Yeah‼️ For the 1️⃣st time, SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 has recently travelled ⛴🎒🕶🧢👟to Bintan Island 🌴 🏖🏝, Indonesia 🇮🇩 & she 👩🏻 is gonna sharing the 5️⃣ Must-See 👀 tourist destinations📍📍 being discovered😁😃
Yes ✅, not to be missed ya‼️😍🤩
She 👩🏻 loves 💗 all the places📍📍as you may observe all the beautiful 😍😍 captures 📸📸 shared in this blogging 👩🏻💻📝, sure you wanna visit & enjoy snapping beautiful 😍😍 photos 📸📸 for your social postings too ✌🏻😉
Hmm…How to travel to Bintan Island🌴🏖🏝, Indonesia 🇮🇩❓⁉️
You may ride on either,
The Roll-On Roll Off (RORO) train ship 🚢
This option with cheaper fare of approximately IDR 20K & 2️⃣ hours journey 🚢
You will get a chance to meet & mingle with the locals 🇮🇩👫👭👬 during the RORO ride 🚢
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 & friends 👭👬👫 have opted for this & you may enjoy her vlog 📹🎥 ~ visual experience being captured from her 1️⃣st RORO ride 🚢
The Private Speedboat 🚤
This option slightly more expensive if you wish to save travel time as it takes just 15mins ride & provide privacy to you. It departs from jetty ⚓️ named Telaga Punggur, Batam Island 🌴🏖🏝 to Tanjung Uban, Bintan Island 🌴🏖🏝
So, where are the 5️⃣ Must-Visit👀❓⁉️
1️⃣ Bintan Sand Dunes Desert 🐪 🌵🐫
It’s known as Gurun Pasir Busung 🐪🌵🐫in Indonesian language 🇮🇩
Guess what❓⁉️
It’s naturally formed from its mining site originally. It was abandoned & then being a well known desert destination in this island 🌴🏖🌴 for both local & foreign tourists 👬👭👫
You will definitely love its clean white sandy landscapes 😍🤩
Definitely a favourite spot📍for many photographers 📸📸 to capture a stunning view of this naturally formed landscape with blue blue sky during sunny ☀️😎 weather especially
2️⃣ Bintan Blue Oasis 💦💧
It’s known as Telaga Biruin Indonesian language🇮🇩
Yeah‼️ In every desert sure there is an oasis 💦💧here too, amazing 😉‼️ Yes ✅, this oasis 💦💧 just within the same site of the sand dunes 😃
She 👩🏻 loves ❤️ the crystal tiffany blue lake 💦💧 which actually developed from a large crater in this abandoned mining site & was gradually filled with rain water ☔️💦💧 There is a small entrance fee 🎟 of IDR 🔟K per pax 😀
Hmm…SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 & friends 👫👭👬 have opted for a private tour with transport 🚌🚍 to reach this beautiful sand dunes 😍📍
Do enjoy a meal 🍽🍴1️⃣st before visiting it as not much dining places available nearby this site 😋🤤
Address📍: Jl. Raya Busung, Busung, Seri Kuala Lobam, Kabupaten Bintan, Kepulauan Riau 29152, Indonesia
Opening hours🕖: 7️⃣am to 6️⃣pm daily
3️⃣ Pemancingan 🎣 Poyotomo (in Indonesian language 🇮🇩)
Once stepped 👣 in, you will be amazed 🤩 with its beautiful 😍😍 scenery & a background of Mt Bintan ⛰
Sharing here a fun fact📌, this Mt Bintan ⛰ just about 400m, but why known as Mt. Bintan & not Bintan Hill❓⁉️
Reason being it’s on an island 🌴🏖🏝, so it forms a highest point ⬆️ & hence Mt Bintan instead ⛰
Fishing 🎣 lovers ❤️💗 must visit‼️😁
Not to worry if you forgot your fishing 🎣 tools as you can rent with a small fee 💰💵 & enjoy your fishing pleasure 🎣💗😃
You can opt for a meal 🍽🍴dining & rent a small cottage 🏡 built along the fishing lake 🎣💦💧🏞 (IDR 30k each) during your visit here to chill, relaxing rest 😌😉 while enjoying the peaceful environment 😍🤩
Also a camping tent 🏕⛺️ overnight here 🌃🌌
Address📍: Desa Bintan Buyu, Teluk Bintan, Bintan Buyu, Tlk. Bintan, Kabupaten Bintan, Kepulauan Riau 29133, Indonesia
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 & her friends 👫👭👬have enter the beachside via Madu Tiga Beach & Resort 🌴🏖🏝🏡🏘🏠🏡
You may enter free 🆓 as long as you opt for a drink 🍹, a meal 🍽🍴or a stay 😴💤🛌🚿🚽here for your photos 📸📸 & videos 📹🎥 capturing from its beautiful beachside 😍😍🌊🏖🏝
The resort 🏡🏘🏠🏡 also made some beautiful 😍😍 set ups e.g. swings, hammocks etc. for its guests 👭👬👫 to relaxing & rest 😌😉
You may observe 👀 the famous scene in Bintan Island 🌴🏖🏝with the rows of “kelongs” in Indonesia language 🇮🇩 i.e. the fish 🎣 🐟 traps/ houses on boats 🚣🏻♀️🚣🏻♂️ in the middle of the sea 🌊
The fishermen actually hang out their nets to catch small fishes 🐟🐟 with it
In her next visit to here, she 👩🏻 would like to visit the “kelongs” 🎣🐟 as well as opting for a stay at the beautiful 😍😍 traditional chalet within this resort 🏡🏠🏘🏡🏠
Address📍: Pantai Trikora No.Desa, Malang Rapat, Gn. Kijang, Kabupaten Bintan, Kepulauan Riau, Indonesia
It’s a beautiful 😍🤩 & relaxing 😌😎 environment for your enjoyment with plenty of activities e.g. horse 🐎🐴 riding, paddle boats 🚣🏻♀️🚣🏻♂️ , fishing 🎣 , swimming 🏊🏻♀️🏊🏻♂️ etc.
You may opt for a tent 🏕⛺️ staycation here, either premium tents or camping tents ✌🏻👍🏻
Guess what❓⁉️
It’s eco-friendly 💚 by using natural materials & efficient designs to reduce ⬇️ the use of electricity 🔌 & water 🚿💦💧 , minimizing ⬇️ the use of plastics within its space 🏕⛺️
Address📍: Ekang Anculai, Teluk Sebong, Bintan Regency, Riau Islands 29151, Indonesia
Yeah‼️ SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 would like to share some of the staycation spots 📍📍🏢🏘🏡 @ Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia 🇲🇾
Dogheh Kito Teghojah Nismilan meaning Let us exploring Negeri Sembilan
Most of them with some activities within the resort/ hotel 🏢🏘🏡, so relaxing ☺️😌 to have a short stay or weekend getaway for both local Malaysians 🇲🇾 or foreign tourists 👫👭👬
Lake Stay 🏞🏢 @ Tasik Villa International Resort, Port Dickson (PD)
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 & her roomate 🙋🏻♀️ really love 💗💕 the spacious smoke-free 🆓 Deluxe room (Room details via 🌐 http://tasikvilla.com.my/en_US/deluxe-with-jacuzzi/) in this 5️⃣-star hotel 🏞🏢 with lake view upon check-in 🔐, moreover with a personal jacuzzi 🛁🛀🏻 inside the room. Yeah‼️
Hmm…A relaxing ☺️😌 great sleep 🛌😴💤 after the jacuzzi 🛀🏻🛁 that night 🌃🌌 A special thanks 🙏🏻 to the attentive hotel staff 💁🏻♀️💁🏻♂️ as they quickly turn up at room to help with jacuzzi 🛁 set up after her roomate 🙋🏻♀️ call 📞☎️ for assistance 👍🏻👏🏻
She 👩🏻 loves 💗 the dining 🍽🍴selections available for her breakfast & dinner during her stay @ Tasik Restaurant & Cafe 😋🤤
Then, enjoy a lake cruise⛴ around the lake 🏞 after breakfast 🍽🍳🍲☕️
She has yet to enjoy a staycation here, however she highly recommended this homestay for local Malaysians or foreign tourists who wishing to learn the heritage Malaysians’ culture & art
Very beautiful village surrounding, clean & comfy wooden house accommodation spaces available just like your own home
She really appreciate the warm welcome by the local villagers here, also enjoy learning lots of traditional activities here
Do click in to enjoy her vlog being captured from her interesting village activities, so much fun!!
