Endau-Rompin National Park
Protected rainforest straddling Johor and Pahang in the southern foothills of the Tenasserim Hills, around 870 square kilometres in all. It is the second largest national park in Peninsular Malaysia after Taman Negara, crossed by about 26 kilometres of trail.
- Where
- Mersing, Johor, Malaysia
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 2.4389, 103.2730
Get the Endau-Rompin National Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Endau-Rompin National Park. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Johor volume with your photos and a note.
Near Endau-Rompin National Park
Rawa Island 79 km
A small coral island off Mersing in Johor, with its neighbours Harimau and Mensirip close by. White sand and clear water draw swimmers and snorkellers on the boat out from the mainland.
Tioman Island 109 km
A densely forested island 20 km long, lying 39 km off the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Seven villages sit along its shores, and the coral reefs around it make it one of the country's favourite places to dive and snorkel.
Portuguese Settlement 115 km
A seaside neighbourhood in Ujong Pasir that is home to the Kristang, Malacca's Portuguese-Eurasian community. Their Creole language and Catholic festivals live on here, along with seafood stalls by the water.
Malacca River 117 km
The river that flows through the middle of Malacca state and its old city, a vital trade route in the fifteenth century heyday of the Malacca Sultanate. Boats now run along it past old warehouses, bridges and painted walls.
Malacca Sultanate Palace Museum 117 km
A timber reconstruction of the palace of the Malacca Sultanate at the foot of St Paul's Hill, worked out from descriptions in the Malay Annals. It is built of hardwood and belian wood held together with wooden pegs, and was begun in 1984.
A Famosa 117 km
What remains of the fortress the Portuguese built around 1512, after the Dutch took the city and the British tore the rest down in 1811. The Porta de Santiago gateway still stands at the foot of St Paul's Hill, with the rebuilt Middelburg Bastion nearby.
Christ Church 117 km
An Anglican church built by the Dutch in the eighteenth century, painted the same deep red as the Stadthuys beside it on Red Square. It is the oldest Protestant church in Malaysia that still holds services.
Stadthuys 117 km
The red town hall the Dutch built in 1650 as the office of their governor, the centrepiece of the square known as Red Square. Under the British it served as treasury, post office and government offices, and the red clock tower stands just beside it.
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Questions
Where is Endau-Rompin National Park?
Endau-Rompin National Park is in Mersing, Johor, Malaysia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Rawa Island (79 km), Tioman Island (109 km), Portuguese Settlement (115 km).
How do I get the Endau-Rompin National Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Endau-Rompin National Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Johor volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Endau-Rompin National Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Johor volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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