Tanah Aina Farrah Sofia, Raub Pahang - 22 October 2014
I heard about Tanah Aina from one of my single friends. My children are now at the age where they are more adventurous and are no longer interested with waterparks like Sunway Lagoon or the likes of it. So I decided to take a short trip last October with them during Deepavali/Awal Muharram public holiday to Tanah Aina Farrah Sofia in Raub, Pahang.
I book this holiday during the MATTA fair last September. In Malaysia, we have this MATTA fair a few time a year where many travel agents will showcase their holiday packages offers. I did my booking for this trip with one of the travel agent then. The whole package of 2 Days 1 night costs me RM750 for all 3 of us. The package includes accomodation and meals. For this trip, all of us agree that we should try the tent. Tanah Aina has a few choices of chalet, honeymoon suite, dorms and tent. Their tent is big enough to accomodate all of us. I have always wanted to sleep in a tent but I don't want to bother buying one and learning how to put it up. Here, we have the opportunity of someone setting it up for us. The tent comes with 3 beds. There's no aircond of course. During the day it is quite humid to be staying in the tent but we have a standing fan. But we don't stay in the tent much anyway because there are a lot of things to do. The scenery is beautiful, the stream is clear and just sitting around putting your feet in the calm flowing water is soothing. There is a ping pong table which my son played a few times with other people there. There are swings as well. My daughter and I play that a lot. There is also a tv room where you can laze around and enjoy the scenery. However, we dont laze around much because the package includes activities like (1) simple jungle trekking (2) watching the sunrise and (3) Night walks. All these activities are optional actually. Me and my children love these activities though. When else are you going to enjoy the nature, definitely not in the city. The Night Walk was cancelled during our stay because that night it rained. The soil will be too soft and not safe for us to trek on.
11:00am: Wednesday, 22 October 2014, we make a move to go to Tanah Aina. Raub, Pahang is supposed to be about 1 - 1 hour 30 minutes distance away from Klang Valley but I successfully managed to get myself lost (duh!) while finding Tanah Aina.
1:45 pm: I finally managed to reach our destination. I reached the parking spot where we leave our car. We were then asked to board on a truck/4-wheel drive to go to the resort. When we reach the resort we checked in. The process is very simple and quick. We were asked to have our lunch quickly as the trekking activity will start at 2:30 pm.
2:45-3:00 pm: They gave us a briefing before we start the trekking. With us there were about 4 - 5 couples, and 3 other families. 2 couples are on their honeymoon. I have not done jungle trekking for the longest of time. The last time I did it was when I was in my college days. That is like 20 years ago. So I was thrilled to be able to do this.
The jungle trekking involves having to go through clear river stream. Certain parts of the stream is higher than me but there are ropes that you hang on to so that you can remain afloat. Mind you, I don't know how to swim so I rely heavily on the ropes and handrails that are provided along the tracking route. The highlight of the trekking is the "Leap of Faith". We are expected to jump from a platform that is about 2 - 3 metres away from the surface of the water. It doesn't look scary from below, but once you are on the platform and look down - it was terrifying. I managed to do the leap only once and I thought I almost died. When you leap, it feels like you are doing bungee jumping minus the rope and when you get into the water, you go quite far down under the water before you re-surface again. The jump and the time you come back onto the surface is just about a minute or less but that was the longest minute in my life. Both my children did the leap more than 3 times each and they make it look so simple. Young people has more courage, I guess. After the leap we head back to our resort where a tea break was already spread out for us.
After the break, time for a clean change. We had our shower. Did I tell you that their shower is awesome! The toilet is like 5 star hotel toilet. We were not allowed to bring our own shower gel and shampoo because we are supposed to use the ones provided by them that are more organic and environmental friendly. Organic aside, the shower gel and shampoo were heavenly. It smells extremely nice for me though my children doesn't like it. It smells like serai or one of the herbs you use in the kitchen (ooops you know now I am not a good cook).
After maghrib, we head down for dinner next. The food tastes fairly okay. I am never much of a complainer about food. I am not a good cook anyway to comment on them. We had our fill and then we head over the stream to the small hall. There, we were shown a documentary on why we should preserve the earth and how the Malaysian's soil are being robbed by its own people of its timber which results in landslides, lost of habitat for the wild and the worst thing is that our children may not be able to see beautiful Malaysia with its natural greeneries. Patriotic sekejap. During our afternoon hike, there were pictures taken of us by the crew. So they showed us this video. We bought a copy of the video as well for us to see when we're back home. That night we were supposed to have night walk but because it rained, the walk was cancelled. After the show, it was a free and easy time for us for us to leisurely roam around.