Address📍: Kampung Telok Pelandok, Batu 12, Jalan Pantai, 71050 Si Rusa, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, West Malaysia
Contact no.: +6013-6206708 & +6018-9467088
Email: koperasihomestaydpelandokbest@gmail.com & homestaydpelandokbest@gmail.com
FB: https://www.facebook.com/homestaytelokpelandok/
She 👩🏻 has not opted a stay at this hotel🏖🏝🏢, however would like to recommend 👍🏻👆🏻it specially for those who love ❤️ astronomy 🔭
Why❓⁉️
Reason being it’s within walking 🚶🏻♀️🚶🏻♂️ distance to the Baitul-Hilal Astronomy 🔭 Complex @ Teluk Kemang 🏖🏝, PD
All hotel guests 👭👫👬 are welcome to enjoy complimentary 🆓🎟 entrance (General Public RM25/pax) for moon 🌓🌙 & sun ☀️🌞observatory with the biggest telescope 🔭 of 24mm in Malaysia 🇲🇾 , however subject to weather conditions 😀
Night 🌃🌌 Sky Observatory, Level 6️⃣(10.30pm to 12am daily)
Solar 🔆☀️ Observatory, Level 3️⃣(3pm to 5pm daily)
Do check out below photos 📸📸 album about this Complex 🔭 & MUST VISIT ~ the nearby📍Ornamental Fish 🐠🐟🐡🐢 Center, PD
She really impressed with the amazing live corals collection here, surely a great marine nature care initiative!! Bravo!!
Free admission
Address📍: Pusat Ikan Hiasan Port Dickson, Batu 7, Jalan Pantai, Telok Kemang, 71050 Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, West Malaysia
Operating hours: Mon to Fri 8.30am to 4.30pm, Sat & Sun 10am to 4pm
FB: https://www.facebook.com/Pusat-Ikan-Hiasan-PD-217337065279115/
City 🌆🏙 stay @ Klana Resort Seremban
Just an hour drive 🚙🚗 from Kuala Lumpur city, she 👩🏻 loves ❤️ her comfortable 2️⃣ nights stay here & enjoyed great sleeps 😴💤
Her roomate 🙋🏻♀️ & herself 👩🏻 love 💗💕 their Premium room with lagoon shaped swimming pool 🏊🏻♀️🏊🏻♂️ view @ the hotel main tower 🏢
There are rooms with private access to the swimming pool🏊🏻♀️🏊🏻♂️ , a convenience option for families with kids 👶🏻👧🏻🧒🏻👦🏻🧑🏻
You may enjoy some activities available e.g. Giant Chess, Snake & Ladder as well as a choice of indoor games e.g. table tennis 🏓 , Darts 🎯 , Carrom, Snooker 🎱 & Congkak😉
Do also check out below photos📸📸 album about where to visit within & nearby Seremban
📍1️⃣👑 Galeri Diraja Tuanku Ja’afar, open 🔟am-5️⃣pm daily, except Monday 📍2️⃣ Ampang Tinggi Palace 👑 ~ lunch berselo 🍽🍴 📍3️⃣ Traditional N9 House 📍4️⃣ Benteng Walk 🚶🏻♀️🚶🏻♂️Seremban ~ dinner 🍽🍴
Highly recommended 👍🏻👆🏻to enjoy its giant swing & enjoy the green nature 💚🌳🌳surrounding during the ride. You may also enjoy various of extreme activities e.g. flying fox, ATV ride etc. 😃😁
Not just that you will get to learn & experience the rubber tapping here 👍🏻✌🏻
Do click in to enjoy SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻’s photos 📸📸 album captured from her recent visit 🤗
Upon arrival, met Dato’ Mohd Nor Abdul Wahid, the founder‘s 2 grand kids with their lovely skin complexion & being told because of their fresh milk consumption since young
She loves the original fresh milk & date flavoured milk from this farm, absolutely tasty delicious
This farm stay definitely with high educational values for the kids, suitable for family or school trips
Again, SiennyLovesDrawing & friends only enjoyed a farm visit to meet & greet “Manja” & “Comel”, tour around the farm, organic giant grass plantation & enjoyed the halal certified fresh milk served here, however no farm stay
Really an inspiring visit to meet the retired founder here, guess what??
Never too late to start something you wanted!!He only started this farm right after his retirement & with full support from his family members, he is a lucky man!!
Will be back here again with her little niece for a farm stay
Also welcome 🤗 to check out SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 ’s top contributor 👆🏻 account via 🌐https://www.tripadvisor.com.my/members/siennylovesdrawing for her recent reviews on the Malaysia 🇲🇾 ’s tourist attractions, food & accommodation stay ya 👩🏻💻📝
Yeah‼️ SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 would like to sharing 👩🏻💻📝 here her visit to below 2️⃣ accommodation spaces 🏢🏡🏘 with a chance to appreciate the nature 💚🌳🌳 of Hulu Langat, Selangor, Malaysia 🇲🇾
1️⃣ Impian Rimba Resort 🏡🏘🏡
She 👩🏻 has opted a 3️⃣D2️⃣N stay 🛌🚿🚽🚪in a fan quad 🔢 room with her friends at this resort 🏡🏘🏡 It’s located 📍just about 40mins drive 🚗🚘from Kuala Lumpur city centre🌆🏙
Why not ❌ opted for a room with air conditioner❄️🌬❓⁉️
Very simple‼️ Wanted to enjoy a nature💚🌳🌳 staycation 🛌🚿🚽🚪& being environmental friendly by reducing ⬇️ the usage of air conditioner ❄️🌬
Of course you can opt for air conditioner ❄️🌬room subjects to availability ✅
Each room with clean toilet 🚽 cum bathroom 🚿 inside, tv 📺 , kettle, blanket, towel & mini soap
Hmm…There is no ❌ hot shower ♨️🚿 available
She 👩🏻 really loves ❤️💗 the beautiful 😍 & peaceful nature 💚🌳🌳 surrounding, she 👩🏻 gets to listen 👂🏻 to birds 🦅🐦 ‘ chirping 🎼🎵🎶 early in the morning 🔅🔆
It’s really a cosy relaxing ☺️😌 short stay 🛌🚿🚽 by the Pangsoon riverside 🏞💦💧, she 👩🏻 really loves ❤️💗 the cooling clean river water 💦💧
Very chill relaxing ☺️😌 by just sitting down at the riverside 💦💧 in the afternoon 🔆 with your foot 👣 soaking in the river 🏞💦💧 & do nothing, but to enjoy the quiet 🤫 atmosphere 😁
Since no ❌ smooth network 📶 connection here, do take this great 👍🏻 oportunity to connecting with the nature 🌳🏞🌳 & green 💚 surrounding to gain some positive ➕ vibes cum energy 😀
Do click in 👆🏻to enjoy her IG photos 📸📸 & a short clip 📹🎥 album captured from this resort 🏡🏘🏡, have you follow her IG via instagram.com/siennylovesdrawing❓⁉️
You can opt to have a team building activities within the resort 🏡🏘🏡 to enjoy its refreshing clean & fresh air 🌬🌬as well as green 💚🌳🌳ground around the resort 🏡🏘🏡 & next to Pangsoon riverside 💦💧
Hmm…Personally she 👩🏻 has yet to enjoy a staycation ❌🛌🚿🚽 here, however she 👩🏻 has visited Professor Dr Mohd Noor 👨🏽🔬‘s herb 🌱🌿🍃garden
She 👩🏻 was impressed 🤩 with the Professor👨🏽🔬’s great 👍🏻 willingness to share his extensive knowledge about herbs 🌿🌱🍃, usage & its health benefits 👍🏻 respectively, special thank you 😊🙏🏻
This homestay 🏡 is by the Congkak riverside 💦💧& you may buy 🛒 some plants 🌿🌱🍃 from here for your home garden 😉
If you are interested to learn more about different herbs plants 🌿🌱🍃 & to purchase some for your home garden, do pay a visit here to meet with Professor Dr Md Noor👨🏽🔬
Gonna opting for a staycation 🏡 🛌🚿🚽🚪 here the next time SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 is in Hulu Langat, Selangor
Or when was your last time to Hulu Langat, Selangor 🇲🇾❓⁉️
Also welcome 🤗 to check out SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 ’s top contributor 👆🏻 account via 🌐 https://www.tripadvisor.com.my/members/siennylovesdrawing for her recent reviews on the Malaysia 🇲🇾 ’s tourist attractions, food & accommodation stay ya 👩🏻💻📝
It means for glamorous camping 😍🤩🏕⛺️, aka camping ⛺️🏕in glamorous style 💗😍🤩
