My group assembled at the Shell & Petronas Petrol Station before the Karak Toll as early as 7.15 a.m. for the trip to Tanglir waterfall near Selesa Hillhomes. After about more than 1 hour wait, our car plus 6 other vehicles started leaving for the waterfall around 8.30 a.m.
The narrow access road from the Karak Highway which bypasses the Selasa Hillhomes to waterfall appears newly tarred. However, the recent rains have caused certain sections of the road to cave in, thereby making the road uneven and slippery for saloon cars to negotiate over. Given the state of the road, it would be recommendable to use a 4WD. Seasoned trekkers could park their cars near the Selasa Hillhomes and trek about 4-5 km along the tar road to the Tanglir waterfall.
The trail head to the Tanglir waterfall, which is situated on the left side of the tar road, was unmarked and vague. Given the huge crowd, we decided to skip the main fall and proceeded to trek up the tar road to explore the upper Tanglir river. The upper Tanglir river is more or less at road level and accessible at various spots for picnicking.
After trekking for 10 minutes from the trail head to the Tanglir waterfall, the tar road ended in 4 trails. We explored the far left trail nearest to the river. The trail circumvents a watercress garden plot and ends in the upper part of the Tanglir river with small cascades. The water was shallow and muddy. Unimpressed we decided to back track down the tar road and headed for the Tanglir waterfall.
It took us about 5 minutes to scramble down the trail (from the tar road) to the waterfall. The Tanglir waterfall was indeed impressive but the pool water was murky brown probably due to soil erosion caused by the daily rain. It has a nice rest area for a small group of 10-20 pax.
At 12 noon, we started to trek out. After about 45 minutes of trekking, we were met by a kind member who fetched us out in a vehicle.
For the photographs, please refer to http://happytrekker.shutterfly.com/pictures/4638.
Attacus atlas (M), common, the largest moth in Malaysia. Another similliar sub species, v. rare, is A. edwardsi.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the ID. Hope to see an A Edwardsi one day.
ReplyDeleteI can see that you have graduated as a hard core trekker. the climb down must be very slippery. The waterfalls with that kind of looks very intimidating. Congrats.
ReplyDelete"Evolves from the red caterpillar?" Impossible ! Red caterpillar is a butterfly. This is a moth. The caterpillar of this moth is very large green with whitish powder all over the body. The pupa is encaged in cocoon. In insects there is no cross breeding. The reason is every male has its key to open same species hole ONLY. Any other key wouldn't do.
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