Thursday, January 27, 2011

Taman Negara- Canopy Walk

Most of the life in a tropical rainforest is located in the canopy. Because the canopy is over 20 meters high, you can feel pretty far from all of the action when hiking through the forest. At Taman Negara they have solved this problem by building the world's longest canopy walk. The canopy walk extends for over 500 meters at a height of 40 meters above the ground.

The canopy walk at Taman Negara is located about a half an hour walk from the Taman Negara Resort. From all of the benches located near the start of the canopy walk, it appears that it can be quite crowded during the high season. Because we visited in low season there were not many other people on the walk which made it a much better experience. Because we were there in the middle of the day any animals in the canopy were around were not too active so I didn't see any exciting animals on the walk. However, the up close views of the rainforest and the panoramic views of the surrounding area were great!









Canopy walk platform.



Panoramic view from the 1st platform.


Another view of the canopy.

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