Selangor / Attractions / Taman Alam
This 800-acre
park, located in Kuala Selangor is a haven for a wide variety
of flora and fauna. If you are lucky, you will be able to spot
wild animals in their natural surroundings, such as mammals like
the smooth otter, leopard cat, silver-leafed monkey and macaques,
some 99 species of local birds, 57 migratory birds of which 26
are waders.
There are
also about 15 species of crabs, a variety of butterflies, insects,
reptiles, molluscs and fish, and not to forget mud skippers, mud
lobster and king crabs.
Taman Alam
provides facilities such as parking lots, visitors' centre, chalets
and rest areas. The park has six nature trails. Do not forget
to bring along your binoculars and camera with zoom-lens to view
water birds from 2 birds hides overlooking the brackish lake system.
Other points
of interest are the watch towers, the mouth of the Selangor River,
the secondary forest, mangrove forest, the board walk and mud
flats.
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