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Best of
Peninsula Malaysia - 9
Days 8 Nights Kuala Selangor, Fraser's Hill Taman Negara
(National Park) and Krau Forest Reserve Birding Tour |
9 days
searching of bird in those best spot of Malaysia is
rewarding !
Those
birding site whole difference species of bird. It can be
range from the lowland rainforest, wetland, mangrove,
secondary forest, rice field and montane rainforest.
From our experience bird guide, this tour will pack you
many species.
Description of itinerary;
Day 1 –Kuala
Selangor Nature park, mudflat & Paddy Field
Depart Early Morning to
Kuala Selangor Nature park , spend the morning on the
mangrove and secondary forest trail.
Lunch
Check-in to resort/Chalet.
Start birding around kuala
Selangor, we might venture to paddy field, Mangrove and mudflat.
Day 2 -
Start birding early morning in Kuala Selangor
Nature Park else, we will check out more bird species in
the nearby forest.
Depart from Kuala Selangor
to Kuala Kubu Bahru Forest reserve.
Birding along
the road (Kuala Kubu Bahru), Ulu Selangor Forest Reserve and Selangor Dam.
Arrive Fraser's Hill and rest.
Lesser Adjutant Stork,
Purple Heron,Grey Heron,Common Kingfisher, Collard
Kingfisher, Stork-bill Kingfisher, Sunda Pygmy
Woodpecker, Common flameback, Lace woodpecker,
Coppersmith Barbet, Lineated barbet, Pied
Fantail, Crested serpent eagle, Brahminy kite, Mangrove
Blue flycatcher, Mangrove Whistler, Bar Eagle Owl, HILL
MYNA, BLACK-THIGHED
FALCONET etc.
Optional: Fireflies on the
boat and owl searching if weather permitted
Day 3 -
Start birding early morning in
Fraser's hill
With choose of Bishop's
Trail, Hemment's Trail, Telekom Loop, Jeriau Waterfall,
Old Road, New Road, The gap, Jelai and golf course.
Birding at The Gap and Fraser's hill New
road also Fraser's Hill, a superb and cool former
colonial hill-station surrounded by mature montane
forest. The oak laurel trees here are smaller than
those of the lowland forests, and the bird-life is a
little more accessible. The views from here over the
forest-clad hills are magnificent .
Check-in hotel, and Lunch
Continue Bird
watching around Fraser's hill trail (Hill Station)
Owling if weather and possible
MOUNTAIN IMPERIAL PIGEON, LITTLE CUCKOO-DOVE, COLLARED
OWLET, BROWN WOOD-OWL, RED-HEADED TROGON, RED-BEARDED
BEE-EATER, RHINOCEROS HORNBILL, FIRE-TUFTED BARBET, BLACK-BROWED BARBET,
GREATER YELLOWNAPE WOODPECKER, LESSER YELLOWNAPE, BANDED
WOODPECKER, BUFF-RUMPED WOODPECKER, OLIVE BACK
WOODPECKER, BLACK-CRESTED BULBUL, OCHRACEOUS BULBUL,
GREATER RACKET-TAILED DRONGO, GREEN MAGPIE,
CHESTNUT-CAPPED LAUGHINGTHRUSH, SILVER-EARED MESIA,
MOUNTAIN FULVETTA, SLATY-BACKED FORKTAIL, MOUNTAIN LEAF-
WARBLER, LARGE NILTAVA, BLACK-THROATED SUNBIRD, CUTIA,
SULTAN TIT, BLUE NUTHATCH, BLYTH"S HAWK-EAGLE,
SILVER-BREASTED BROADBILL, LONG-TAILED BROADBILL, ETC.
Day 4 -
Start birding early morning in
Fraser's hill
With choose of Bishop's
Trail, Hemment's Trail, Telekom Loop, Jeriau Waterfall,
Old Road, New Road, The gap, Jelai and golf course.
Afternoon
Continue Birding, look for
more bird species in Fraser's hill. You might want to
walk in to some of the Fraser's hill trail to look for
illusive species.
Day 5 - Early morning,
depart from Fraser's Hill to Krau Forest reserve (2.5 hrs),
This is a lowland rainforest that habitat for many great
forest species. Afternoon depart to Taman Negara and birding
along the way.
Evening, arrive Taman Negara.
Check-in Resort. Rest.
Day 6 - Day 9 -
Early morning, venture into the
trail in Taman Negara, Tahan Bumbun (Hide), Lata Berkoh,
Lubok Simpon, Bumbun Tabing, Bukit Teresek, Jenut Muda,
Canopy walk.
