Gunung Stong ( Mount of Stong)
The Stong State Park (formerly called Jelawang Jungle) is listed among the top five unique ecotourism destinations in Malaysia and is situated on the fringes of Malaysia’s massive Titiwangsa range. The mountainous backdrop there is made up of a chain of majestic peaks, waiting to be conquered – Gunung Ayam, Gunung Stong, Gunung Tera, Gunung Saji, Gunung Koh, Gunung Baha, Gunung Beirut, Gunung Che Tahir. (Gunung is the local word for mountain). It covers an area of 61,734 hectares of land dotted with high peaks, dense forest, a variety of caves, rivers and waterfalls. Its thick jungle is home to elephants, tigers, bears, gibbons, hornbills and a range of other exotic wildlife, as well as a variety of flora and fauna including the world’s largest flower, the rafflesia of the kerii meyer species, and the endemic long-sectioned bamboo, a type of purple orchid (didymocarpus calcareous) and a unique palm species (lycuala stongesis). Among the interesting places located here:
1. Crab Door Spider
2. Ginger Family
3. Wild Boar
4. Track Down Animal Tracks – Tapir, Bear & Elephant
5. Bamboo Area
6. Giant Pitcher Plant
7. Rock Shelter
8. Seven Level Waterfalls
9. Princess Well
10. Princess Pool
11.Panaromic View & Sunrise from a top of First Waterfall
12.Insects
13.Species of Monkeys / Gibbons
14.Orchid Season – End of August to September
15.Learn about traditional medicine that Nature provides
It is more than this if you come by yourself and feel it.
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