Continuing from yesterday’s post, let’s have a look at the 2nd part of the journey to Taman Negara.

PART 2 – BOAT TO KUALA TAHAN

After lunch, around 2pm-ish, they will call everyone down to the boat.  Depending on how many people there are, there may be more than one boat.  The boats do NOT have toilets so go before boarding.

The boats are shallow and I found it very uncomfortable to sit in so it was lucky that at least they weren’t full so we had room to shift around.

The scenery is beautiful and sometimes you can see birds flying by.

There was a terrible flood earlier in the year that actually saw some of the park closed down.  As we travelled down the river, there was evidence of the destruction everywhere – erosion and even houses falling down the cliffs.  What a horrible thing for the owners of those houses!

We made good time and after just over 2 hours, the Mutiara Taman Negara where we would be staying came into view.

Our boat dropped us off at one of the floating restaurants opposite and we took a shuttle across to the Mutiara for 1 ringgit each.