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 has participated for the Jungloo project at The Kabiki hotel 🏢 during her holidays at Phnom Penh, Cambodia 🇰🇭 earlier. It was her 1️⃣st glamping 🏕⛺️😍🤩, awesome stay👍🏻✌🏻‼️😃😁
A nice 👍🏻 experience being welcome by its friendly staff named Mr. Pisey 🙋🏻♂️ & he was very politely & patiently explain the tourist destinations📍📍, what to do/ explore around The Kabiki (Where she has opted for her glamping stay) with a map 🗺
Do reading 📖 till the end as she 👩🏻 also sharing about her stay with The Kabiki 🏢 in a Superior Double room with private terrace. She 👩🏻 also will share her enjoyable complimentary 🆓 sunset 🌅 cruise ⛴ with Le Tonle wooden boat from her stay with beautiful 😍 sunset 🌅 of the day 😊
Also the 1️⃣st Jungloo which currently located 📍in the gardens 🌿🌱🌳 of The Kabiki 🏢, the next one will be soon available at Templation😀
Not just that, it will be also available at Mekong Bungalows – Floatation😀
If you wish to enjoy a Jungle Igloo stay, more choices soon available within Cambodia 🇰🇭 with MAADs Asia ya 👍🏻😃
What’s the Jungloo❓⁉️
It means the Jungle Igloos which are being designed specially for the tropical environments of South East Asia (SEA) 🌎 Jungloo with their shape & structure aims as an advanced natural climate control solution for very hot 🌞🔆 & humid weather settings. The Jungloos are quick to deploy & eco-friendly 💚 i.e. in line with the glamping travel style which currently trending & high ⬆️ demanding across the SEA region 🌎
It’s an option being created for semi temporary & at remote sites, the Jungloos are with low ⬇️ investment, low ⬇️ impact, easy to install & mobile around. This definitely a secure & sustainable 💚 approach to hospitality development for areas📍📍previously considered unthinkable / inaccessible 🤗
It’s built with natural materials i.e. bamboo🎍🎋, wood 🚪& rope as well as with natural colour scheme. Brown, orange 🧡 & green 💚 colours are used to complement the nature & then to add to the jungle 🌳🌳 nature feel for this modern & glamping-style accommodation 🛌
Do check out the below clip 📹🎥 to learn more about the Jungloo structure concept 😍🤩
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 really loves 💗 & had an amazing stay 👍🏻🛌🚿🚽😴💤 with The Jungloo, an eco-glamping 💚🏕⛺️😍🤩 Really cooling to sleep 🛌😴💤 in this pioneering, bio-climatic tent with air-conditioning as well as air-flow control 🌬💨, ceiling fan & bathroom 🚽🚿
Do click in for her IG photos album to enjoy more beautiful photos ya 😍
She 👩🏻 also have a private pool 🏊🏻♀️ by herself & right in front of her Jungloo ⛺️🏕😍🤩, she has enjoyed her morning 🔅🔆 & evening 🏙 swims 🏊🏻♀️ as well as quiet 🤫 reading 📖 by the pool side 🏊🏻♀️💦💧
Just so so relaxing 😌 , definitely a money 💰 can’t buy me time moments 👍🏻✌🏻
Guess what❓⁉️
She 👩🏻 rarely left the Jungloo once checked-in 🔐 except for lunch & dinner 🍽🍴
She 👩🏻 spent her time enjoyed the nature surrounding 💚🌳🌳 as well as comfy interior of the Jungloo ⛺️🏕😍🤩
Do enjoy her vlog 📹🎥📝 captured from SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻’s 1️⃣st glamping stay 🛌🚿😌🏕⛺️😍🤩 at The Jungloo with a short testimonial shared as below,
Highly recommended 👍🏻👆🏻& you have to experience glamping 🏕⛺️😍🤩once too, do exploring for your discovery stay ya 🛌🚿🚽😴💤
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 also had a great 👍🏻 nature 💚🌳🌿🌱🍃🌳💚 quiet 🤫 stay 🏡🏡 in a Deluxe Double room with The Kabiki 🏢, Phnom Penh, Cambodia 🇰🇭
The Kabiki 🏢 is a family-friendly garden 🌳🌳hotel 🏢 located 📍 in a quiet corner of Phnom Penh’s historical district. It’s within walking 🚶🏻♀️🚶🏻♂️ distance to the Royal 👑 Palace, Wat Botum ⛩, the Riverside 💦💧etc.
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It’s in a historic colonial house 🏡 on Oknha Peich Street & with 3.5k sqm of a landscape grounds & with approximately 500 trees 🌳🌳being planted around this hotel🏢 Many of the trees 🌳🌳are being labelled with descriptive tags to help all its guests 👫👭👬 to identify & learnt more about the greens 💚
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Do click in for her IG photos album to enjoy more beautiful photos ya 😍
Once in a while, she 👩🏻 loves 💗 to opt for a quiet 🤫 comfy 😌 stay during her travels to re-energise, having good rest 👍🏻😴💤 & great me time 😃😁
Do enjoy her vblog 📹🎥📝 captured from SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻’s comfy relaxing 😌 stay 🛌😴💤 as shared below,
Wow 😲‼️ During her stay, she got to know about the Aquagym @ The Kabiki 🏢, it happens every Monday & Thursday to rejuvenate in the pool 🏊🏻♀️🏊🏻 with the trained instructors 👍🏻
Ohh ya…From 1️⃣ Jan 2018, The Kabiki guests 👬👫👭 are entitled for a complimentary 🆓 sunset 🌅 cruise ⛴ (With a voucher 🔖 upon your hotel 🏢 check-in 🔐). The guests 👬👭👫 will board to Le Tonle, a wooden traditional rice boat to cross over to Floatation Lounge & to enjoythe nice breezesss 🌬💨, the beautiful sunset 🌅 view, an experience of enjoying drink 🥂🍻🍷 & snacks 🥜🌰 (With fee 💳💰) while cruising ⛴ / having a dinner 🍽🍴 right where the Tonle Sap & Mekong Rivers join their majestic flows 💦💧during the beautiful sunset 🌅 moment 😍😁
This boat ⛴ departs twice a day i.e. 5️⃣pm & 7️⃣pm from the Phnom Penh main passenger port ⚓️ However, guests 👭👬👫 are required to be at the Jetty ⚓️ for it on own expense, ❌ no pick up or shuttle 🚐🚖 from The Kabiki ya 🏢
Do enjoy her vblog 🎥📹📝 captured from her beautiful 😍 sunset 🌅 cruise ⛴ with Le Tonle as shared below,
Hmm…If you’re planning to travel to Cambodia 🇰🇭 , do planning to have your comfy stay 👍🏻🛌😴💤 experience with MAADs Asia via 🌐 https://maads.asia/
Also welcome 🤗 to check out SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 ’s top contributor 👆🏻 account via 🌐 https://www.tripadvisor.com.my/members/siennylovesdrawing for her recent reviews about the Cambodia 🇰🇭 ’s tourist attractions, food & accommodation stay ya 👩🏻💻📝
Yeah‼️ SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 has recently travelled to Taman Negara 🌳🌳 (aka National Park 🌳🌳 ) Pahang, Malaysia 🇲🇾 with MITA business networking trip & enjoyed her back to nature 💚 stay 🛌🚿🚽😴💤 at Han Rainforest Resort 🏡🏘🏡
She 👩🏻 had a privilege to meet & enjoyed an inspiring chat 🗣👤 with the founder of the resort🏡🏘🏡, Mr Kenny Ng 👨🏻💼(Uncle Kenny) about his nature 💚 💚 passion & resort busines journey
Oppsss…SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 has forgot 🤦🏻♀️ to have a photo 📸 with Uncle Kenny 👨🏻💼 during this trip
He 👨🏻💼 has generously shared an article ✍🏻📜wrote by him & SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 would like to share 👩🏻💻📝 it here, inclusion of her favourite ❤️ emojisss & capturesss 📸 in between 😃😁
🤗 ~ Sharing is caring as always ~~ 🤗
Taman Negara🌳🌳, situated in the heart ❤️of Pahang, Malaysia 🇲🇾 , is 1️⃣ of the oldest rainforest 🌳🌳 in the world 🗺🌍 at 130 million years old
Within it, lays a geographical 🌍 wonder of permanently untouched & protected habitat for flora 🌳🌱🌿🌺 & fauna 🦓🐆🐅🐘 to florish to all its glory
