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Nature & Adventure Attractions |
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Sungai Lembing is a small hamlet
in the hills, approximately 45
kilometres northwest of Kuantan.
It is now a quiet settlement of a
bygone era, but visitors could
still catch a glimpse of its past
glories.
Today one can still
witness the remnants of this
wonderful era- its tree-lined town
square, the solitary letter box of
the British era, a four- wheel
coach that once was a pride
of the town, and a restaurant,
which was a favourite haunt to the
tin miners.
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Sungai
Lembing Museum |
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The Sungai
Lembing Mining Museum was recently built to
record the history of the tin mining
operations. Artifacts and equipmqnt used by
workers in this biggest underground tin mine
can be seen at the museum.It is open to the
public during office hours.
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Hanging
Bridge |
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There are
few hanging bridge in Sg Lembing and it
is usually crossing the river. One of
the famous hanging bridge there is
Kolong Pahat Hanging Bridge which is the
oldest one. Although
all the bridge is not very long but it
just enough to give a wonderful
experience of crossing the hanging
bridge especially if it for the first
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Panorama
Hill
Today, the
center of attractions in Sungai Lembing
must be a Panorama Hill, where visitors
can watch either sunrise or sunset at
both ends of the day. This 400-metres
hillock have a flight of concrete steps
that takes between 45 minutes to an hour
to ascend. The nature lover will be
really fascinated by its beautiful view
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Hot
Spring |
The health concious would obviously
prefer the natural hot springs. Located at Sg Jin and about
300-metres from the Deer Farm. Visitors
can camp and picnic nearby the hot
spring pool.
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Sungai
Jin's Deer Farm
Sungai
Jin's Deer Farm located about 50KM from Kuantan town and about 5KM from Sungai
Lembing town. These deer originally was
brought from Mauritius and Australia.
The facilities provided here include 'menara
pandang' with 25 feet height for visitor
to see each movement of the deer.
There're also a travis to keep the tame
deer for visitor to play and watch them. |
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Sg Mas
Aboriginal Settlement |
This
Aboriginal Settlement is situated 3KM
from the Deer Farm. Visitor can do
activities such as blow piping or visit
the bamboo house.
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Gunung
Tapis Park |
Gunung
Tapis Park is about 16km away from Sg
Lembing. It provides excellent
opportunities for the more adventurous
to shoot the rapids on rafts. Trek to
The Rainbow Fall/ Tapis Waterfall is
about 1 to 1.25 hours walk with a
crossing of a 15-metres wide river up to
knee level at the start. Rainbow Water
is probably the most beautiful waterfall
in Malaysia.
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Charas
Cave |
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The Charas Cave complex, about 25km away
from Kuantan is hidden in the hills
surrounded by the Panching Plantations.
About 1,000-metre above sea level, the
complex is believed to be a site of
early human settlement that dates back
to prehistoric times.
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How To Get There |
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Located 45km Northwest of Kuantan town.
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By Road : From Kuala Lumpur, take the Karak highway and
exit the Kuantan toll. Turn right to
Sg Lembing town.
From Kuantan,
public transport (bus or taxi)
available from town or take the bus at
the local bus station (nearby the
river bank Jalan Besar).
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