GO kayaking, fossil-hunting, river-wading and caving – all in a day. It might be tiring, but if you have the stamina and want a rich outdoor experience, it is possible. Retired geologist Tang Thim Wan, 75, gave it a try and found it satisfying.
“The important thing is that the locations of these outdoor adventures are close to each other, so there is minimum travel time and maximum playtime,” he said with a smile. Kayakers and swimmers in life jackets. His four-in-one jaunt was in an area in Perak about 30km south of Ipoh, within a radius of less than 10km around Malim Nawar, Jeram and Sungai Siput.
The start of his adventurous day began at about 8am on an ex-mining lake in Malim Nawar, which looks a little different from most other lakes. Unlike the hundreds of ex-mining lakes in Perak, this one is not an open body of water. Instead, it is ringed by craggy limestone outcrops that extend out to the water.
To see the lake from your smartphone, point your Google Maps app to “Pinnacles Kampung Changkat Tualang” and activate the satellite view. This photo shows how the lake water is actually clear and the colour of Chinese tea. It is not a tourist destination; there are no proper roads leading to it, only dirt trails of kampung houses and farmland.
It covers an area of 6ha, or around eight Fifa World Cup football fields, and Tang said the lake has a rugged, undisturbed natural setting. Even better, he said there were several fossils on the limestone formations. “They .
