Paya Indah Wetlands — Attraction in Selangor

Love the ambience. Suitable for picnic, family day, and even for recreation. Animals here are awesome, hippos, crocodiles, porcupineas, turles, tortoises are well kept and fed. Feeding time is during weekends only at 1030am (hippos). 11am (croc). 1130am (porcupines and turtles).

The guards are also well trained in handling the animals, you are taught how to feed these animals.

This place is clean, and well reserved.

The chalets are also cheap. We rented two chalets for birthday party at only rm120/night/chalet. We ordered food from the cafeteria to cater for our dinner/party that night. Food was okay and price is reasonable. Good thing was they provided every tools for our bbq that night. Thumbs up for that

The only downhill is that, altho the chalets look pretty, they are not well maintained. Hot water didnt work in one o the chalet we stayed in. Fans too. We only used the 100 yr old aircond which gave out lorry-like sound. We had a hard time to sleep in that condition. The space of the room.is huge, you can bring your own totos and pillows for your comfort. Mattress a lil bit old. If only they revamp the chalets, i think this place just sell itself.

Please bring along mosquitoes repellant, too many o them at night and they were HUGE. I will still be coming here again, maybe not for staying. 4/5 for Paya...

Just a short drive from Putrajaya, Paya Indah Wetlands feels like nature’s soft reboot button, a serene sanctuary of lakes, lotus blooms, and lazy reptiles pretending to guard the peace. Once a tin mining area, it has since retired into something gentler, trading machinery for migratory birds and concrete for calm.

Here, hippos wallow with Olympic-level dedication, crocodiles sunbathe like they own the place, and herons glide over mirror-still water as if rehearsing for a screensaver. The walking and cycling trails wind through 450 hectares of restored wetlands, shaded by tall reeds and the occasional philosophical tree.

Weekends bring free guided tours by volunteers who explain the delicate balance of the ecosystem, and occasionally how to avoid irritating a crocodile. Birdwatchers come armed with binoculars, kids come for the pedal boats, and city dwellers come to remember what quiet sounds like.

The wetlands were established in 1998 as a wildlife sanctuary and eco-education park, housing over 200 bird species. It’s one of the few places in Malaysia where you can hear hippos grunt in the distance while your phone signal...

This is the free entry park - directly accessible from Dengkil, to see the wetlands and animals such as hippopotamus, crocodiles, horses, tortoises, hedgehogs and a peacock. You have the choice of driving around in your vehicle or bring your own bicycle (there was no bicycle rental in operation when we were there). In its early days, the man made buildings and chalets must have been pristine but since then, after years of neglect, these dwellings are not occupied and in some places, roof tiles are missing which is a shame. At least the animals are kept in what looks like decent physical condition. If you're feeling adventurous, there's some off road tracks that take you into the heart of the wetlands and camping sites but you're probably not encouraged to do that in your own vehicle - try riding your bike, because if you make it all the way to the end, you will arrive at the Gamuda showhouse-cum-future-waterpark but the guard may not let you pass. Gamuda does operate paid tours into this area but you will need to head to their Discovery centre via the...