As such, this a perfect 👍🏻 platform for the development of a hub towards the education of conservation of the ecology surrounding Taman Negara & rainforests in general 🌳🌳
We strongly believe that Taman Negara 🌳🌳 has the potential to be a global 🗺🌍 platform for the both Eco & Adventure education tourism centre 😃
My 👨🏻💼 humble beginnings of 30 plus years specialising in tourism at Taman Negara 🌳🌳 & the handling of some 1️⃣ million over tourists 👫👭👬 since day 1️⃣, has led me 👨🏻💼 to the formation of 2️⃣ travel agencies (NKS & Han Travel) & a resort 🏡🏘🏡 with the biggest room capacity at Kuala Tahan. We average 30k tourists 👬👫👭 a year & 90% of them are from Europe 🇬🇧 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🌍🗺
It has come to a time, where I 👨🏻💼 feel personally, having been in this trade for 30 odd years, it is time to educate the younger generation 👧🏻🧒🏻👦🏻🧑🏻 & anyone from all walks of life willing to learn about the conservation 💚 of the ecology & its surroundings
We at Han Travel, have formed 2️⃣ new 🆕 arms in our corporation to execute the upcoming programs called Eco Adventure Tourism 💚💚
This will be encased with the educational arm named the Eco Educational Tourism, headed by Mr Frank Kee & his team 🙋🏻♂️🙋🏻♀️💁🏻♂️💁🏻♀️ & in support 💪🏻 with the activities provided by the Adventure Management Tourism headed by Mr Kevin Bateman & his team 🙋🏽♂️🙋🏻♀️💁🏻♂️💁🏻♀️
Just 1️⃣ of our examples for the educational program is the re-planting of bamboo 🎋🎍or specific trees 🌳🌳 by badly eroded areas in the effort to prevent further damage to the riversides 💦💧
This is just an example of what we would provide as a CSR initiative 😀
We shall be working closely with the Sultan Ahmad Environmental foundation 💚 in its efforts, participate & uphold its values 😊
Alas, with our planning & preparation, we now realise that we face a huge stumbling block 😥😓 We do not a permanent site to conduct our activities in a conducive & safe manner 😌
Also, current rules & regulations by the government sectors should be looked at & revised to enable operators like us 👭👫👬 to introduce & execute the mutually beneficial conservational education programs 💚💚
In the extended period, the efforts will benefit not just the environment 💚🌳💚 but also creating employment opportunity to the locals within its surroundings 👭👬👫
I👨🏻💼now urge, the Pahang state Government, Ministry of Tourism & other related government agencies to assist us in paving the way into this journey with us 🙏🏻🤝👏🏻🙌🏻
Other Asian countries are already promoting their countrys’ tagline, for example;-
Thailand 🇹🇭 ~ Culture tourism
Indonesia 🇮🇩 ~ Art tourism
Philippines 🇵🇭 ~ Diving tourism
Malaysia 🇲🇾 ~ Eco & Adventure tourism
All told, our Ministry of Tourism Malaysia 🇲🇾 have also set their vision 💭 on Eco Tourism 💚 with its plans & implementation of its program from 2025 & continued focusing till 2050
Han Travel Sdn Bhd, is now at the final phases of the planning & is almost ready to launch our initial program on Eco & Adventure Tourism 💚💚 The launch pad & operations will be at the Han Rainforest Resort, Kuala Tahan 🏡🏘🏡
We hope our efforts will promote & drive the state of Pahang to be model state & also the centre of Ecological 💚 Awareness & the centre for the Education on Rainforest Preservation 🌳🌳
Once again, I 👨🏻💼 believe that our vision is in line with the Pahang State government’s. Developing a fully functioning centre where the education of the ecology 💚 can spread to all walks of life through an experiential process where participants 👫👭👬 can touch, feel, smell, see and hear the importance of the ecology 💚around us & the threats to its and our existence 😃😁
Thank you 🙏🏻
Written ✍🏻 by, Mr Kenny Ng 👨🏻💼, founder of Han Travel Resort 🏡🏘🏡
Website🌐: https://han.travel/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/hanrainforestresort/
Yeah‼️ SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 is wishing Uncle Kenny 👨🏻💼 a successful initiative of Eco Educational Tourism
From her stay 🛌🚿🚽😴💤 experience, the room is spacious & clean with attached bathroom 🚿 (Hot shower 🚿 with shampoo & body gel are provided) & toilet 🚽 She loves 💗 the comfy bed 🛏 & pillow too
The resort 🏡🏘🏡 is equipped with dipping pool 🏊🏻♀️🏊🏻♂️ , iron area at corridors within the rooms for its guests 👬👫👭, rabbits 🐇🐰 farm, river fish 🐟 pond, a natural fish 🐟 head stone of millions years, jungle fowls 🐓 farm, quail 🐤 farm etc. Definitely an educational opportunities 👍🏻👆🏻for the kids 👶🏻👧🏻🧒🏻👦🏻🧑🏻 to touch, hold & get to know the animals 🐇🐰🐓🐟🐤
Hmm 🤔 …SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 is planning for her cave overnight 🌃🌌😴💤 trip next year
Highly recommended 👍🏻👆🏻 to back to nature 💚 to National Park Malaysia 🇲🇾
More details via 🌐 https://han.travel/tour/taman-negara-tour/
Also welcome 🤗 to check out SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 ’s top contributor 👆🏻 account via 🌐 https://www.tripadvisor.com.my/members/siennylovesdrawing for her recent reviews on the Malaysia 🇲🇾 ’s tourist attractions, food & accommodation stay ya 👩🏻💻📝
Yeah‼️ SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 & her media friends 👬👭👫 recently travelled 🎒🕶🧢👟for a nature 💚🌳🌳 comfy 😌 stay vacation 🛌🛋🛀🏻 at Belum Rainforest Resort💚🌳🌳🏡🏘🏡, Perak, West Malaysia 🇲🇾
She 👩🏻 really loves ❤️ the beautiful 😍 nature of Belum-Temengor Rainforest 💚🌳🌳💚
Royal Belum State Park 💚🌳🌳💚 is a 130 million years old rainforest 🌳🌳 & the untouched forest 🌳🌳 is home to a large variety of flora & fauna 😍🤩
Guess what❓⁉️
It’s 1️⃣ of the attractions📍📍not to be missed to searching for the precious bloom of the World 🗺🌍 ‘s largest & arguably smelliest flower 🌺 i.e. Rafflesia
It found all over Southeast Asia 🌎 i.e. from Southern Thailand 🇹🇭 to Philippines 🇵🇭 Each species can be identified by the unique patterns on the petals. There are 8️⃣ species of Rafflesias 🌺 can be found in Malaysia 🇲🇾 with 3️⃣ of them are endemic to the Malay Peninsula & of course can be found in the Belum-Temengor rainforest complex 💚🌳🌳💚
Note: Photo 📸 above credit to IG @eddy_rush_fp 🙋🏿♂️
She 👩🏻 has visited the 3️⃣rd time in 2018 & her volunteering trip with Malaysian Nature Society (MNS)💚, you may enjoy reading 📖 her ecotourism & hornbill 🐦 conservation volunteering via 🌐https://siennylovesdrawing.wordpress.com/2018/10/01/ecotourism-belum-temenggor/
Sigh…She 👩🏻 still missed a chance to personally view 👀 the blossom huge Rafflesia 🌺 cry…cry…cry…😭😭😭
Yeah‼️ Happy 😃safe arrival from a full of laughtersss 🤣😆 of approximately 6️⃣-hour travel journey 🚐 from Kuala Lumpur (KL) city 🏙🌆 early morning 🔅🔆 with Travel with Aidil to Belum Rainforest Resort 💚🌳🌳🏡🏘🏡 by Emkay Group as 1️⃣ of the Malaysia 🇲🇾 ’s premier ecotourism 💚 destination📍
It offering the chance to get close to nature 💚 especially for nature lovers & travel lovers. You will definitely enjoy the complete relaxation 😌 & serenity with its quiet & green nature surroundings 💚🌳🌳💚
