortable and relaxing accommodation for you and your guests. Enjoy yourself with our resort facilities such as swimming pools, children's playground, game rooms equipped with digital audio visual game facilities and various board games for free.For the more adventurous, our outdoor facilities such as flying fox, ATV rid...

TANJUNG SEPAT, SELANGOR

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TANJUNG SEPAT Arowana Malayan Food Industries (TANJUNG SEPAT TANJUNG CHIPS) The story of Arowana Malayan Food Industries Sdn Bhd, Mr Tu Ming Wen, the boss of Arowana Malayan Food Industries Sdn Bhd, after graduating from his high school, he helped his father grow cassava, and then took the fruits of his own farming to Bazaar for sale. But it was a major loss in the face of overproduction or unstable demand.  At that time, Mr Tu turned the crisis into life, and turned into a business opportunity. All the remaining cassava get to wash, cut into slice, fried incense and sold it to the customers. This makes the district a few cents a kilogram of cassava to increase the price to a few Ringit Malaysia and creating the unlimited business opportunities. Now is the largest cassava chip factory in Selangor. From the original (salted) cassava chips, Mr Tu has developed more than 10 flavors that cater the popular tastes such as spicy flavor, curry flavor, barbecue flavor, and more. He is for...