The scientific study of the area was first conducted in 1892 by H W Lake, a miner and surveyor, accompanied by Lieutenant H J Kelsall.
Their research led to the forested enclave of Endau-Kluang being designated as a forest reserve in 1933, which later included the Lesong forest reserve in Pahang.
The park’s lowland forests are among the last in Peninsular Malaysia and have been identified as harboring unique varieties of plant life.
The park is also Malaysia’s last refuge of the Sumatran rhinoceros, although they roam only within the park’s remote areas.
Fed by three rivers that slide down from two plateaus, Endau-Rompin Park is also home to tigers, tapir, gibbons, deer, boar, countless birds, fish and rare plant species.
Pitcher plants or Nepenthes, some borne of aerial stems, grow in the montane forest, as do variety of orchids, herbs of the African violet family and medicinal plants used by the Orang Asli forest people.
This dense, lush habitat has nurtured several species new to science, including at least three trees, eight herbs, and two mosses, documented by the Malaysian Nature Society during its 1985-86 expedition.
Endau-Rompin National Park
