Sungai Sedim day trip

Sungai Sedim, a recreational forest located in the northeast of Kulim, Kedah is popular for its treetop walkway (of reinforced steel) recognized to be the world’s longest at the spans of 950 meter above the lush green rainforest trees and also white-water rafting to those that is adventurous enough. The park also offers packages for teambuilding activities which include paint ball, flying fox, jungle trekking, down the river tubing and many more. For those who are simply nature lover or even photography enthusiast, Sungai Sedim is certainly complete with natural beauty of flora and fauna for one to explore and experience.

Having heard of Sungai Sedim since the recreational park open its door to visitors many years ago, five crazy friends planned for a trip to visit the park for the first time (actually it was their first but already my second as my first was with company teambuilding). Excited over the short trip, the five of us squeezed into a small car headed to Sungai Sedim via Kulim Hi-Tech Park. By the time we arrived, it is almost noon and still very few visitors at that time. We went straight on to experience the famed treetop walkway. Entrance fees is RM10 for adult while RM5 for children, opens from 8:30am to 5:30pm every day. Sigh...I have to say that I actually felt the price is a little too expensive for a squared walkway. Anyhow, we tried to enjoy the beauty of nature from the top of walkway.

Before walkway entrance

Starting point of the walkway

Excellent view from the above

Several educational signage along the path

Steel walkway

At the highest point

Rainforrest surrounding the walkway

Of course, plenty of flora

Though the sun is not shining directly on us, but the weather is still humid and hot. We were all soaked in sweats by the time we reached the end of trail. Hmmm….what else would be the next fun thing to do other than soaking our butts in the cool running stream of Sungai Sedim. We went back to our car to pack our clothes and snacks for our mini picnic. By then, the riverside started to get a little over crowded with visitors in groups of families and friends. But lucky us, we found a secluded area for just the five of us to enjoy ourselves and splashing water at each other like little kids without feeling shy of being seen by others.

Unfortunate that my Nikon SLR is with repairer. Pictures taken with my old Canon Ixus 700

Mr. Toad that won't budge though we kept disturbing him

Almost an hour or more later, we decided it was time to start our journey home. Once again I was disappointed with the level of maintenance of the area. To enter the public toilet cum shower, each had to pay 30 cents (which is still alright). However upon entering, I was let down by dirty dark toilets and worst when there are no water in the shower rooms. In the end, we just change our wet clothes without any shower.

On our way home, we stopped by Kemunting Lake View Restaurant at Sungai Kob, Mahang for our early dinner. The restaurant is on a floating platform above man-made lake full of reared fresh water fish swimming around. Obvious enough that the restaurant served all kinds of fresh water fish dishes.

Entrance

The restaurant area

Man-made lake

Fresh water fishes

We ordered almost all of the famous dishes recommended by the staff there - 3-Flavours Talapia Fish, Deep fried Patin fish on light soy sauce, Steam Pak-Su-Gong with ginger, Stir Fried Deer Meat, Sambal KangKung (Stir Fried Water Spinach with chili) and Salted Fish Beans’ Sprout. 

Dishes we ordered...I forgot to snap picture of Salted Fish Beans' Sprout dish

The aftermath

All of that plus a jug of Luo Han Guo (fruit of Siraitia Grosvenori) drink totaled up to RM208. For a meal of five person, I guess the price was pretty much alright!

Private Spa

Sunday morning (10/11)

…we woke up with practically nothing much interesting to do at home. The weekend will go away just like most of the boring days we had. Hence, it was an ad-hoc decision to go hiking at Penang’s Taman Negara, pretty much up to our so-called ‘private spa’ location. By the time we left the house, it was already noon and as usual, Tim Sum is always in the menu for breakfast. It was merely 2pm that we finally started our journey heading to the mini pool of fresh cold water. The 50 minutes journey brought us through the jungle of many fallen trees and muddy path from the rain, before we reached to main destination….our own fresh water pool.

 

 Mini pool -- just for us

Fresh & cooling water

Some flora...

...and fauna

We rested in the cold water for an hour or more before we started our journey home.