The hour-long ride from Ipoh to Tasek Raban was most exhilarating, as the journey took us past rustic kampong houses on stilts and on the ground interspersed with dense virgin forests that stretch up into the cloud-covered highlands.
The Roots, a resort dedicated to eco-tourism on the banks of the Kinta River in Tanjung Rambutan, had their first intake of visitors from the German European School in Singapore recently.
Ian Anderson continues his exploration of Belum-Temenggor.
There were only two places to be seriously considered if we wished to experience genuine attempts at ecotourism
The rivers that cascade down from the Main Range are slowly but surely attracting the right crowd of conservationists. Over at Gopeng along the Kampar River there are already three eco-resort camps. And now starting in December the Kinta River will have its first eco-resort. Called ‘The Roots’ it is located 12 km away from [...]
Few people realise that turtles land in Perak as they are more commonly sighted in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. I got to know that there is a turtle sanctuary in Segari when it was mentioned by one of my colleagues during our short trip to Pangkor Island recently. We decided to check the [...]
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