Updated 27.9.2022 10am
Yeah‼️ Happy Malaysia Day, 16 Sept to all 💗🇲🇾
Do check out this TikTok clip 📹🌐 captured by Tourism Malaysia on what’s Malaysia 🇲🇾 in siennyLovesDrawing’s eyes 👩🏻👁️ 👁️ 👀❓⁉️
Special thanks for this ya ☺️🙏🏻❤️ & SiennyLovesDrawing has met lots of 🆕 friends from this Lenggong trip, friendships forever all till we next travel trip together gather 😃😁
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 is a proud Anak Malaysia 💕🇲🇾💗 & always love to share about her home country here, this time she would like to share her recent trip to Lenggong, Perak with Tourism Malaysia 🇲🇾
Ohh yes ✅👍🏻 Lenggong Valley of Perak, Malaysia 🇲🇾 was a little-known backwater town, then with famous news 📰 of Perak Man (Born with congenital deformity) discovery in Gua Gunung Runtuh ie. An archeological team from Universiti Sains Malaysia Penang discovered the 11K years old “oldest & complete” human skeleton 💀 found in Malaysia 🇲🇾 in the early 1990s. It was then successfully being listed as a UNESCO world heritage site on 30 June 2012 with 4️⃣ archaeological sites in 2️⃣ clusters ie. Gua Gunung Runtuh, Kota Tampan, Bukit Jawa & Bukit Sapi. Also listed as Lenggong Geopark since Dec 2021 👏🏻👍🏻
Some archaeological experts have dubbed Lenggong Valley as an open-air museum ~ There is an evidence of cave drawings, skeletons 💀💀 & precious finds of weapons, stone tools, pottery, etc. It covers 1️⃣ of the longest culture sequences in a single locality in the world 🌎 Read more about Lenggong via 🌐 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenggong & via 🌐 https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1396
So, let’s check out where are the places to visit 📍📍, things to do, local foods to enjoy & hotel accommodations 😃😁 at Lenggong, Perak, Malaysia 🇲🇾
Places To Visit & Things To Do
Lata Kekabu Waterfalls
Let’s discover the Lenggong’s natural gem 💎 ~ It’s a breathtaking sparkly waterfalls that resides in Taman Eko Rimba Lata Kekabu 🌳🌳 Other than waterfalls, there are natural pools & suspension bridge 🌉 with a spectacular view from the top 😍👍🏻
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 really enjoyed here as a calm & peaceful place to explore the pristine beauty of flora & fauna, the plunge for a refreshing dip & swim in the cooling natural mountain stream 🏞️
Do check out her happy nature time exploring this waterfall TikTok clip captured via 📹🌐
This park is well maintained with lots of good signboards to alert its visitors of their safety 🦺 whether the waterfall areas are suitable for swimming 🏊🏻♀️ or water 🌊💦 splashing fun. Do pay attention to the signboards, let’s be safe while enjoying the natural beauty here ya 🤗
The waterfall is just less than 15mins of a slow walking 🚶🏻♀️🚶🏻from the entrance using the provided trails. Not to worry, it’s absolutely simple easy flat walking ya 👍🏻 Also with jungle trekking route if you are adventurous hike 🥾
Tips📌: Suggest to bring a towel & spare clothes for a change, there are public toilet 🚽 here ya
Address📍: https://maps.app.goo.gl/k8ELAFZKWT3TTda77
Tasik Raban
It’s an abundant still water with a beautiful 😍🤩 view of the valley of mountains ⛰️🏞️ For nature lovers, you will definitely be amazed to enjoy viewing the flora & fauna that can be explored here
Canoeing aka kayaking 🛶 & boat ride 🚣♀️🚣 in Tasik Raban, in the middle of Titiwangsa Range & Bintang Hijau Range to enjoy watching the dusk scenery & sunset 😍🌄🌅
SiennyLovesDrawing absolutely loves her sunset time here 🌅🌄🚣🏻♀️, so so relax while enjoying the beautiful sunset moments ❤️
Visitors can enjoy cycling here too 🚴🏻♀️🚴🏻♂️ & fishing 🎣 lovers can enjoy fishing with sampan boat 🚣🚣♀️ Not just that, visitors can opt for an overnight stay here either with Resort Tasik Raban or camping 🏕️
She has enjoyed high tea ☕🍰🍮 in front of the Resort Tasik Raban area, yes ✅, just by the lakeside under the flysheet & tent setup by Skycamp aka Skytrex Adventure, also had a good chat with the founder of Suak Saudagar Expresso to learn about coffee ☕ making & cafe latte art from him too 😃 Do continue reading on as she then enjoyed a great heritage dinner at his cafe home 🏡 too. Highly recommended & advance booking required for heritage dinner preparation 🍽️👍🏻 It’s so chill relaxing to enjoy chit chatting & high tea here
