|
This is a controversial
destination. All birders in Peninsula should have heard of this
birding site. One catch! It is on private property and entry is
ostentatiously prohibited. The road still in service for employees to
maintain the power station servicing Genting Highlands Resort.
Ironically, the place is daily used by local residents who are
authorized to utilize this road as a recreation facilities. The road
is about 3 kilometers one way on fairly level ground. It hugs thickly
wooded hill slopes. The pristine and remote forest surrounding
encourages birds to move around freely. This is a dead end road with a
power station as the last point.
|
|
|
Here is the picture of the entrance. It
located on high ground overlooking the Police Guard Post. Anyone hanging
around the gate or making entry would be within sight of the police
personnel on duty. The gate is
now locked at all times. Local residents had circumvented this gate by
squeezing themselves pass vandalized openings of the fencing on the right
edge and lately on its left. Though there are a couple of warning signs,
these were ignored due to the laxity in enforcement.
Entrance - a
perpetually locked gate. |
|
After the area of the gate, the road
move relentlessly uphill. A couple of bends and a taxing stretch of a
kilometer. After that, for the rest of the way, the road is more or less
on level gradient even though it is carved out of the mountain slope.
Overlooking the early stretch, is the Highway to Genting Highlands and a
farming plot. |
|
This part of the trail happens
to be one of the few preferred birding area.
Besides the commonly seen
Brown Barbet, Bamboo Woodpecker and Bulbuls etc, Green Magpie and White
hooded Babblers had made their presence
On the first leg
of the road. View of the ground below. A memorial ground for its founder |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
There are stretches of road that are
unshaded, actually the trail on most part is under canopy. The common
birds here are the Chestnut capped Laughingthrush, Blue winged Minla, Grey
chinned Minivet and occasionally the Sultan Tits.
Down in the valley are the Mountain &
the Crested Bulbul. There are also frequent sightings of Hornbills.
So the bird list can go on and on.
Typical road
scene at the beginning -exposed |
|
|
|
This is the view of the type of
vegetation in the valley. A view as seen from the road.
The couple of valleys here were
earlier disturbed during the construction of the Cable car network.
Secondary forest has regenerated with strong presence of Bamboo plants.
Here a common bird to watch for would
be the Bronze Drongo.
View of the
forest inside the ravine |
|
|
A
well shaded road of approx. 3 kilometers long. Typical view. |
|
|
 |
Another VWander pictorial guide page |
Go to -
Khong's travel guide
|
BACK |
|
