PERU-BOLIVIA: 10th day: Arriving in Malaysia, Taman Negara

Last night we arrived at our hotel at 3 a.m. at night. After landing in Kuala Lumpur at midnight, we hired a car and drove all the way to Genting Highlands, where we spent a short night.

We started the day by visiting a quite unique Japanese Garden and thee house in the forest.

Just one hour drive from here you can find the Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary. According to wiki the Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Centre is an elephant sanctuary located in Temerloh in the state of Pahang, Malaysia.The Centre was established in 1989 by the Malaysian Department of Wildlife and National Parks, and forms a base for the Elephant Relocation Team, which since 1974 has been rescuing problem Asian elephants whose habitats are being lost to cultivation or development and relocating them to suitable habitats such as Taman Negara.

In the afternoon we drove on to Taman Negara, one of the oldest rain forests of the world. Because lacking time I refer again to wiki; Taman Negara was established at the Titiwangsa Mountains, Malaysia, in 1938/1939 as the King George V National Park. It was renamed to Taman Negara after independence, which literally means "national park" in Malay. Taman Negara has a total area of 4,343 km² and has a reputation as the world's oldest tropical rainforest. The park has been developed into a famous ecotourism destination in Malaysia. There are several geological and biological attractions in the park. Gunung Tahan is the highest point of the Malay Peninsula; climbers can use Kuala Tahan or Merapoh as their departure point. Taman Negara is the home of some rare mammals, such as the Malayan Tiger, Crab-eating macaque, Sumatran Rhinoceros, Great Argus, Red Junglefowl, Malayan Gaur and Asian elephant.

We had an amazing accommodation in the NP. We had to leave our car at the riverside and were brought over via a mini ferry to the resort. It was an ECO Lodge with all luxury just in the middle of the forest. Day and night you could see wild boars running around between the chalets.