Address📍: https://maps.app.goo.gl/kZ7CtqRJ3XmihKA48
FB: https://www.facebook.com/tasikraban
Ladang Ternakan Madu Kelulut KAB
This stingless bee (Aka Kelulut in Malaysia 🇲🇾’s national language 🐝) farm is surrounded by forest reserve 🌳🌳
Hence, the honey is formed from the forest herbs flowers, each type of Kelulut 🐝 actually will harvest different taste of honey 🍯 whether a mixture of sour & sweet taste or pure sweet taste, absolutely unique 😃👍🏻
SiennyLovesDrawing loves the stingless bee 🐝 honey 🍯 sipping experience at this farm
Not just that stingless bee honey 🍯 offers different health benefits for own healthy consumption too, it’s a good gifting idea 🎁, so you can grab a bottle via its official online Shopee store named Atiah_Badek via 🛍️🛒🌐 https://shp.ee/jcaxuai , let’s support local business 💪🏻🙌🏻👍🏻
Do check out her happy visit & sipping kelulut honey 🍯 TikTok clip captured via 📹🌐 https://www.tiktok.com/@siennylovesdraw/video/7142250606634274075
Address📍: https://g.co/kgs/dYPzjM
Website 🌐: https://ladang-ternakan-madu-kelulut-kab.business.site/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/Madu-Kelulut-KAB-100568029078552/
Lenggong UNESCO Caves Expedition
It was a guided caving expedition by representatives of Lenggong Geopark Expert & National Heritage Depertment to conquer the Gua Kajang, Gua Memerang, Gua Asar, Gua Ngaum, Gua Puteri, Gua Kubah, Gua Gelap & trace back its glory back to the stone age. These caves are the 1️⃣st excavation sites in Malaysia 🇲🇾 in the year 1917 👍🏻🤩
Gua Kajang is 🔟mins drive 🚗 from Gua Gunung Runtuh where 2️⃣ female skeletons were found at the entrance of this cave. 1️⃣ of several caves in Bukit Kepala Gajah limestone massif, also was the site of the 1️⃣st cave archaeological excavation in Malaysia 🇲🇾 back in 1917, fragments of pottery, stone tools & food residues were uncovered here. The pottery discovered here claimed to be the oldest recorded pottery in Malaysia 🇲🇾 for the production & usage of pottery
This is an interesting cave with a unique tunnel-like structure together with fascinating stalagmites & stalactites. It offers instagrammable spots to capture lovely OOTDs with a ❓ & ♥️ shapes, amazing 😍🤩
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Gua Memerang with its name that a memerang aka otter looking natural formed within this cave
Gua Asar with its name from the Muslim prayer Azan Asar was played when this cave was discovered
Gua Ngaum was 1️⃣st site discovered in 1990 by a team from University Science Malaysia. It was named ‘ngaum’ after a tiger 🐯🐅 was heard roaring outside the mouth of the cave soon after it was discovered. Food remains, stone tools & potsherd ie. fragments of broken pottery were the evidence of human habitation around 7K years ago, wow 😲
Gua Puteri is a slightly challenging cave to reach, all have to climb & hold the ropes to avoid falling down. It offers interesting natural limestone formations inside it, SiennyLovesDrawing has observed the sculptures of a princess, a Malaysia map 🗺️ & a frog 🐸 during her recent visit
Gua Kubah is with windy 🌬️ moments to walk in, a very spacious cave comparatively
Gua Gelap is the cave that you can see the fruit bat 🦇 here, you will smell their poo 💩 once you step in this cave. Guess what❓⁉️ Their 💩 makes great 👍🏻 fertilizer for plants
Do check out her happy hike & explore the caves TikTok clip captured via 📹🌐
Address📍: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Yxwpv8NJZkBM43s79
Lenggong Valley Tour
It was a guided tour by the representatives of Lenggong Geopark Expert & National Heritage Depertment, as well as Mineral Department
Bailey Bridge 🌉 at Kampung Belum Baru was an instant yet strong wooden bridge built by the Squadron Army in 3️⃣ days which is part of the main road that is used daily, when you’re here you will sure observe the heavy vehicles to/ from this bridge 🌉 with goods transporting
