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Poring Hot Springs & Treetop Trail

  • August 15, 2002
  • Rated 4 of 5 by stevepage from dundee, United Kingdom
Poring Hot Springs & Treetop Trail

A popular place for locals to visit during the holiday period, the main attraction is listed as the hot spring pools – these are well developed swimming / sitting pools which utilise the natural hot sulphur springs – supposedly good for your health but also a nice way to relax for a while. As far as we were concerned though the better attractions lie uphill from the spring pools – there’s a high level walkway strung up between the tops of the rainforest trees – about 60m up, you start off by climbing a staircase to the ticket control then off you go on rather shaky rope bridges – they have been enhanced for the tourists but are certainly not for anyone who has trouble with heights or balance. There are other rope bridges in the area but these are for scientists only as they lack the safety nets etc of the tourist ones and are closed off. We didn’t see any wildlife other than birds but did get a great view out of the forest and had a good laugh posing for photos on the bridges. Also at the park is a small museum dedicated to insects – the display cabinets (dead spiders and the like) are not very appealing but the butterfly house (live butterflies) is very interesting and worth taking your time or you’ll miss many. The park also has a restaurant (basic stuff) but service was fairly slow for anything other than drinks / ice cream etc.

From journal Wilderness & Wildlife in Borneo

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