Hmm…If you are driving 🚗🚙 through North East Highway towards Kelantan, you will pass 2️⃣ scenic bridges 🌉 i.e. you are actually passing on an island 🏖🏝
Lake Temenggor 🏞 is Malaysia🇲🇾’s 2️⃣nd largest lake 💦💧& home to more than 23 species of freshwater fish 🐟 & at least 5️⃣ species of turtles 🐢🐢 As the lake 💦💧covers 117.5k hectares & contains 6k million cubic metres of water 💦💧 , who knows what other creatures live there that have yet to be discovered 😉
Guess what❓⁉️
Pulau Banding 🏝🏖 in Belum Temenggor complex 💚🌳🌳💚 i.e. the public jetty ⚓️ & Belum Rainforest Resort 💚🌳🌳🏡🏡 is located actually was not an island 🏖🏝 Instead it’s 1️⃣ Malaysian 🇲🇾 historical & beautiful scenic location 📍
In 1970, due to the effort to fight communist & to build a hydro 💦💧electric dam has resulted in part of the Belum-Temenggor forest complex 💚🌳🌳💚 submerged in the water 💦💧of Sungai Perak. It took 4️⃣ years to build the 2️⃣ bridges 🌉🌉 to providing the convenience of East North East travelling 🚗🚙 via a scenic 😍🤩 highway. The view of the 1️⃣st bridge 🌉 is spectacular from Belum Rainforest Resort💚🌳🌳💚🏡🏡
Hmm…Why this resort💚🌳🌳🏡🏘🏡❓⁉️
You have to venture into this 130 million years old rainforest 🌳🌳 & view mother nature 💚💚 at its finest, so let’s plan your stay vacation 🛌🛋🛀🏻 too at Belum Rainforest Resort 💚🌳🌳💚🏡🏡
Definitely you will enjoy your stay 🛌🛋🛀🏻experience in the comfort of a spacious traditional designed chalet style room 🏡 in the middle of a rainforest 🌳🌳 setting with a great 👍🏻 view from the private balcony overlooking the Temengor Lake & lush surroundings 🏞💦💧
It’s not ❌ for luxury stay & your stay actually contribute to the rainforest 🌳🌳 protection fund 💰 Yeah‼️ A meanigful nature conservation 💚 stay with this resort ya 💚🌳🌳🏡🏘🏡
She 👩🏻 has made a visit to the Pulau Banding Discovery Centre 🏠 to understand better 👍🏻 its nature 💚 conservation & rainforest 🌳🌳 protection efforts. Bravo‼️👏🏻🙌🏻
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 was checked-in 🔐 with her media best buddy 👭 in a spacious comfy Chengal Lake View Executive Deluxe room (with a balcony & bath tub 🛀🏻 )
Oppsss…Her room not really seeing the lake view as the trees 🌳 in front of her room just so tall…Ha…Ha…Instead she got a nice green view 💚
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Hmm…As a go green 💚supporter, SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 wishes this ecotourism resort 💚🌳🌳🏡🏘🏡 can consider to set up some water 💦💧 dispensers within its resort compound 💚🌳🌳🏡🏘🏡 & then prepare the glass water bottles/ jugs/ flasks in hotel rooms, instead of plastic bottled water 💦💧 for all its guests 👫👭👬 This definitely will reduce ⬇️ lots of the plastic usage
There are plenty of room types range from dorm, executive room, villa etc. for your resort 💚🌳🌳🏡🏘🏡 stay selection ✅
Hmm…The resort 💚🌳🌳🏡🏘🏡 wifi 📶 connection was surprisingly slow & frequent down to connect 😔🙃Though was provided with alternative Unifi connection📶, however it required for long email ID & password to connect, hope this inconvenience for guests 👭👬👫 can be enhanced soon
Dining🍽🍴
Hornbill Restaurant
Upon arrival 🚐💚🌳🌳🏡🏘🏡, she 👩🏻 had a simple fried rice lunch 🍽served here, it’s very tasty delicious 😋🤤
Ha…Ha…Guess what❓⁉️
She 👩🏻 had 2️⃣ plates of fried rice 🍛🍛…Oppsss…surely exceed her rice 🍚 quota of 1️⃣ week 😅😂🤣, time for more frequent morning 🔅🔆 joggingsss 🏃🏻♀️🏃🏻♀️
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Then, she 👩🏻 really enjoyed her 2️⃣ morning 🔅🔆 buffet breakfast 🍽🍴☕️ during her stay 🛌🛀🏻🛋 here. The food selection were moderately good 👌🏻✌🏻 Hmm…Would be good 👍🏻 if they rotate some of the main dishes to excite its long term stay guests 👫👭👬
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 & her media friends 👭👬👬👬 had a Western dinner served in this restaurant. She had ordered for Salmon 🐟 steak, yet she also has exchanged & tried her media friends👫👬👬’ dishes too, including some pasta 🍝🍝 dishes for sharing
Hmm…1️⃣st experience of having unique sweet taste Western dinner 🍽 …😌the sweet taste of Salmon steak (orange 🍊 sauce), lamb chop (honey 🍯 sauce) etc.
Her media friends 👭👬👬👬 & herself 👩🏻 were all love & enjoyed very much the Kadok pasta (highly recommended 👍🏻👆🏻), very delicious tasty😋🤤, not to be missed ya 😋😋
Oppsss…Just a plate 🍝 for sharing & she 👩🏻 forgot 🤦🏻♀️ to snap a photo 📸 for sharing here…Ha…Ha…☺️😊
Activities not to be missed‼️
Swimming 🏊🏻♀️🏊🏻♂️
Woow‼️ A beautiful 😍🤩stunning view 👀 to enjoy either morning 🔅🔆 or evening swim 🏊🏻♀️🏊🏻♂️ here
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Really love the view here 😍🤩, the bridge that you have shared in the beginning of this blogging
Stingless Bee 🐝 Farm
From this farm, you will have chance to observe the stingless bees 🐝 🐝 named Kelulut in action & learning the process of its honey 🍯 production. There are plenty species of stingless bees 🐝🐝 that each will producing a different-tasting honey 🍯
Ohh ya…The honey 🍯 harvested from this farm are for sale 🛒🛍 to its guests 👫👭👬 to bring home 🏡 as souvenirs ya 🎁💝
Hmm…Would be good 👍🏻 if the guests 👬👭👫 are offering with honey 🍯 tasting 😋 during the farm visit, then it creates better 👍🏻 interactive session🗣👥👤👥 , as well as an educational opportunities for the younger kids 👧🏻🧒🏻👦🏻🧑🏻
A short shuttle ride 🚐 to reach to the Gaharu 🌳 plantation
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Gaharu trees 🌳 aka Agarwood are 1️⃣ the rarest trees 🌳 in rainforests 🌳🌳 It’s much sought-after by the pharmaceutical & cosmetic industries for their bark & resin 👍🏻👍🏻
This is a conservation 💚 effort by the Belum Conservation Malaysia (BCM) by planting the gaharu 🌳 trees in the Belum-Temenggor Rainforest Complex 🌳🌳 with the celebrities 💃🏻🕴🏻🕺🏼👩🏻🎤👨🏾🎤as well as its resort guests 👬👭👫
How to❓⁉️
Do contribute RM💯💰 to support this Gaharu 🌳 tree planting, do exploring for more details via 🌐 https://www.brainsfeed.org/bff
Frog 🐸 Hunting
Awesome 1️⃣st experience she 👩🏻 had with her media friends 👭👬👬👬 after dinner 🍽🍴
It was really a fun activity with friends 👭👬👬👬 to hunt with torch light 🔦 & then help each other with lighting 💡 to capture the frogs found 🐸🐸
Initially this trekking 🚶🏻♀️🚶🏻♂️to reach the waterfall 💦💧 & Rafflesia 🌺 spot site was called to cancel ❌ due to a heavy rain ☔️🌧 when the boat 🚤 about to reach
Special thank you 🙏🏻 to the responsible 👍🏻 boatman 🚤🙋🏽♂️ named Mr Mazlan, he 🙋🏽♂️ went himself 1️⃣st to check & ensure 🚶🏻♂️✅ it’s still safe to do the trekking 🚶🏻♂️🚶🏻♀️ in the rain ☔️🌧
Yeah‼️ He confirmed ✅ & all set with rain coat & trekking 🚶🏻♂️🚶🏻♀️ walked slowly in the jungle 🌳🌳
Note: Photo 📸 above credit to IG @izrylwilson 🙋🏽♂️
It worth 👍🏻 a walk 🚶🏻♀️🚶🏻♂️definitely, guess what❓⁉️
She 👩🏻 was bare foot 👣 for this trekking 🚶🏻♀️as she refused to get her sport shoes 👟 wet from the rain ☔️🌧
Luckily she 👩🏻 doesn’t hurt her feet (Yeah!! She 👩🏻 is qualified to join as local indigeneous communities in this rainforest). No leeches attack too, hurray!!