Hmm…So shy to share that SiennyLovesDrawing accidentally fell down from this bridge 🌉😂 while snapped photos, luckily just her right leg 🦵, if both her legs, she will be dropped to Sungai Perak & she doesn’t know how to swim 🏊🏻♀️😰😱 Thanks God, she was safe with a memorable bruises moment during this trip 😂
LoL 😆, this was the photo & the broken hole 🕳️ as you observed behind her in this photo was how her right leg 🦵 got fell down. Moral of the story is we as visitors & travellers need to be careful with our surroundings while busy taking photos or videos. During dinner on that night, she had a chat with the Majlis Daerah Lenggong team about her incident & she was told that they have submitted requests to the Jabatan Kerja Raya to continuously repair & maintenance this bridge 🌉, some of the maintenance work already on going, just that finding suitable wood to replace the broken parts of this bridge 🌉 take time as not easy to find the equivalent wood quality
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 greatly appreciates the actions taken to ensure the locals & visitors’ safety at this heritage bridge moving forward 🙌🏻👍🏻
Telaga Biru is a rare geopark site that features natural occurrences from the ground that is said to have health benefits for skin disease & anti aging. It’s recommended that to cook this well water 1️⃣st before consume it ya
Luat Bridge 🌉 is a scenic & panoramic view of 2️⃣ majestic range, Titiwangsa & Bintang Hijau. Get a glimpse of Bukit Bunuh, a site of a meteorite impact, read more Malaysia’s national language via 🌐 https://ms.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukit_Bunuh
Address📍: https://maps.app.goo.gl/hSXDdjux3nFC7Qvn7
Mini Amazon Expedition
From Pengkalan Pipit, then to experience Lenggong scenic backwater tour. Yes ✅, it’s an enjoyable mini Amazon expedition by boat 🚤 through Tasik Raban & Sungai Perak
During the boat ride, listened to the history of a sunken village named Kampung Raban in the 1940s, the Peacock Bass fish 🐟 which is native to the Amazon, the original sites of the film Anna & The King, Operation Mekong, as well as the village house with famous Petronas Hari Raya 2003 advertisement named Janda Beranak Tujuh
Do continue reading on her riverside lunch at Kampung Durau under Food section below with a TikTok clip captured ya 😋👍🏻
Address📍: https://maps.app.goo.gl/oaPEpVa1GUXTFTAL7
Website: https://mini-amazon-kampung-beng.business.site/
Pekasam Making at Pekasam Warisan Utara
Learning how to make Pekasam ie. A famous traditional food from scratch
Guess what⁉️❓
Lenggong is known as the best Pekasam export dated back to the 70’s
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 has learnt the whole process of Pekasam making from here
Don’t ever underestimate the power of salt 🧂 in creating delicious 😋🤤 traditional dishes
Do check out her Perkasam making process TikTok clip captured via 📹🌐 https://www.tiktok.com/@siennylovesdraw/video/7141615743786929434
Address📍: https://maps.app.goo.gl/GmBcYHEdRJpQ8uTZA
Food 😋🤤
Abang “Uu” Roti Canai & Murtabak
SiennyLovesDrawing really enjoyed her beef murtabak & iced Neslo breakfast served here 😋👍🏻
Not just that Abang Uu is so friendly that he allowed her to flipping roti, lol 😆😆 Do check out her happy flipping roti & Murtabak eating TikTok clip captured via 📹🌐https://www.tiktok.com/@siennylovesdraw/video/7137309691100646683
Address📍: https://maps.app.goo.gl/fG6iXxYHsS5y6kxP7
MYKP Kg Chepor Riverside
MYKP meant for My Komuniti Perikanan ie. My Fishing Community
SiennyLovesDrawing had great 👍🏻 time here & highly recommended you all to enjoy Lenggong cuisine lunch with local delicacies & scenic view of Perak River & its surrounding mountain valley by the beautifully built lookout bamboo tower here
Do check out her happy dining TikTok clip captured 📹🌐 Ohh ya…Must listen to her voice over in this TikTok clip ya 👩🏻💕🇲🇾💗
Address📍: https://maps.app.goo.gl/kwNmH8dE5S72QFaU6
FB: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kg-Cheporlenggongperak/257775090922460
Deer Farm, Kampung Luat 🦌🦌
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻💕 had great 👍🏻 time enjoyed local delicacies high tea among the deer 🦌🦌with a vast view field with free-running deer 🦌🦌