We fell asleep that night without any problem at all. The night was cool and sleeping in the tent was comfortable. We fell asleep with the sound of the flowing stream. Nice and peaceful...
23 October 2014, 6:00 am.
We are up and about getting our shower and Subuh prayers. We head out to the small hall again to gather together before we hike to see the sunrise. The morning air was cool and refreshing. Not many families joined us for the morning walk though. The walk is a simple one going up the hill for about 20 minutes. There is a rather big seating area for us to sit and wait for the sun to come out. Then some picture takings. Lepak for about 20 minutes or so enjoying the beautiful morning before going down the hill. Going down is much easier and faster. Once we reach our camp again, breakfast is all set and ready for us. It is so nice to have everything prepared for us. If at home I would be the one scratching my head to think of what to feed my children. Here all food are prepared so I am totally not complaining. Easy life is what I am after.
After breakfast, more free and easy time for us. Yesterday, we didn't get to take much pictures so we did that at this time. Sceneries of the nature is indeed breathtaking and one you will never get tired of looking. The sound of the stream is soothing at the background. The clean fresh air is cooling to the lungs and one cannot help to be at peace with the natural green surroundings.
Enough easy life. Back to reality! We have nothing else to expect and we don't have a reason to wait until check-out time. By 11:00 am we are all packed. We checked ourselves out and wait for the jeep driver to come and get us and send us bak to the car park where our car is located. Even going up and down in the jeep ride is fun and funny for us. The three of us make enough noise to wake all the sleeping monkeys during the short 5-10 mins drive back to the car park.
For now, have a good evening. May Allah always protect us from harm that we know and that of which we don't know of. Good night and sweet dreams. Wassalamualaikum...
I heard about Tanah Aina from one of my single friends. My children are now at the age where they are more adventurous and are no longer interested with waterparks like Sunway Lagoon or the likes of it. So I decided to take a short trip last October with them during Deepavali/Awal Muharram public holiday to Tanah Aina Farrah Sofia in Raub, Pahang.
I book this holiday during the MATTA fair last September. In Malaysia, we have this MATTA fair a few time a year where many travel agents will showcase their holiday packages offers. I did my booking for this trip with one of the travel agent then. The whole package of 2 Days 1 night costs me RM750 for all 3 of us. The package includes accomodation and meals. For this trip, all of us agree that we should try the tent. Tanah Aina has a few choices of chalet, honeymoon suite, dorms and tent. Their tent is big enough to accomodate all of us. I have always wanted to sleep in a tent but I don't want to bother buying one and learning how to put it up. Here, we have the opportunity of someone setting it up for us. The tent comes with 3 beds. There's no aircond of course. During the day it is quite humid to be staying in the tent but we have a standing fan. But we don't stay in the tent much anyway because there are a lot of things to do. The scenery is beautiful, the stream is clear and just sitting around putting your feet in the calm flowing water is soothing. There is a ping pong table which my son played a few times with other people there. There are swings as well. My daughter and I play that a lot. There is also a tv room where you can laze around and enjoy the scenery. However, we dont laze around much because the package includes activities like (1) simple jungle trekking (2) watching the sunrise and (3) Night walks. All these activities are optional actually. Me and my children love these activities though. When else are you going to enjoy the nature, definitely not in the city. The Night Walk was cancelled during our stay because that night it rained. The soil will be too soft and not safe for us to trek on.
11:00am: Wednesday, 22 October 2014, we make a move to go to Tanah Aina. Raub, Pahang is supposed to be about 1 - 1 hour 30 minutes distance away from Klang Valley but I successfully managed to get myself lost (duh!) while finding Tanah Aina.
1:45 pm: I finally managed to reach our destination. I reached the parking spot where we leave our car. We were then asked to board on a truck/4-wheel drive to go to the resort. When we reach the resort we checked in. The process is very simple and quick. We were asked to have our lunch quickly as the trekking activity will start at 2:30 pm.
