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Peninsular Malaysia Birding

Belum-Temengor Rainforest · Taman Negara
Duration
8 Days · 7 Nights
The route
Belum-Temengor Rainforest · Taman Negara
Style
Hornbills and the world's oldest jungle
Best season
February – September · best
The route

7 nights, 2 stops — hornbills and the world’s oldest jungle.

Belum-Temengor Rainforest → Taman Negara.

Taman Negara
What you're tracking

What you'll see

Plain-pouched hornbill
In migrating flocks.
Rhinoceros hornbill
Over the forest.
Great hornbill
Along the lake.
Asian elephant
In the lowland forest.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Arrive Belum-Temengor Rainforest

Arrive Belum-Temengor Rainforest

The journey begins.

Arrive in Belum-Temengor Rainforest, met and transferred to your accommodation. Few forests on earth hold ten hornbill species — Belum-Temengor is one of them.

02Belum-Temengor Rainforest

Belum-Temengor Rainforest

A full day in the field.

Trek to a rafflesia bloom and search for lowland mammals. A full day of lake and forest for hornbills and peninsular birds.

03Belum-Temengor Rainforest

Belum-Temengor Rainforest

A full day in the field.

A full day of lake and forest for hornbills and peninsular birds. Boat the lake and bird the forest for the ten hornbill species.

04Belum-Temengor Rainforest

Belum-Temengor Rainforest

A full day in the field.

Boat the lake and bird the forest for the ten hornbill species.

05Belum-Temengor Rainforest → Taman Negara

To Taman Negara

On to the next.

Transfer to Taman Negara. Walk the canopy walkway and the ancient forest trails. A night walk for nocturnal life and a jungle-river journey.

06Taman Negara

Taman Negara

A full day in the field.

A night walk for nocturnal life and a jungle-river journey. Bird the lowland forest for pittas, trogons and broadbills. Taman Negara's rainforest has stood for over 130 million years — walking it is a journey into deep time.

07Taman Negara

Taman Negara

A full day in the field.

Bird the lowland forest for pittas, trogons and broadbills.

08Depart Taman Negara

Departure

The journey ends.

A final morning in Taman Negara — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

February – September

Peak season

Drier months — best for boating, trails and hornbill watching.

Year-round

Good season

Hornbills and forest birds are present throughout.

Destinations

Where this journey goes

Wildlife you may see
Birds Elephants Rhinos

Make it yours.

Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.

Field notes, now and then.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season

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