Do check out her TikTok clip captured 📹🌐
Yes ✅, Lenggong area with lots of deer 🦌🦌 It’s absolutely a great 👍🏻 chance to get personal & up close with the deer 🦌🦌while you dine here. the deer 🦌🦌 just so so friendly, no need to worry ya 😃👍🏻
You may contact En Wafiy via 📱+6019-2339101 who has started this space for about 1.5 years
Address📍: https://maps.app.goo.gl/AhhfAhf3ewUM534m8
Suak Saudagar Expresso
Enjoyed heritage dinner here, yes ✅, a “gastronomical-time-tunnel” experience that serves traditional menus ie. Kebebeh, Pindang Daun Semiar, Kemahang & many more 😋👍🏻 in an old village house
Personally, she really love the taste of Kebebeh for the 1️⃣st time here, so so delicious 😋🤤 to enjoy. Do check out her happy dining TikTok clip captured 📹🌐
https://www.tiktok.com/@siennylovesdraw/video/714286947928069250
Love the antique collections display in the dining space here, just like a mini museum 🤩
Ohh ya…Day time is a cafe for all to enjoy a cuppa ☕, the owner is the one that passionately shared & conducted coffee making workshop at Tasik Raban as shared above 👍🏻 This place at day time is a cafe to enjoy a great cuppa ☕, highly recommended for all coffee lovers to dropping by whenever you’re at Lenggong, Perak
She has recently dropped by for a cuppa & enjoyed the Hazelnut Latte 🥤 during #TravelPeraklah trip with Gaya Travel. It’s always good to be back to good 👍🏻 places while cuti cuti Malaysia 👩🏻💕🇲🇾
Address📍: https://maps.app.goo.gl/YQ8Cs4k2HZbCekgk6
FB: https://www.facebook.com/suaksaudagarespresso/
Riverside Lunch at Kampung Durau
Yes ✅, as shared above, during the mini Amazon expedition cruise ride, she has visited to the approximately 11 families that still inhabit in Kampung Durau ie. 1️⃣ of the few villages that only accessible by water transport 🚤
Also enjoyed feast on tasty home cook village lunch, also the fruit salad aka Rojak Buah here is absolutely tasty delicious 😋🤤 yummy max 👍🏻
Highly recommended you all to stop by the villages during your river cruise 🛥️ for the local traditional delicacies prepared by the locals here
So, let’s support the community tourism, do opt for a river tour & then opt for a village lunch to support the Lenggong community tourism ya 💪🏻🙌🏻👍🏻
Ohh ya…Do grab a souvenir from here ~ the fruit rojak sauce @ Kampung Durau is absolutely tasty, not to miss ya 😋👍🏻
Address📍: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZwDwzmPGDc3SHg9i7
Hotel Accommodation 🏢
Branda Sungai Sumpitan
Checked in to a hidden nature bed & breakfast concept accommodation here with my room mate for 2️⃣ nights stay here 🛌🏻😴💤 during recent trip with Tourism Malaysia
This place was launched since May 2022, yes ✅, a 🆕 space
SiennyLovesDrawing absolutely enjoyed a splendid, 🆓 from hustle & bustle, tidy & clean chalet stay experience, especially love the beautiful scenery here 😍🪟
A happy serenity in nature chalet or glamping stay if you’re a nature lover ya 💚🌳🌳👍🏻
Guess what❓⁉️
You can basically just walking down from the staircase in front of your room to the river for a cooling river swim, yes ✅, right open your room door 🚪 to be at the river side 👍🏻😁
Not just that, SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 actually has dine in here for breakfast, lunch, tea time & dinner at Rumah Makan Exotik Lenggong during her recent trip as she enjoyed her comfy stay for 2️⃣ nights here 😃 Superb love the foods here, Lol 😂😆 ha…ha…
Absolutely a nice place to enjoy meals served here for a great 👍🏻 variety of local foods & accompanied by the natural sound of river flow 😁 Ohh ya…It serves delicious deer 🦌 dishes here ya 😋👍🏻 Enjoyed BBQ dinner with the performance of local band mic 🎤🎵🎶
She has got fireflies in her room ✨with shine blinking accompanied her asleep 🛌💤 in the dark, absolutely a happy surprise of the fantastic 😍🤩 moments with nature surrounding here
Address📍: https://maps.app.goo.gl/AQf6dzmAU4YUcdyt7
FB: https://www.facebook.com/lenggong360/
So, let’s plan your travel to experience the beauty & heritage of Lenggong, Perak, Malaysia 🇲🇾, for sure you will never regret ya 💗👍🏻
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