After another hike at up to the canopy walkway at F.R.I.M. on Saturday morning, we started to get a bit more adventurous on Sunday. We headed out of KL early on Sunday morning and took an hour’s drive north to hike up to the beautiful Chiling Falls. We parked up on the road from Kuala Kuba Baharu to Frasers Hill where there is a well marked trail head that leads through the thick jungle along the river. After a 3km uphill hike and climb which includes no less than seven river crossings we arrived at the roaring plunge pool with the Sungai Chiling River cascading down the hundreds of feet from the upper falls above.
This is a fabulous hike it feels like you are in one of those nature shows on national Geographic Channel with the Jungle so loud and vibrant all around then you realize, this is it, you are actually in a tropical jungle and the only thing that is stopping an Elephant or a Tiger walking past is timing. It almost goes without saying that the jungle is absolutely teaming with life, everything is alive, giant iridescent butterflies waft around their smaller fluttering multicolor cousins, millions of ants are busy moving bits of the forest around, and as we waded across the river we could see it too was alive with fish.
Early morning is ideal for this hike, as it’s still quite cool due to the higher altitude and the canopy cover. After a nice cool swim we met lots of day trippers heading up through the Jungle to the falls as we headed back downstream to the car.
This is a fabulous hike it feels like you are in one of those nature shows on national Geographic Channel with the Jungle so loud and vibrant all around then you realize, this is it, you are actually in a tropical jungle and the only thing that is stopping an Elephant or a Tiger walking past is timing. It almost goes without saying that the jungle is absolutely teaming with life, everything is alive, giant iridescent butterflies waft around their smaller fluttering multicolor cousins, millions of ants are busy moving bits of the forest around, and as we waded across the river we could see it too was alive with fish.
Early morning is ideal for this hike, as it’s still quite cool due to the higher altitude and the canopy cover. After a nice cool swim we met lots of day trippers heading up through the Jungle to the falls as we headed back downstream to the car.
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