Crossing the Tembeling river at Kuala Tahan

Continued from On to Kuala Tahan.

The Tembeling river is a main river which forms the Pahang river.

From here it twists and turns southwards for almost 50 km before flowing into the Jelai river, forming the Pahang river. Look at the old article Kuala Tembeling, the doorway to Taman Negara....

Once upon a time Kuala Tembeling was the only entry point from civilisation into Taman Negara, the National Park. From there one must travel by boat for up to 2 hours before they can get to the park.

This is before the road shown in the article On to Kuala Tahan  was opened, I was told about 9 years ago. From here we just need to cross the river to get to the park.

So there we were taking a boat across.

A view upriver.

A view across.

A view downriver.

This is a view looking back at the village of Kuala Tahan.

A view from the jetty of Taman Negara...