Belum-Temenggor Forest
The largest continuous forest complex in Peninsular Malaysia, running north to the Thai border, where it meets Bang Lang National Park. Belum lies to the north and Temenggor to the south, and the Royal Belum State Park sits wholly inside it.
- Where
- Gerik, Perak, Malaysia
- Grade
- Heritage site
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 3 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 5.6700, 101.3800
Get the Belum-Temenggor Forest stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Belum-Temenggor Forest. 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 Perak volume with your photos and a note.
Near Belum-Temenggor Forest
Sultan Ismail Petra Mosque 77 km
A mosque in the border town of Rantau Panjang built in Chinese style, modelled on the thousand-year-old Niujie Mosque in Beijing. Its curved roofs and red and green colours look more like a temple in China than a Malay mosque.
Lenggong Valley 81 km
A green valley of villages and limestone hills between the Bintang and Titiwangsa ranges, listed by UNESCO for its archaeology. Its caves and open sites hold traces of people living here over many thousands of years, including the skeleton known as Perak Man.
Talo Mano Mosque 96 km
The oldest wooden mosque in Thailand, built in 1634 for a newly settled Muslim community in Narathiwat. It is still in daily use, and locals know it simply as the 300 Years Mosque.
Wat Phothivihan 98 km
A Thai Buddhist temple in Tumpat, one of 25 temples in a district close to the Thai border. It is known for its great reclining Buddha, one of the largest in Southeast Asia, and is among the most visited temples in the country.
Kampung Laut Mosque 103 km
One of the oldest mosques in Malaysia, a timber building with a tiered roof in the old style of the region. Nobody is sure when it was built: estimates range from the fifteenth century to the eighteenth.
Mount Jerai 105 km
A 1,217 metre peak rising alone from the rice plains of Kedah, once known to sailors as Kedah Peak. A winding road climbs to the cool summit, which looks out over paddy fields and the Strait of Malacca.
Bujang Valley 107 km
The richest archaeological area in Malaysia, a Hindu-Buddhist complex settled from the 5th to the 14th century between Mount Jerai and the Muda River. Restored temple bases called candi stand in the forest near Merbok, alongside the remains of ancient iron smelting.
Siti Khadijah Market 108 km
The central market of Kota Bharu, where most of the traders are women and the stalls are piled with produce, spices, fish and Kelantan sweets. The upper floors look down on the colourful ground floor below.
Questions
Where is Belum-Temenggor Forest?
Belum-Temenggor Forest is in Gerik, Perak, Malaysia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Sultan Ismail Petra Mosque (77 km), Lenggong Valley (81 km), Talo Mano Mosque (96 km).
How do I get the Belum-Temenggor Forest stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Belum-Temenggor Forest and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Perak volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Belum-Temenggor Forest before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Perak volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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