Taman Negara is rich in all the
above species and has the additional benefit of large rivers
providing habitats for Bee-eaters, Broadbills, Forktails and
Kingfishers.
A good network of marked trails
as well as rivers will help us in exploring this magnificent
National Park. The area has an abundance of birds and you
will be surprised when you see hornbills land in trees just
beside your chalet.
Explore the pristine forest
along fantastic trails (trail vary from 0.5 - 3 hrs ,Taman
Negara’s host many residents birds, including, Green
Broadbill, Raffle’s Malkoha, and a legion of bulbuls and lot
of babblers species.
Others area such as the
Tahan hides may have chance to view the Crested Fireback,
other trail which will have great chance to see Diard’s and
Scarlet-rumped Trogons, Whiskered Tree-swift, Green Ioras,
Black-and-Red and Black-and-Yellow Broadbills, Thick-billed
and Little Green Pigeons, Garnet and Banded Pittas,
Chestnut-breasted Malkoha, White-rumped Shama, Blue-crowned
Hanging Parrot, and the flashy-blue Asian Fairy Bluebird,
Red-crowned Barbet, the Orange-backed and Great Slaty
Woodpeckers, Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, leafbirds,
spiderhunters, Many sepcies of sunbirds and flowerpeckers.
Occasionally the Rhinoceros Hornbills, Black, Helmeted,
Wrinkled, Wreathed Hornbill can be sight fly across
overhead.
Day 9 -
Morning, birding and check out, we may stop at some place
that can have some more good bird. and back to Kuala Lumpur.
Arrive Kuala Lumpur at Evening time.
** Endemic Guides Eco Tours DO NOT run big tour (like
10-20 pax tour), we only encourage small tour which usually not more that 6
person, most of the time just 2 pax, we want to minimise the disturb of the
bird life.
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See what Susie's and
Ellen's Said about the recent birding tour
"Thanks for a fantastic birding trip in
Malaysia. In three days, we saw
more than 95 species of spectacular birds! I was amazed by the skill and
knowledge of our guide, Mr. Lee Kok Chung. He not only took us to diverse
habitats and was knowledgeable about what birds we would find at each site,
but he also seemed to be able to call the birds to us!
Mr. Lee appeared
to be communicating with the birds through his miming of the bird calls. It was
really fun and interesting. Thanks for humoring our interest in Buddist and
Hindu temples by stopping off at them whenever we wished."
Md Susanna Garcia and Ellen Hahn (Louisiana, USA),
July 2006
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What Peter said;
Just want to thank you for two excellent
days' birding with Lee Kok Chung, one at Fraser's Hill and the other in the
area of Kuala Selangor. On both days we saw at least 70 species (each
day) of birds and a variety of other wildlife. Very good views were
obtained and most of the target species were quickly discovered. I
would recommend these trips to anyone interested in wildlife.
Mr Peter Andrew- UK, November 2007
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What Paul Say about us;
Sylvia
& I just wanted to say how much we enjoyed our 8-day birding trip with Lee
in October. Thanks to his excellent skills we were able to see over
220 species. He also took us to some excellent chinese eating places
during our stay. The remainder of our holiday in
New Zealand was also brilliant and we managed to see most of the
endemic birds there although, because of its remoteness, there are far fewer
species than in
Malaysia. Wishing you a happy and prosperous 2008.
Mr Paul & Sylvia Custerson -USA OCT 2007
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What Mary Said;
We enjoyed the trip thoroughly and
am impressed by the variety of birds we saw. I am certainly passing
along the word about your company.
Md Mary Anderson - USA Dec 2007 |
What
Wayne and Margaret
Twydle,
Now that
we have arrived home, we just wanted to say thank you very much to
Endemic Guides for the organisation of our 9 day 8
night bird tour. We thoroughly enjoyed the tour, seeing more
bird species than we had ever hoped for. This of course was due to
the expert skills of our guide, Lee, who seemed to almost have the
ability to call up birds whenever we needed them! His imitations of
their calls was remarkable, and his equally impressive patience
often delivered good views of uncommon species.
He
also took good care of us: he always checked our accommodation, and
advised us on food. We are still recovering from his sense of humour!!
We are very happy to recommend
Endemic Guides to anyone in
New Zealand who may
be considering travelling to
Malaysia
Wayne and Margaret Twydle -
July 2008
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What Dr Mckay Say,
Sorry for taking so long to write to you. We are back at work in Papua
New Guinea now and things are crazy here - as usual.
