Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Jeram Linang

Near Machang, Kelantan - It was actually kinda late for us to go waterfall hunting for the day, but since we don't get many opportunities to visit Kelantan, we've decided to give it a go, even though it was raining quite heavily earlier. It was quite easy to find this waterfall park, plenty of signages and again, the directions given on WaterfallsofMalaysia site was very accurate. Since it wasn't a holiday, there were no visitors and the place looked empty when we arrived. It seemed that a lot of work were currently being put into upgrading this park, and I assumed that on weekends, this place is THE place to go to. A very popular place for the locals and facilities like toilets, showers, huts, prayer halls, cafes and even a mini zoo! can be expected here for a perfect day out with the fam.

The swimming area at this part of the stream was large and sandy.. a safe depth for children with slow flowing water.. There were also camping facilities, huts and BBQ pits, and I also noticed that there were a few light bulbs among the tress, giving the impression that the park has its visitors at night and well lighted..

Fun activities not only can be expected from the stream, the park also has a large playground.. mmm.. I wonder how packed this place is during weekends..

Slides and tubes for rent! Wow! These Kelantanese sure knows how to have fun!

Ain't no park without a hanging bridge! 

View of the swimming areas and pools as we ventured deeper to have a look at the main waterfalls only about 400m or so from the parking lot.

Another pool, just slightly deeper than the other two. It was rockier and shadier.

The Jeram Linang Waterfalls. At the base is a medium sized pool, and pretty deep but doesn't seem too dangerous..

Almost like the shape of a horseshoe..

Small waterfalls of medium  height, water volume appeared higher due to heavy rain earlier.

This looked like so much fun!


Wheee!!! This water catchment is so perfect for a cool dip and walking along the edges was so much fun.. I don't know how deep where the water falls, but I think it should be ok cos this park looked like it's well maintained.

This was soooo tempting!! The water was clear and the sandy banks are clean and free of rotting leaves. But gotta watch out on those slides.. the chipped cemented edges and broken tiles could be quite painful.. 

I sure was glad the park authorities decided not to cut down these trees.. beautiful butress trunks and these tall trees provided shades throughout the park.

'buah hutan'.. i don't know the name of this fruit, its just that they made interesting subject matter for my lens to focus on.. This park and the stream is one of the nicest place for picnics and swimming that we've been to.. if only we had more time, we needed to make our way to Kuala Terengganu before dark. One thing for sure, we now knows a great place to swim and chill when we are in Kelantan.. :P

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