Covering 4343 sq km and at twice the size of Luxembourg, Peninsular Malaysia’s greatest national park sprawls in a huge, verdant swathe across the states of Pahang, Kelantan and Terengganu. Everything about Taman Negara is big: the trees are dwarfing, the
A thick band of jungle buffers the two coasts from one another. Within the middle is Taman Negara, the peninsula’s most famous national park, and the Jungle Railway, an engineering feat.
The small town of Jerantut is the gateway to Taman Negara. There are no attractions in town, but most visitors to the park spend at least one night here.