Note: Photo 📸 above credit to IG @eddy_rush_fp 🙋🏿♂️
Kampung Semelor Visit (Including the Toy Library 📚🎨🖌🖍✂️📎📐)
Do contribute RM💯 before you check-out from your stay & your contribution will be used by the Yayasan Emkay to sponsor a school uniform for an indigenenous kid. Not just that, your contribution also provide an employment opportunity to the local indigeneneous as the uniforms are all being handsew by the them
Ohh ya…Short getaway of 3️⃣D2️⃣N already enough to re-energise yourself from hectic city life here. Do click in below post 📌 for the itinerary suggestion of 3️⃣D2️⃣N
Also welcome 🤗 to check out SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 ’s top contributor 👆🏻 account via 🌐 https://www.tripadvisor.com.my/members/siennylovesdrawing for her recent reviews on the Malaysia 🇲🇾 ’s tourist attractions, food & accommodation stay ya 👩🏻💻📝
#Coloursoflives #TravelogueMalaysia is organised by #Borakkitadotcom & supported by #BelumRainforestResort
Special thank you to #BelumRainforestResort for trusting & believing, also great thanks to #OriginaJus , #CanonMalaysia , #Aluyakitchen for being the sponsors & #TravelwithAidil #AidilTravelIpoh for being the main transporter & travel advisor for a smooth & safe journey to complete this successful travelogue
Not to forget our cool lunch dining @ the River Besuk being sponsored by #CastellaCafeGrik ont her travel journey back to KL city, do click in to enjoy her vblog captured & more details for sharing ya
Do click in the above main tweets 📌📌 thread @ Twitter for a summary of all exciting activities ya 🤗
Yes✅, Sabah tourist destinations📍📍definitely more than just the famous 👍🏻👆🏻hiking 🧗♀️🧗♂️site, the summit of Borneo & the Malaysia🇲🇾’s 1️⃣st World UNESCO Heritage ~ Mount Kinabalu ⛰ or beautiful 😍🤩 diving site ~ Semporna Island 🏝🏖🌴
So, she 👩🏻 is gonna sharing 👩🏻💻📝 here the 6️⃣ must-visit eco 💚 tourism destinations📍📍in Sabah from her recent travelling experience to appreciate;
✅ The rich heritage, art & culture of Sabah local indigenous communities 👫👭👬
✅ The precious natural 💚 eco environment with rich flora 🌱🌿🌳 & fauna 🐄🐮🐟
✅ The shopping (including online) 🛒🛍 👩🏻💻👨🏻💻 for Sabah locally produced souvenirs 💝🎁
So, enjoy the details of each Sabah’s tourist destinations 📍📍
✅Heritage, Art & Culture of Sabah local indigenous communities 👫👭👬
1️⃣ Kadazandusun Cultural Association (KDCA) Cultural Village
This cultural village is a non❌-political association of 40 indigenous ethnic communities of Sabah 👫👭👬 & specially catered for the Kadazandusun tribes & 4️⃣ major Dusun tribes in Sabah i.e. Dusun Tindal Kota Belud, Dusun Papar, Rungus & Murut 😊
This village features 11 different ethnic tribes houses 🏠🏡🏘 in 1️⃣ village i.e. The Penampang Traditional House, The Tenom Traditional House, The Beaufort Traditional House, The Kota Belud Traditional House, The Kuala Penyu Traditional House, The Keningau Traditional House, The Tambunan Traditional House, The Papar Traditional House, The Ranau Traditional House, The Tuaran Traditional House & The Kudat Traditional House 😀
Do enjoy vBlog 📹🎥 created by SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 for sharing here,
Highly recommended 👍🏻👆🏻as after your visit, you will understand better the differences between today’s culture & the culture that the ancestors’ lived in years ✌🏻🙌🏻 Also have an opportunity to witness the ancestor’s lifestyle at their respective homes 🏠🏡🏘 which are built exactly similar to years ago 😲👍🏻
Each of the houses 🏠🏡🏘 with different hands 🤚🏻on & interactive activities between the indigenous communities & the visitors 👫👭👬 e.g. traditional games, traditional cooking demo & classes, headgear (named Sigah) folding, block printing, blow pipe making & demonstration etc. 😀
It operates as a museum 🏛 to preserve Kadazandusun ethnic culture with aims to share the knowledge, history, culture & tradition of Kadazandusun 🤩
Hmm…Guess what❓⁉️
You can also taste the “disgusting 😱” (personally to SiennyLovesDrawing👩🏻) local delicacy named butod i.e. the sago worms 🐛 which the local indigenous communities believe high ⬆️ in protein 👍🏻
Do shopping 🛒🛍 for some local handmade souvenirs 💝🎁 e.g. necklace, bracelet, bag etc. from its souvenir 💝🎁 shop which indirectly will contribute to the local heritage & cultures preservation funding 💰
Admission fee 🎟 is required ✅
Address📍: Kadazandusun Cultural Association Sabah, Hongkod Koisaan, KM. 8, Jalan Penampang, 89509 Penampang, Sabah, East Malaysia
This miniature museum 🏛 is a brainchild of the founder named Anne Antah 🧕🏽 She has started it with 7️⃣ pairs of the most common costume dolls 👫 creation in 2011 i.e. Kadazan Penampang, Kadazan Papar, Bajau Samah, Rungus, Murut, Lundayeh & Dusun Lotud 😍
With the realisation that not ❌ many young generation 👶🏻👧🏻🧒🏻👦🏻🧑🏻 has adequate ✅ information 📌about the traditional costumes, she 🧕🏽 has then build this miniature museum 🏛 as a centre for local Malaysians 🇲🇾, visitors & culture-enthusiasts 👫👬👭 to learn the heritage cultural of the Borneans 👏🏻🙌🏻
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 really impressed 😍🤩with this miniature museum & created a vBlog 📹🎥 for sharing here, do enjoy ya 😄😁
You have to be at this museum 🏛 personally to view with you own sight 👁👁👀 the great 👍🏻 detailed works done on each costumes
Guess what❓⁉️
During your visit, you will gain in depth understanding about Sabah’s people 🇲🇾👫👭👬 & their heritage culture in miniature scenes & dolls 👫 which all dressed up in traditional costumes👘🎎, houses 🏘🏘 & structures which all scaled to depict scene based on local folklore & legend 😍🤩
Highly recommended 👍🏻👆🏻when you are travelling to Sabah, you have to visit to this ~ The Malaysia 🇲🇾 1️⃣st Book of Records 📜, the Malaysia 🇲🇾 ‘s 1️⃣st miniature indigenous costume museum 🏛
You may redeem an exclusive printed postcard 🔖 as souvenir 💝🎁 from your visit too
Admission fee 🎟 is required ✅
All guests 👫👭👬 are welcome 🙏🏻 to dress 👘👔🎎👗 up in the traditional costumes with accessories for photos 📸 / videos 📹🎥 opportunity
Not just with its physical souvenir 🎁 stalls within the museum 🏛 , this creative arts museum 🏛 also owns an online shop 👩🏻💻👨🏻💻🛒🛍of local gifts 💝🎁 & souvenirs in particular the Kain Chanteek (locally made textile) via 🌐 www.shopinborneo.com , plenty of promotions avilable for your happy 😃 online shopping 👩🏻💻👨🏻💻🛒🛍
Address📍: Kg Lakang, Tamparuli, 89208 Tuaran, Sabah, East Malaysia
✅Natural Eco 💚Environment with rich Flora 🌱🌿🌳 & Fauna 🐄🐮🐟
3️⃣ Poring Hot Spring ♨️💦💧
Definitely a must visit place📍to de-stress 😌 & soak away the sores & aches of your muscles in this spring 💦💧’s hot ♨️ sulphuric minerals especially for the healing properties which popular & believing among the local communities 🇲🇾👫👬👭
Within the park, you may visit the butterfly 🦋 farm, the Poring Orchid 🌺Conservation Centre, the tropical garden🌿🌱🌷🌻, the Poring 🦇🎍🎋 canopy 🌳🌳walkway, the Rafflesia flower 🌺 site etc.
