Kuala Tembeling, the doorway to Taman Negara...

Continuing from The mouth of the Lipis river... the place where Kuala Lipis began ...

After Kuala Lipis, we headed for Jerantut. Soon enough we arrived at Kuala Tembeling, the mouth of the Tembeling river, another mighty river of Pahang.

The Tembeling river is THE main waterway into Taman Negara, the national park. Well, at one time that was the only Taman Negara in Malaysia. Now there's quite few including in Sabah and Sarawak across the South China Sea... so further names have to be attached to make it clear like Taman Negara Kinabalu, the Kinabalu national park in Sabah.

But the Taman Negara in Pahang (actually it also covers parts of the states of Kelantan and Terengganu) remains the most well-known. Thus if one says Taman Negara without adding any further name or names, most probably he or she is referring to this national park...

Here's the road leading to the Kuala Tembeling ferry complex...

Time to get down to the jetty. Up in the picture is the Tembeling river which flows out into the Jelai river. A trip from Kuala Lipis to Jerantut pass this point is practically a trip down the Jelai river...

The ferry, or rather the longboats available... it's just its off-season.

A better look at the jetty. That's all...