2:45-3:00 pm: They gave us a briefing before we start the trekking. With us there were about 4 - 5 couples, and 3 other families. 2 couples are on their honeymoon. I have not done jungle trekking for the longest of time. The last time I did it was when I was in my college days. That is like 20 years ago. So I was thrilled to be able to do this.
The jungle trekking involves having to go through clear river stream. Certain parts of the stream is higher than me but there are ropes that you hang on to so that you can remain afloat. Mind you, I don't know how to swim so I rely heavily on the ropes and handrails that are provided along the tracking route. The highlight of the trekking is the "Leap of Faith". We are expected to jump from a platform that is about 2 - 3 metres away from the surface of the water. It doesn't look scary from below, but once you are on the platform and look down - it was terrifying. I managed to do the leap only once and I thought I almost died. When you leap, it feels like you are doing bungee jumping minus the rope and when you get into the water, you go quite far down under the water before you re-surface again. The jump and the time you come back onto the surface is just about a minute or less but that was the longest minute in my life. Both my children did the leap more than 3 times each and they make it look so simple. Young people has more courage, I guess. After the leap we head back to our resort where a tea break was already spread out for us.
After the break, time for a clean change. We had our shower. Did I tell you that their shower is awesome! The toilet is like 5 star hotel toilet. We were not allowed to bring our own shower gel and shampoo because we are supposed to use the ones provided by them that are more organic and environmental friendly. Organic aside, the shower gel and shampoo were heavenly. It smells extremely nice for me though my children doesn't like it. It smells like serai or one of the herbs you use in the kitchen (ooops you know now I am not a good cook).
After maghrib, we head down for dinner next. The food tastes fairly okay. I am never much of a complainer about food. I am not a good cook anyway to comment on them. We had our fill and then we head over the stream to the small hall. There, we were shown a documentary on why we should preserve the earth and how the Malaysian's soil are being robbed by its own people of its timber which results in landslides, lost of habitat for the wild and the worst thing is that our children may not be able to see beautiful Malaysia with its natural greeneries. Patriotic sekejap. During our afternoon hike, there were pictures taken of us by the crew. So they showed us this video. We bought a copy of the video as well for us to see when we're back home. That night we were supposed to have night walk but because it rained, the walk was cancelled. After the show, it was a free and easy time for us for us to leisurely roam around.
We fell asleep that night without any problem at all. The night was cool and sleeping in the tent was comfortable. We fell asleep with the sound of the flowing stream. Nice and peaceful...
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| Tanah Aina Green Surroundings |
23 October 2014, 6:00 am.
We are up and about getting our shower and Subuh prayers. We head out to the small hall again to gather together before we hike to see the sunrise. The morning air was cool and refreshing. Not many families joined us for the morning walk though. The walk is a simple one going up the hill for about 20 minutes. There is a rather big seating area for us to sit and wait for the sun to come out. Then some picture takings. Lepak for about 20 minutes or so enjoying the beautiful morning before going down the hill. Going down is much easier and faster. Once we reach our camp again, breakfast is all set and ready for us. It is so nice to have everything prepared for us. If at home I would be the one scratching my head to think of what to feed my children. Here all food are prepared so I am totally not complaining. Easy life is what I am after.
After breakfast, more free and easy time for us. Yesterday, we didn't get to take much pictures so we did that at this time. Sceneries of the nature is indeed breathtaking and one you will never get tired of looking. The sound of the stream is soothing at the background. The clean fresh air is cooling to the lungs and one cannot help to be at peace with the natural green surroundings.
Enough easy life. Back to reality! We have nothing else to expect and we don't have a reason to wait until check-out time. By 11:00 am we are all packed. We checked ourselves out and wait for the jeep driver to come and get us and send us bak to the car park where our car is located. Even going up and down in the jeep ride is fun and funny for us. The three of us make enough noise to wake all the sleeping monkeys during the short 5-10 mins drive back to the car park.
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| Tanah Aina Leisure Hut |
We really loved the adventure that we had in Tanah Aina. Thank you for reading my musings this time around. I have another trip that I need to tell you. Will share that with you too, in sya Allah.
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| Our Tent at Tanah Aina |
For now, have a good evening. May Allah always protect us from harm that we know and that of which we don't know of. Good night and sweet dreams. Wassalamualaikum...
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