Tuesday 14 October 2014

Royal Belum Rainforest

Fish Venue
 
original name: Royal Belum Rainforest 
geographical location: Perak, Malaysia, Asia
geographical coordinates: 5 ° 32 ' 110" North, 101 ° 20 '834 " East
target fish : Giant Snakehead, Jungle Perch, Malaysian Mahseer


The Royal Belum is composed mainly of pristine tropical rainforest, with many river systems, and small grassland areas, some abandoned agricultural plots, and Tasik Temengor, a large man-made lake. The Royal Belum is part of the larger Belum-Temengor forest landscape, one of the largest blocks of forest in Peninsular Malaysia.

The Royal Belum State Park was established in the year 2000. In July 2003, the Belum forest was known as “Royal Belum”. Officially gazette as the Royal Belum State Park on May 3rd 2007. Royal Belum State park has land mass of 117,500 hectares which cover approximately 40% of total Belum Temenggor Forest Reserves (300,000 hectares).

For anglers, it is a fishing heaven for many species of fish like Giant Snakehead and Hampala Barb  are the main target species for lure casting anglers. Other species like Lampam Sungai (Barboides), Kelah (Malaysian Mahseer), Belida (Spotted Featherback), Kalui (Giant Gouramy), Baung (Catfish) and many more are common in Royal Belum.







 nice size of jungle perch

malayan mahseer by native people
 
luxury house boat


 normal boat house

 nice catch..!!!


 hunting session
 
 
Rafflesia - Largest flower in the world

 Jahai tribe - native people of Royal Belom


anglers dream size

 emporor snakehead


 campsite

  chalet available

 the scenery