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 really enjoyed 😁 this hot spring ♨️💦💧& felt very comfy 😌 & light after a good 👍🏻 dip ♨️💦💧with her friends 👭👭👫
In the Local KadazanDusun dialect, ‘tagal’ means ‘no fishing ❌🎣 ’ & the main purpose of the ‘tagal’ is to conserve & preserve the environment 💚 as well as the ecosystem to benefit the future generation 👶🏻👧🏻🧒🏻👦🏻🧑🏻
‘Ikan 🐟 Pelian’ , ‘Ikan Kelah’ or Malaysian Mahseer 🇲🇾🐟 comes from the family of Cyprinidae. These fishes 🐟🐟 are specifically trained by the villagers 👬👫👭 to perform the healing massage 👣 activities. Wow 😲‼️
Ohh ya…The Kelah fishes 🐟🐟 are huge here, not to worry as the fishes 🐟🐟 got no ❌ teeth, so will not bite, instead lots of fish kisses to your feet ya 👣
This fish 🐟 massage 👣 is deemed to have a curative effect on those who suffers from psoriasis. So, a regular fish 🐟 massages 👣👣& surely you will enjoy smoother & suppler skin 😍 Hmm…One said simply like a baby👶🏻’s skin 👍🏻😃
Admission fee 🎟 is required ✅
Address📍: Kg. Luanti, Ranau, 89300 Sabah, East Malaysia
No need ❌ to travel ✈️🛫 to New Zealand 🇳🇿 , Malaysia 🇲🇾 also owns a mini New Zealand. Hurray‼️😲😃
This farm 🐮🐄 is located at the foothill of Mount Kinabalu ⛰ & offers beautiful 😍🤩 green 🌳🌳 scenery. It’s definitely a breathtaking destination for pre-wedding 👰🏻🤵🏻photo shooting 📸📸 (a permit 🆗 application is required✅) with breathtaking Mount Kinabalu ⛰ as backgroud with its cool breeze 🌬💨from Kundasang🏞
This cattle 🐄🐮 farm is producing approximately 900k litres of milk 🥛 annually with its approximately 200 hectars farm 🐄🐮 All the milking cows 🐄🐮here are Friesians i.e. the highest ⬆️ milk 🥛 producers of all cattle 🐄🐮 breeds imported from New Zealand 🇳🇿
Not just that, many milk 🥛 lovers ❤️ will queue up long just to taste its fresh cow 🐄🐮 milk 🥛 , fresh goat 🐐 milk 🥛 , yogurt, gelato🍨 🍦etc.
Highly recommended 👍🏻👆🏻it as an educational destination for with a family 👨👩👧👦👪👨👩👧 getaway or a school 🏫 trips. Many exciting educational activities are available for the young generation 👧🏻🧒🏻👦🏻🧑🏻 e.g. bottled milk 🍼 feeding the calves 🐮🐄, fresh grass 🌱🌿 feeding the goats 🐐🐐 , milk 🥛 processing, milking 🥛process, milk 🥛making etc.
Feeding activities required a fee 💵✅ to purchase the milk 🍼/ grass 🌿🌱 While there are specific timing/ schedule 🕛 for the raw milk 🥛 processing. Do contact 📞☎️📱& check out the details before your visit 😀
Before make a move from this farm🐄🐮, don’t forget to do a healthy shopping 🛒🛍 for some local produced milk 🥛 souvenirs 🎁 from this dairy farm 🐮🐄especially the popular Desa Cattle’s milk 🥛 in a box, milk creamy ice cream 🍦 etc.
She 👩🏻 had a lunch dining 🍽🍴with friends 👫👭👬 here with a seat facing this 2.5k hectare tea 🌱🌿🍃☕️🍵 plantation for a beautiful 😍🤩stunning view, as well as enjoy a cuppa of hot Sabah Tea ☕️ Pandan 🌿🌱 teh tarik. It’s smooth, fragrant & not too sweet to enjoy 😋🤤
You have to enjoy a beatiful 😍🤩 walk 🚶🏻♀️🚶🏻♂️into this organic tea plantation🌱🌿🍃☕️🍵, apprecicate & touch the tea leaves 🍃, as well as snapping photos 📸📸 & videos 📹🎥 for sharing in social medias 😉
An educational visit to enjoy a variety of recreational activities e.g. obstacle-crossing in the Sapaon Recreational Area, trekking along the trails to the peak of Kamunsu Hill ⛰ / to embarking on a night 🌃🌌 walk 🚶🏻♂️🚶🏻♀️to check out the unique insect 🐜 🐞🕷 life
Guests 👫👭👬 can also opt for a stay vacation 🛌🛀🏻🚿🛋 either in a traditional long house, a cosy bungalow / camping ⛺️ to enjoy the starry sky 🌌 etc. A variety of tour packages are available to cater for your choice, do exploring for your visit ya 🤗
Free 🆓 admission 🎟, however a small fee ✅ is required for a tea 🍃🍃adventure tour/ day tour (not available for public holidys) to its tea 🍃🍃factory
Address📍: 17, Kg. Nalapak, Jalan Ranau-Sandakan, 89309 Ranau, Sabah, East Malaysia
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Yeah‼️ SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 would like to share 👩🏻💻📝 about her awesome visit to Kuala Selangor with her members 👫👭👬 of Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) to explore its ecotourism & nature conservation recently 💚👍🏻
Hmm…Can’t really recalled 💭 when the last time 🗓 she was here…
So, what & where she has visited❓⁉️
Festival of Wings 2018 aka Pesta Sayap 2018 🎉🎊
This is an annual public event since 2004 by MNS in the middle of the bird 🦅🐦 migratory season to celebrating the millions of birds 🦅🐦 that use the East Asian-Australasian Flyway to get the best 👍🏻 of the seasons 😀
It’s themed ~ “Welcoming the birds 🦅🐦 ” – Unifying our voices for bird 🦅 🐦 conservation 💚” ~ & with aims,
To raising ⬆️ awareness on migratory birds 🦅🐦 & their wetlands habitats 🌳🌱🏞
To collecting data for both resident & migratory birds 🦅 🐦 in the forest 🌳 & wetlands habitat 🌳🌱🏞
To outreaching the community & the public 👭👫👬 to be actively involved for nature 💚 conservation campaigns
To promoting KSNP & its surroundings as a potential Ramsar 💚 site📍, a Flyway Network Site important for local community 👭👬👫 & an ecotourism 💚 destination with the variety of resident birds 🦅🐦 that living on the wetlands 🌳🌱🏞
This festival 🎊🎉 is important to communicating to public 👭👬👫 the importance of protecting our wetlands 🌳🌱🏞 in Malaysia 🇲🇾 Wetlands 🌳🌱🏞 provide a sustainable livelihood not just for birds🦅🐦, also for the productive fishery 🐟🐠 areas, the cockle 🐚 beds, the firefly 🦗 habitats, the paddy 🌾 fields etc. It also create awareness to public 👭👫👬 on the various nature 💚 & animal conservation efforts in Malaysia 🇲🇾 e.g. Hornbill, Sunbear 🐻, PAKAS etc.
