Latak Waterfall — Attraction in Sarawak

LATAK WATERFALL LAMBIR HILLS NATIONAL PARK MIRI-SARAWAK MALAYSIA 🇲🇾

This is a quick guide to Latak Waterfall in Lambir Hills National Park in Miri, Sarawak.

Latak waterfall is the nearest waterfall from Miri and is a popular day trip destination for locals and tourists.  On hot warm weekends, a dip in Latak Waterfall provides a much needed relief from the hot weather.

Lambir Hills National Park.

Lambir Hills National Park is One of Sarawak’s smallest national park.

With its picturesque waterfalls, good bird watching and impressive tall trees, the park is popular with tourists, especially at weekends when more people from Miri travel there for a day visit.

Trails in Lambir Hills National Park

There are several trails for tourists to explore. These range from short and fairly flat walks to the long and sometimes steep trek to the summit of Bukit Lambir, the tallest point in the park.

The favourite trail is to Latak Waterfall. This is just a 1 kilometre walk from the park entrance. The trek to Latak Waterfall is easy. The trail follows a gently sloping path shaded by tree canopy.

It is on average flat and involves only a bit of climbing. Trekking at a slow pace and all the photo taking, the 1 kilometre trek would take you about 40 minutes.

Along the way to Latak Waterfall

Take your sweet time trekking to Latak Waterfall. Take time to take photos. Here are some photos of some of the lovely sights.

Most of Lambir Hills National Park forest is the Mixed Dipterocarp forest. This forest type has very tall, big and straight trees. Most big trees can reach to about 55 m tall.

Best time to travel

Best time to travel would be from March till about early November. Monsoon season or the rainy season is from mid November till late February.

Operating Hours

Park opens all year round. Visitors are advised to leave the forest by 4 pm.

Facilities

The pool area features changing rooms, toilets and picnic areas. However, the park needs to have better signage to indicate the location of...

There's been a lot of upgrade work ongoing in here and it's advisable to come in group. Per entrance is RM10 for Malaysians. Latak Waterfall is the nearest among all and the route to reach is very easy to go. The distance is about 15 to 20 mins walk. You wouldn't feel that long as you'll be enjoying the beauty inside the woods. Although you can wear slippers but I suggest you to wear shoes for safety and hygiene purposes. Also, don't forget to use mosquito repellent. The toilet to change and to shower is located at the front before entrance and don't bother to use the one in Latak as they're not so clean to use. Latak Waterfall is good for everyone especially the family as the water is not so deep unless you swim to the warning sign. The place is...

Went there on 20th April 2018. It was a beautiful waterfall site and it is the only waterfall in the Lambir National Park where people can swim. Besides that, it was also not too far of a walking distance from the Park HQ. However, during our visit there, some of the facilities there was either under maintainance or broken. The showering area was blocked off for visitors to use. So make sure to bring a cloth to cover yourself before changing into new clothings. A lot of mosquitos too, so you might need to bring...