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To enjoy Orang Asli village, wear kilts

It’s not everyday we get to see Scots in kilts you know. Especially in Orang Asli village.
It was a smashing jaunt. Most importantly, OO says a big thank to Nick and the gang who flew in all the way from Scotland to see the hidden side of Malaysia. It was especially nice of them to [...]

On a nature study spree

Rainforest drape Malaysia with green exuberance, but how many kids have seen the real thing?
Modernity has nudged the new generation to shopping arcades, video games centers and disney-fied theme parks more often than not and today we have a growing population that is oblivious about how their forefathers blend so well with the jungle [...]

New Straits Times features OO’s trekking tips

Travel Times extracted post Jungle trekking enjoyed shaken and stirred from this blog and ran a piece on OO’s founder Casey Ng today. Here is the press cut ….

Rafflesia - A flower that plays dead

Think of Rafflesia as bohemian.
It possesses nothing, yet contrives to exist on that nothing at the expense of its host’s generosity. It has no root, stem, branch or leaf. Botanists are not sure whether to call it a plant or not. Though it shy away from view mostly, it is guided by ambition of “making [...]

Après la pluie, le beau temps

The inner sanctum of the Malaysian rainforest opened its arms and said bonjour to a bunch of jolly French adventurers recently.
Last month, Camille, Agathe, Arnaud and Agnes decided that Malaysia was a good place to catch up since everyone went separate ways after graduating from university. Today, as qualified environment engineers who are [...]

Malaysian Wildlife - The grip of extinction is tightening

“Business as usual is simply not an option”, said Julia Marton-Lefevre, the director general of IUCN.
It is horrifying to know that Malaysia ranks 3rd in the recently furnished IUCN 2008 Red List of Endangered Species report, after Ecuador and US, in terms of highest number of endangered species. Among the 1,141 threatened species in Malaysia, [...]

Mount Kledang Jungle-Based Learning Trek

Overview
It’s everyone’s dream to wander off into uncharted rain forest and immerse in its botanical wonders.
Well, let the experts help you learn and do it safely.
To intrepid hikers in the know, Kledang Range’s route “49” is an interesting trekking trail that passes uncharted territory and peculiar rainforest hoodoos. Take heart, we know the turf like [...]

Tour Package - Bukit Kinta Rain Forest 4×4 Countryside Safari, Cave & Nature Hike

Overview
If something smell funny, don’t worry - it’s just fresh air. (Read: You have been inhaling city air too long).
Be the one with amazing holiday story to tell. Hike across a 130 million years old rainforest that escaped the last Ice Age. Soak in an uncharted waterfall. Eat food you can hardly pronounce. And the [...]

Malaysian leech rule #1 - Don’t scream for your guide

Nobody like leeches. While trekkers never loose more than a few drops of blood to leeches every trip, their reputation make first-timers to the jungle cringe like they are dealing with Dracula.
If you walk into a jungle and see lots of them, your guide has made good his promise of untouched wilderness. See, leeches shy [...]

Dodging danger and hazard in the Malaysian jungle and countryside

“Malang tidak berbau” - Malay proverb
(English translation: Danger has no scent)
What people don’t know about the jungle could easily fill up an emergency room.
Lurking hazards are everywhere and offer no warning. Before you trot into the countryside or jungle, any self respecting guide will usually give you a pep talk about possible dangers that [...]