There were many exhibition booths being set up with exciting activities 😃😁
Personally, she 👩🏻 has enjoyed the booth with nature ☘️🌿🍀 🌱 craft pressed card ✂️📌🔖 the most 😍🤩 She 👩🏻 learnt so much from the MNS member cum volunteer named Ms Joyce 👩🏻🏫 about leaves 🌿☘️🍀🌱collecting from the forest 🌳🌳, then making a bookmark 🔖 or greeting card with it. Special thanks 🙏🏻 to Ms Joyce 👩🏻🏫 for sharing this nice nature 💚 craft idea 💡 , bravo‼️👍🏻🙌🏻👏🏻
A success annual festival 🎉🎊 , will attend again for sure✌🏻😉
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 has signed up ✅ with her friends 👫👭👬 at the Nature Guide booth during her visit at the Festivals of Wings 🎉🎊 for a guided mangrove walk 🚶🏻♀️🚶🏻♂️🌳🌱🏞 in KSNP 💚🌳🌳💚
Special thanks 🙏🏻 to Mr. John 🙋🏻♂️ , the experienced volunteering nature guide who have shared 🗣👥👤👥 an informative guided nature walk into the trails at this park 💚🌳🌳💚 for approximately 1.5 hours 👍🏻✌🏻
KSNP was open 🆗 to public 👭👬👫 since 1987 with 3️⃣ aims,
Education ~ To educating the public 👭👫👬 on the importance of environmental protection 💚🌳🌱🏞💚
Conservation 💚 ~ To instilling awareness of the public over nature environmental issues
Research ~ To improving ⬆️ the protection & conservation 💚 of wetlands 🌱🌳🏞 in the area
Met 1️⃣ of the MNS volunteer birder, Mr Low 👨🏻 at the viewing tower 🗼 & he 👨🏻 has kindly offered 👍🏻 to view 👀 through his digital scope 🔭 for a resting white collared king fisher 🐦 at the tree 🌳 Wow‼️😍🤩
Special thank you 🙏🏻 to Mr Low 👨🏻 & Mr Wan, reporter from Malay Mail publication 🗞📰 who sharing his photo 📸 captured from the digital scope 🔭
An enjoyable yet under the superb hot sunny 🔆🔆 day to cruising 🚤 along Sungai Burung & to enjoy viewing the resident & migratory birds 🦅🐦
Our boatman, Pakcik Sahar 👨🏽 also shared cockle 🐚 harvesting during the cruising 🚤 with us. The cockles 🐚🐚 are all big & fresh 😆😄
Guess what❓⁉️
We got some horseshoe crabs too, but then releasing them back to the river 💦💧 as they are just baby crabs ~ tiny in size 😁
She 👩🏻 has captured a short clip 📹🎥 from her birdwatching 🦅🐦 cruise 🚤 with Pakcik Sahar 👨🏽, do enjoy it ya 🤗
Address📍: Jetty ⚓️ to Sungai Burung, Jalan Parit 4, Pantai Sungai Burung, Kampung Parit Empat, 45400 Tanjong Karang, Selangor, West Malaysia
Contact no. 📞☎️📱: Pakcik Sahar 👨🏽 +6013-318 5593
Fee🎟: Subject to distance & length of time
Ohh ya…You may check out MNS’s annual event named Raptor Watch to sign up via 🌐https://mnsraptorwatch.wordpress.com/about-rw/, then to participate & enjoy the bird watching 🦅🐦 at Port Dickson beach, Negeri Sembilan
Before the boat cruising, SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 has visited the tree 🌳🌳 planting centre as habitat conservation efforts for the fireflies 👍🏻
Not to be missed the beautiful sunset moment at jetty before the fireflies cruising 🛶
She 👩🏻 has recalled that she 👩🏻 was amazed 🤩😍 with the Chrismas trees 🎄💫 alike surrounding when her parents 👴🏻👵🏻 brought her 👩🏻 when she was a kid 👧🏻 for fireflies cruising 🛶
Hmm….Quite sad 😔😢 to share that the Christmas trees 🎄💫 effects no longer as great 👍🏻 as before. The fireflies numbers are declining ⬇️ mainly due to the pollution, degradation of the water 💦💧quality, clearing of river 💦💧 reserves & mangroves 💚🌳🌱🏞 closer to the fireflies viewing 👀 sites etc. She 👩🏻 is proud & happy 😃 that various of conservation 💚 efforts has been made to conserve and rehabilitate their habitat e.g. trees 🌳🌳 planting project with Berembang trees & Nipah trees
She 👩🏻 highly recommends👆🏻to enjoy the boat 🛶 cruising from Kampung Kuantan because the local community 👫👭👬 here still using the small wooden boats 🛶 aka sampan in Malaysia 🇲🇾’s national language. The boats 🛶🛶 are steered manually by a boatman 👨🏽👨🏽 during the cruising 🛶 There is another venue for fireflies cruising 🛶 named Bukit Belimbing where electronic boats 🚤 are being used
She 👩🏻 was told the fireflies are more impressive 🤩🤩 if it hasn’t rained 🌧☔️ shortly before & if it is not a full moon 🌕 night 🌃
Basic firefly-watching 👀 etiquette includes,
Do not use your torch 🔦 / use flash 📸 to capture photos/ videos 📹🎥 during the fireflies cruising 🛶 as this will disturb & disrupt the fireflies’ mating
Not to talk loudly 🗣 & making unnecessary noise during the cruising 🛶
No smoking 🚭 & littering ❌ is allowed during the cruising 🛶
Quietly enjoy the nature light 💫💫 show by the fireflies. If you catch the fireflies & brought home 🏡, a fine of RM1️⃣k will be imposed
She 👩🏻 has captured a short clip 📹🎥 from her fireflies cruising🛶, low lighting & only mild nature light 💫💫 show by the fireflies being captured ya 😃😁
Address📍: Jalan Club, Kampung Kuantan, 45000 Kuala Selangor, Selangor, West Malaysia
Operating Hours🕢: 7.30pm – 11.30pm
Fee🎟: RM50 per boat 🛶 for 4️⃣ pax only
This is the KSNP for Ramsar Seminar being organised by MNS with aims to present the latest data 📑📊📈 on the results of scientists 👨🏻🔬👩🏻🔬 & volunteers research about the biodiversity in KSNP 💚🌳🌳💚
All the presentations of findings 📊📈 from it will then be used as the supporting documents 📑 for the preparation & submission of KNSP 💚🌳🌳💚 as a new 🆕 Ramsar Site in Malaysia 🇲🇾
It was a crowded seminar & she 👩🏻 was impressed 🤩 with all the researches & actions done by the MNS & other nature conservation NGOs’ volunteers 👫👭👬
Also she 👩🏻 has met the founders (a couple) 👫 of KNSP 💚🌳🌳💚 from this seminar
Guess what❓⁉️
An engineer named Mr Muhammad Akhir 👨🏻🏭 was being asked ❓⁉️to build a golf ⛳️🏌️♀️🏌️♂️ course from this park 💚🌳🌳💚 area, he has then managed to replace the plan by swapping it into a nature park i.e. KNSP today 💚🌳🌳💚
His wife, Ms Alice 👩🏼💼 from UK 🇬🇧 also played an important role towards realised this golf course ⛳️🏌️♀️🏌️♂️ vs nature park 💚🌳🌳💚 mission back then. It was since 1987, such a long long time for this couple 👫
A privilege to have a short interview 📹🎥 with of of them 👫 & observed their truly inspiring passionate for nature conservation 💚💚 Bravo ‼️👍🏻💪🏻👏🏻🙌🏻
It’s a meaningful 2️⃣D1️⃣N trip to appreciate the on going ecotourism & nature conservation 💚 efforts towards in Kuala Selangor
“If ecotourism can be allowed to succeed, conservation will follow” ~ Andrew Sebastian
In the 1940s, MNS was established with aims to promote the study 📖📑📊📈, appreciation👍🏻, conservation & protection 💚 of Malaysia 🇲🇾’s natural heritage 😃
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