HSBC Tree Top Walk

Update: A Vietnamese man in his 20s apparently died after a tree branch fell on him. He was killed near the exit of the Tree Top Walk of the Petaling Trail.

Was out with the guys at Venus Drive for a spot of the great outdoors. Had this planned for some time but was always postponed due to, well, you know, this and that.

Finally managed a period of relative calm in our schedule to get out there for the HSBC Tree Top Walk.

Thunderstorms threatened to fall on our parade but we decided to press on. Hence some of the guys brought along their brollies, just in case.
The walk was pretty ok. Moderate difficulty and quite achievable by the whole family. Parts of it was out in the open so it can get rather warm. While in the forested trails, the humidity can leave you drenched as well.There were a number of signs along the way. The "DO NOT FEED THE MONKEYS" sign was odd because the monkey seemed really happy when given a banana. Anyway, you can't feed bananas to the monkeys. You can feed them other stuff like chocolate, sandwiches etc etc.


We stopped at the Ranger Station before making the final push to the suspension bridge which is located about 250m from the Station. Took a group photo here. From Venus Drive carpark to the tree top walk it is about 2.5km. So depending on how you continue after the tree top walk, you can be walking more than 10km. We had a leisurely 6+ km walk.

This is the start of the tree top walk. The entire suspension bridge is about 250m and the highest "peak" from the forest floor up is about 25m. It's a one way bridge and the number of walkers allowed each time is limited. There are guards sitted at the entrance.

Took some more group shots...

The view along the bridge.
This is the view of bridge from the end. The entire bridge is empty now.





Thought it was a nice morning. Had lunch at the Casuarina Curry place. Fell asleep at home super fast after that.....