Our time in Danum Valley was great. The food and the service at Borneo
Rainforest Lodge were particularly outstanding. It rained heavily every
afternoon we were there, so we didn't get to do as much bird-watching as
we would have liked. But we made the best of every morning and saw some
really great birds. We really enjoyed ourselves.
Overall, our trip to Sabah was fantastic. I think it was the best
holiday that I have
ever had. We really didn't have any complaints about anything, the
whole time we were traveling.
Many thanks again to you for making our planning and our holiday work
out so well. We will certainly recommend you to anybody we know who is
planning a holiday in Malaysia. And we are thinking that we might go
back there again within the next couple of years, so we might be in
touch again. If we are ever in KL for any reason, we will certainly
look for you.
Thanks again and Best Wishes
From Dr Robert Mckay(20 days tour for Kinabatangan river, Maliau Basin,
Danum Valley and Tabin Wildlife reserve)
September 2008 |
What Mr/Mrs hugh Say,
Just a note to say how
much we enjoyed our trip to Sabah. Andrew was an
excellent guide, and the birds were exciting. Plus we saw orangutans
and many
other good mammals in the wild! All accommodations were
excellent as
well. So we were very satisfied, and thank you very much for all
your
help in arranging our tour.
I shall recommend
Endemic Guides to my birdwatching (and other) friends.
Best wishes,
Hugh Dingle ( USA -Currently resident in Australia, 12 days
birding tour in Kinabalu Park + Sepilok +SAndakan +
Kinabatangan River + Danum Valley)
October 2008 |
What Mr/Mrs Youren say
about our tour.
We finally arrived in the
UK on Jan 16th.
We both wanted to thank you for organising our bird trips - the
one in Kuala
Selangor/Frazer Hill with Lee Kok Chung and the second one in
Penang with Mr
Kumar.
We wanted to express our thanks to Lee Kok Chung - the 3 days
were very busy
but very rewarding - his enthusiasm and bird knowledge were
superb and he
was also excellent company with a great sense of humour. Lots of
high lights
on the trip with a total of 122 species identified - but
especially seeing
the orange breasted trogon, the gold whiskered and red throated
barbet,
blue winged leafbird, chestnut capped laughing thrush, silver
eared mesia
and a host of other birds. We also appreciated how well Lee was
organised
with good bird books and a comprehensive check list. Please use
this
testimonial on your website if you would like to do so.
We will certainly recommend your service to our friends back
in the UK if
they are planning to travel to Malaysia - we hope to get back
again perhaps
to Sabah and Taman Negara and would like if we do you use your
services
again.
Once again many thanks,
Veronica and John Youren
-UK -Dec 2008 |
What Mr Dave Tour say about our birding tour,
I
would like to thank EndemicGuides for organising my 4 day
stopover in
Malaysia - all of the travel and hotel arrangements worked
extremely well.
My guide Lee showed an impressive ability to find birds even in
thick
rainforest - and great patience in ensuring that I saw every
bird that he
did. All in all a very enjoyable 4 days and I would recommend
EndemicGuides
to anyone wanting a birding trip in the area.
Mr Dave Torr -Australia - March 09 |
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Home from my travels.
I want to express my gratitude and delight in a fantastic and
most enjoyable
trip with Endemic Guides and Lee in particular.
Also yourself for your prompt replies and attention to detail
made it all
smooth sailing without any hitches.
Lee's knowledge of birds, bird calls, habitats, and where to
find them was
astonishing.
I also enjoyed his company and experiencing eating where the
locals eat, it
was a great insight to the Malaysian Culture.
Lee was professional at all times, punctual but light hearted
with a sense
of humour as well.
He deserves more money ! :)
I will certainly be recommending your company to anyone
interested in going
to that area.
I followed onto Penang and had a relaxing 5 days before
returning home.
Whilst not seeing anything new, I wasn't really birding, but did
get better
looks at a Stork-billed Kingfisher and a White-rumped Shama. A
pair of
Scaly-breasted Munia, with 4 recently fledged young roosted in
the window
box of bougainvillea near their nest, outside our room on the
7th floor ! I
also got great looks at Spectacled Leaf Monkeys, including a
Mother and baby
moving through the trees around the Hotel car park
And remember Lee , when you come to Australia, look me up. To
eat at the
same prices as we did there though, we will have to go to
MacDonalds !
Regards
Dick Jenkin - Australia June 2009 |
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All Avian Photos Contributed By Dr Eric Tan
- Our fellow Nature Photographer -
With Thanks -All
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