Hutan Lipur Jerangkang

All makan and no adventure makes George a dull city slicker :P

So the above says it all, hehehe... one fine crazy holiday, I dragged Cicak and Daniel to join me on a trip to Jerangkang, Pahang. This place is basically a forest reserve in Pahang after Maran (heading to Kuantan). From the old road of Maran-Gambang, there's a turning on the left into Hutan Lipur Jerangkang. It turns into a small road of kampung houses around it just before rubber estates where the road starts to get muddy and rough. This is a 16km trail into the Jerangkang waterfall. After the rubber estates it just pure wilderness and jungle, but the trail is quite ok till you went through the underpass of the new Karak-Kuantan highway. Rough muddy, uneven and a river crossing awaits you, but work is in progress and there is already a bridge to cross the river. However for now, its still recommend to at least have a lorry or 4WD to get in especially if its raining. The trek is light so good for urban trucks like mine.



After about 45 mins of slow drive (taking it easy on my truck's suspension), we reached the waterfall. There is a big camp site, but the toilet facility isn't well maintain and the water source for the camp site don't seems to be working. But anyway, its the wilderness! What you expect? :P. The stream from the falls is just next to the camp site and when we were there its just a bunch of 4WD expidition campers whom are moving out. After they left, there is virtually only the 3 of us there, quite scary as the mobile phone signal is also weak!



















We didn't trek up the to the waterfall and just swim around the stream at the bottom of the falls. I read from some blogs that the falls is awesome, Daniel is complaining a lot like usual but didn't want to trek :P. Anyway, the water is superbly cold, clear and sweet. I am sure the falls will be great :). Maybe next time and the spot looks good for bbq.



After the falls, we head out back towards Maran and had lunch at Pekan Sri Jaya. I remembered this used to be the stop our bus to Endau Rompin the last time. We went to Futian Xiang, which is a small restaurant. Quite a number of locals eating there, but the scary thing is the flies are flying freely here and non of the eating locals seems to mind :o.

Anyway, we ordered a cantonese style fried noodles, yee mee, lum yee pai kuat (pork ribs) and a veg. The noodles are good especially the cantonese fried. The ribs is rather funny, usually in KL the will just fried it but they seems to like to add a layer of sauce here. All together with tea for 3 pax is only RM35!!! Good value!