Monday 20 April 2015

Royal Belum - Walking On The Wild Side 2015

Refflesia Sanctuary

Royal belum State Park is a huge natural park in the northern part of Peninsular Malaysia. It is part of even bigger Belum-Temenggor Forest Complex that is spread across to Thailand. Royal Belum is believed to have been existence for over 130 million years making it one of the world's oldest virgin tropical rainforest and has been identified as an "Enviromenttally Sensitive Area" (ESA) Rank 1 under Malaysia National Physical Plan. The stunning landscape with a total area about 4 times the size of Singapore is the treasure throve for over 3,000 species of flowering plants, including 3 species of world's largest flower, The Refflesia and also hause to 14 world's most endengered animals.
1st Pit Stop - Sg Kejar (6 hours journey from Jeti Banding)

On 06-10 April 2015, after 6 month of proper planning and dealing with various state authorities, 18 personnel from Genting Highlands Auxiliary Police Department (Casino Ops) was granted an opportunity to explored Royal Belum State Park in conjunction with team 5th Anniversary Celebration. The team explored the rainforest by renting a two story fully-equipped houseboat, which can accommodate 25 person. The team called themselves "Survival Series Base Camp" was lead by Team's Founder KroolAz and Team's Keepers of The Seal Zainol Che Omar meanwhile bro Mohd Hisham from "Otairimba" was roped in as an advisor.   
Royal Belum Snakehead

Activities at Sg. Ruok

Bamboo rafting activities (Sg. Ruok)

The leisure recreation program took 5 days and 4 nights to complete, comprising a variety of activities such as BBQ and Karaoke session, Fishing, Sg. Ruok Kelah Sanctuary, Orang Asli Settlement as well as Refflesia Sanctuary visit.
Morning view of Sg Kejar
Apart of relaxing and enjoy the nature, the participants knowing each other better without constrains of protocol to rekindle "Spirit de Corps" in an unwind state.
Sg. Ruok Waterfall visit
The excursion was also joined by a group "Otairimba" from Bentong that has plenty experience in exploring forest and scaling mountains ranges. Overrall, it was a pleasant and cheerful expedition to be remembered by all of us.

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