Royal Belum State Park — Attraction in Perak

Came for a 5-day kayak expedition, left questioning civilization. Royal Belum is a 130-million-year-old rainforest.. older than the Amazon, older than regret, older than your ancestors’ favorite excuses. Spanning 117,500 hectares, it’s Malaysia’s living time capsule where WiFi dies, leeches thrive, and your inner caveman finally gets screen time.

Ten hornbill species gossip in stereo, elephants redecorate trails with organic landmines, and somewhere deep inside, a Malayan tiger keeps a running commentary on your paddling form. Rafflesia blooms appear just to remind you that nature’s perfume line isn’t for humans.

Every night the jungle hums like a living cathedral, ancient, damp, and mildly judging your waterproof bag choices.

Punchline: Came to kayak through history, stayed because the forest swallowed time itself… and my...

The Royal Belum State Park is a huge park in the northern parts of Peninsular Malaysia. It is part of the even bigger Belum-Temengor Forest Complex (BTFC) that is shared with Thailand. Together with Taman Negara National Park it is one of the oldest rainforest in world, dating back over 130 million years. Belum is a state park and not an official National Park. This means that local government is allowed to use the area for production forest and it is open for future development. There are efforts to get the government to gazette Belum as a national park, though up till now only a part of the huge forest is conserved and protected as state park. Belum has the potential to become one of Malaysia's premier eco-tourism destinations, if...

Well developed tourist attraction with boat houses, boat service and...