The park was named Taman Negara National Park after independent in 1957, which literally means ‘national park’ in Malay. Estimated to be 130 million years old and with an area of 4,343 sq kilometers, the highest mountain in the peninsular, Gunung Tahan (2,187 meter) is allocated in the area. Taman Negara National Park has a reputation as one of the world’s oldest tropical rainforest.
Taman Negara is often referred to as the untouched jungle. As one of the mega-diverse countries in the world, Malaysia is endowed with forested areas with ecosystems that are millions of years old and home to at least 15,000 species of flowering plants, 306 species of mammals, 150,000 species of invertebrates 4,000 species of marine fish, 832 species of mosses, 700 species of fungi, 2,012 species of ferns, 3,000 species of orchids.
There are three main river systems that originated from The National Park, namely Sungai Lebir, Sungai Terengganu and Sungai Tembeling that flow through the states of Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang, respectively.
Malaysia National Park (Taman Negara Malaysia)
