La Malaisie est le second producteur d'huile de palme du monde après l'indonésie. Cette huile sort du fruit rouge plus gros qu'un ananas. Le palmier en produit environ 2 par mois, ils sont placés dans des container puis récupéré par des camions pour être pressés.
Point 5 de la carte, le sommet de la montagne puis on redescend de l'autre coté (point 6). C'est là qu'on tombe nez à nez avec un aborigène qui chasse avec une longue sarbacane |
Après une longue descente on retrouve un affluent de la grande rivière et on en profite pour s'y baigner, il ne semble pas avoir de crocodile ni de piranhas !
Traversée du fleuve pour rejoindre le village |
Le lendemain bateau pour aller au point 19 de la carte
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On commence par apprendre comment faire du feu puis comment utiliser la sarbacane |
Elephant Sanctuary visit,
This sanctuary is funded by the government
it is the home to 70 elephants which have been rescued because of injury.
To visit the sanctuary it is free of charge , the only thing that you have to pay if you want to is to bath the baby elephants , this costs 2,5 euros each and 8 euros for a local guide per group which is an obligation if you choose the bathing ritual.
Their trunks are very soft and they are very delicate when they take food off you. |
This baby elephant has its front left leg shorter than the other ones. it was amputated after having been trapped in a wire . A donation has been made recently and he will have a false foot fitted very soon. As you can see he rests his head on the trunk in order to take some weight off his other legs.
Adult elephant bathing time |
They have a show with their trainers and they appear to love showing the public what they can do. |
Two guides with Paul in the middle |
For more information you can consult their web site. A lot of tour operators charge a lot of money to visit this park which is entirely free , if you do go there with a tour operator you are only paying him for the transport. it is not that difficult to get there by yourselves. You need to take a bus from Kuala Lumpur which stops in Chanlang, 3 euros and then a taxi the 12 Kms to the park (15 Euros there and back to the main road for a bus either back to KL or onto Kuantan and the east coast). It is a really super day out!
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