Here are some photos taken whilst trekking through Bkt Kiara Forest with Flintstone. We covered approximately 11 kms of mostly uphill-downhill trails. Started at 11 am, stopped for an hour for lunch and continued till 5.30 pm. Hats off Flinstone for his indepth knowledge of the forest especially the biking tracks and jungle trails, some of which he had a hand at building. Great job Flintstone! Over the past two decades there were about 53 trails built in Bkt. Kiara, but horses from the nearby equestrian club and now the ugly fence have reduce them by at least a couple of dozen.
Photo credit : Special thanks to Flintstone for contributing some of the photos.
Exhilarating & invigorating waterfalls
The upper fall
The lower fall
The upper fall from another angle
The pool at the lower fall makes for a nice cool dip.
Bull Frog - luv 'em or hate 'em. 😁
Bamboo orchid (Arundina graminifolia
A Greater raquet-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus)
Tadpoles - future Bull Frogs
Baby Bull Frogs
Slender Pitcher-Plant (Nepenthes gracilis)
The Lamprigera fire fly larva - glows in the dark.
Also the world's largest firefly
An Agamid lizard
Green-billed Malkoha
A Red-eared Slider terrapin (Trachemys scripta elegans)
Red Jungle Fowl
Stream cascade
Mossy stream and rocks
Orange Boulder
From another angle
Other mammals, reptilians, birds & others also call Bkt Kiara home
Plantain Squirrel
Monitor Lizard
White-thighed Surili (Presbytis siamensis)
Oriental Magpie Robin
Rufous Woodpecker (Micropternus brachyurus)
White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
Blue-throated Beeeater (Merops viridis)
Dragon Fly
Drynaria quercifolia fern
Giant Asplenium Nidis
Photo credit : Special thanks to Flintstone for contributing some of the photos.
Exhilarating & invigorating waterfalls
The upper fall
The lower fall
The upper fall from another angle
The pool at the lower fall makes for a nice cool dip.
Bull Frog - luv 'em or hate 'em. 😁
Bamboo orchid (Arundina graminifolia
A Greater raquet-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus)
Tadpoles - future Bull Frogs
Baby Bull Frogs
Stinkhorn or veiled lady, (phallus indusiatus)
The Lamprigera fire fly larva - glows in the dark.
Also the world's largest firefly
An Agamid lizard
A Red-eared Slider terrapin (Trachemys scripta elegans)
Red Jungle Fowl
Stream cascade
Mossy stream and rocks
Orange Boulder
From another angle
Other mammals, reptilians, birds & others also call Bkt Kiara home
Plantain Squirrel
White-thighed Surili (Presbytis siamensis)
Oriental Magpie Robin
Rufous Woodpecker (Micropternus brachyurus)
White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
Blue-throated Beeeater (Merops viridis)
Dragon Fly
Wow! so much life& beauty amongst Bukit Kiara. One has to only stop,watch and breathe to be in touch with the wonder of nature...
ReplyDeleteI mountain bike at Bukit Kiara regularly, but have yet to come across the mini upper and lower falls. I'll have to hike up the streams one of these days to explore it. Are these mini falls along the stream near the Sungai trail? Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThe giant bird nest fern (Asplenium) are epiphytic needing no soil as they use whatever falls into their nest. The Flintstone's Playground bike trail features some the biggest ones seen on The Hill. Unfortunately a tarmac road will soon be cut from there to the summit, if nothing changes.
ReplyDeleteThe Basket Oak Leaf Fern (Drynaria quercifolia) is not so common at Kiara, but can be found at the end of Apollo / beginning of The Mission trails. Mission is slated to be overlaid with tarmac soon.
ReplyDeleteThe net mushroom has the veil for very short time, like a couple of days. It seems to attract small flies and it really smells bad, like a dead rat. Maybe the flies help spread the spores, as part of the ecologic cycle.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what is that orange frog. It is very small yet detailed.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Well done! A few comments:
ReplyDelete1. The teh tarik water below the falls is a clear sign of habitat disturbance with exposed soil upstream. Something to watch out for as it kills much of the life in our rivers.
2. The tortoise appears to be a red-eared slider, which is an American species commonly imported by the pet trade and now established in Malaysian waters. It is a pest that is competing with and may be eliminating local species.
3. There are three species of leaf monkey or langur in Peninsular Malaysia. This one is the Dusky or Spectacled Langur (Presbytis obscura). In Malay, it is called Cengkong, after its loud call. It is beautiful to see it here. I wish it could be reintroduced to the Kota Damansara Community Forest.
Many thanks for the comments. The photos of the water fall was taken after a heavy downpour; which had caused the water to resemble 'teh tarik' kurang manis or turbid! :-)
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