Day of waterfalls

Week 11 - 14th March '99

The name is Lata Juk

For me, the morning started early at 5.15 am but we ended up by leaving PJ just before 7.00 am. To avoid paying the road toll, we decided to do a causal weekend drive following the quiet country M1 Highway. The mood was so leisure that other agenda came to mind.

Beng Inn wanted to check for updates whether the contractor in KKB has started work on the slip road to bypass our "Akan Datang" Dam in Kuala Kubu B’haru. Joyce was eyeing her "Hong Kong" Papaya, the real kind around where? Kalumpang!

Imagine a small group of people and so such side orders!

We couldn’t tolerate the slow pace and stopped to have breakfast in the Slim River. It was a sound argument. Not bad, although the noodles came out with some heavily tinted red pork!

Very soon we were in the parking area for the Lata Kinjang Waterfalls. The place had changed! Clear signboard informs the public that this is a Forest Reserved area. The car park spruced up and was filled by 9.00 am.

Beng Inn did a solo walk up to the Lata Kinjang waterfall picnic area. He was the only member that day who had not been to Lata Kingjang before. The other two were busy with their leech socks and knee protections etc.

1 Lata Yuk

This is the sketch map in the area that prompted toays mission Find that Waterfall?

2 Got time to mingle

On this day, the area was bustling with activities. There appeared to be 2 groups of people camping beneath the fall and had taken up virtually all the free space. Joyce inquired from the Rakan Muda group whether they had been up of the waterfall and also hping to fish for updates on the trail conditions.

This is an interesting sight, this team of "Orang Asli" ladies gathering "Paku" ferns at their doorsteps for their cooking!

3 Ready to start

The leader from the outsider group came by and briefed us that they did a circuit with the group trekking 3 hours to complete the 10 kms distance.

4 With the guide rope we crossed the river

5 Not a big river but the water was fierce

From my previous week’s experiences I learned that there was no necessity to attempt keeping the shoes dry while crossing the river. Both Khoo and Joyce thought otherwise!

Practiced their skills in crossing the river without getting wet. Sorry- good try! Finally they did and Joyce refilled her shoes again with her latest strategy-salts.

Lata Juk

Up we went, the slippery and very steep slopes. On top of which a trail turning right leading to the upper cascades was blocked. Seeing signs of the faint trail we prodded through the trail partially covered by undergrowth. This is a precarious trail running at the edge of the steep slope.

On most part, of the trail, there was inadequate flat surfaces for good foothold. Then on some parts we depended on weed covered boulders to get across small ravine. Khoo and I had had being this way some time back, hence we were quite confident to push our way through. Then at the part when the trail started to move uphill, the trial was fully covered by thicker undergrowth. We had to call it quit!. From our archives here are some of the views of the upper cascades.

The places and the waterfalls are massive, watch out for glimpses of the tiny models just to get an idea of sizes

6 Uppermost Waterfall of Lata Yuk

7 Continuation of the Main Waterfalls

8 The second Waterfalls from the top

10 Further down - The 3rd Waterfalls

11 This is the lowest and the 4th Waterfalls

We had no intention for such long haul! In fact, we were "fishing" for some tips to find a quick way for to see the falls, "Click! Click! Click!" and off we would have gone.

12 Picture time now we had concluded

A mere 10 minutes walk, we were at the base of Lata Juk. The area around the rapids appeared well maintained and I could get a clear shot of this last cascades.

14 More pictures