Five days exploring one of Southeast Asia’s oldest rainforest and small towns in Pahang State of Malaysia.

Trip Date — 2012

Itinerary Notes & Tips

Day 1

Sungai Kolok to Rantau Panjang Border Crossing

• Pass Malaysia Immigration

Rantau Panjang to Pahang Taman Negara

• 6:00pm (+1 time difference) – Arrival in Malaysia

• Eat at sidestreet stall
  • Fried rice with chicken – RM4

• 7:30pm – Walk to Rantau Panjang Bus station

• Arrival at bus station
  • Not one single bus when I arrived
  • Waited for the next bus, ANY bus

• Ride bus# 29 from Rantau Panjang to Pasir Mas – RM3

• Arrival at Pasir Mas bus station
  • No more buses to Kota Bharu

• Walk to Pasir Mas train station
• Arrival at Pasir Mas train station
  • Decided to take train to Jerantut and skip Kota Bharu / Perhantian Islands
  • Buy ticket for Pasir Mas to Jerantut (9:00pm departure)
    • Third Class (seat) – RM17

• 9:10pm – Departure from Pasir Mas

Day expenses (in Malaysia side) – RM26

Day 2

• 2:30am – Arrival in Jerantut
  • Wait at train station until 6:20am

• Walk to Jerantut bus station
• Buy @ 7/11
  • Bread with curry filling – RM1.9

• 6:30am – Arrival at bus station
  • Board bus headed to Kuala Trembeling. Departure after less than 5 minutes.

• Ride  Jerantut to Kuala Trembeling bus – RM2.2

• 7:00am – Arrival at Trembeling.
  • First ferry trip to Kuala Tahan scheduled at 9:00am
  • Buy ferry ticket from Kuala Trembeling to Kuala Tahan – RM27

• Breakfast at restaurant at the corner
  • Fried noodles seafood – RM4

• 9:30am – Departure from Kuala Trembeling
• 12:00nn – Arrival in Kuala Tahan

Kuala Tahan hostel search

• Walk around the village to find hostel
• Check-in at Liana Hostel
  • Dorm room – RM10

• Buy at convenient store – RM13

• Snack at food stall
  • Beef and egg burger – RM3.5

Pahang Taman Negara forest hike

• Ride boat to across Tahan river – RM1

• Light trek around Mutiara Taman Negara Resort grounds

• Ride boat back to Kuala Tahan – RM1

• Dinner at the floating restaurants
  • Fried rice prawn
  • Mediocre food. Overpriced.

Day expenses – RM70.6

Day 3

• Extend +1 night at Liana hostel – RM10

• Breakfast at mini market
  • White rice with chicken – RM4

• Buy at mini market – RM5.7
  • wafers (RM3.5), soap (RM1.2), 500ml bottled H20 (RM1)

Pahang Taman Negara Bukit Teresek trek

• Crossed to other side of the river – RM1

• Trek to canopy walk

• Canopy walk –  RM5 admission fee
  • Supposedly the longest canopy walk in the world buy only approx. 50 meters of it is open to the public.

• Trek to Bukit Teresek

• Trek back to Mutiara Taman Negara Resort

• River crossing to Kuala Tahan – RM1

• Dinner at the minimarket in town
  • Kway Teow – RM4.5

• Buy at mini market stall – RM3
  • 1.5L bottled H20 (RM2), Nanas jelly dessert (RM1)

Day expenses – RM36.7

Day 4

• Check-out at hostel

• Brekfast at minimarket in town
  • Met dick and 2 german girls.
  • Nasi Berlauk (RM2), Kopi Iced (RM2)

• 10:30am to 11:30am – Ride Bus from Kuala Tahan to Jerantut – RM8

• Eat at Chinese food stall near Jerantut  train station
  • Wanton – RM1
    • Delicious!
  • Fried rice – RM4

• 12:38am to 1:45pm – Ride Jerantut to Kuala Lipis train – RM12
• 1:45pm – Arrival at Kuala Lipis train station

Kuala Lipis hostel search

• Walk around and search for Appu’s Guest House
  • Located along main street

• Check-in at Appu’s Guest House
  • Dorm room (no fan!) – RM10 per person
  • Dingy hostel

Around Kuala Lipis

• Buy at 7/11 – RM4
  • Bottled water, 1 pack dry tissye, soda

• Eat at restaurant outside Lipis Plaza Hotel
  • Nasi Tuyuh (fried fowl), rice, and iced tea – RM7.5

• Walk to railway bridge

• Eat dinner at the nightmarket near the bus terminal
  • Special beef burger – RM3.5
  • Bottled water (1,5L) – RM1.5

Total expenses – RM60.2

Day 5

• 7:30am – check-out

Pahang to Melaka