Take a 2 or 3 night excursions from Kuala Lumpur to this beautiful park, whose vast virgin rain-forest is older than the jungles of the Congo or the Amazon, and the habitat of rich birdlife. Estimated at 130 million years old, Taman Negara is one of the oldest rainforests in the world and covers an area of over 4300 square kilometres. The park is a bird watchers paradise with over 300 species recorded. Elephant, the Sumatran rhinoceros and tiger may also be found amongst the 14,000 species of trees. A 3 hour drive from Kuala Lumpur brings you to Kuala Tembeling, for a 2 hour longboat trip to the Taman Negara Resort.