Another good find on the roads around Ipoh! Make it a 3 Day Ride so that you can take in Ipoh Town, Clearwater Sanctuary and Kellies Castle plus, you just might want to jump in the hot springs at The Lost World after a long ride!
Tambun, or rather, the Lost World, is quite a place! It's nestled amongst some really nice limestone cliffs 20 minutes north of Ipoh Town and easy enough to find as it has become a Sunway development. The Needle of Ipoh is located here. The Needle is a really sharp rocky outcrop that is located within the confiines of the LOST WORLD. It's a challenging and popular rock climbing venue.
The Lost World is a theme park that features a nice natural hot spring pool. There are two other redeming features here:
One - the limestone valley and
Two - the tigers!
The real lost world however is just outside the gates of the theme park. Sunway has built some really nice residences here and surprise, surprise, foreigners have bought all the properties with the best views of the limestone cliffs! It's a beautiful setting and, as a holiday home, it will be hard to beat - there's just something so majestic about cliffs in your back yard! It's a sight that few places can boast (although I have found another one very close to KL, but more about that later in another post).
Malaysian property developers, especially the reputable ones, have progressed in their work when compared to the developments of a few years ago. Sure, there are still the shoddy guys but there is a good movement towards better quality. The choice properties of the Lost World are going to be the 7 homes on the upper ridges of the valley - whoever buys those is going to be buying a real treat, overlooking a multi-million year old valley.
Across the road from the bungalow development is a small valley that narrows to a pond. Lying on the water surface of the pond is a floating rope. The rope leads to a cave entrance that can't be seen until you're at the entrance itself. This leads to 6 mile tunnel. During the Communist incursion, the rebels used the cave as a hiding base but the tin miners also knew about the cave and their handiwork can be seen clearly in the cave.
Tigers - one of the good things Sunway has done is to create a natural enclosure using the limestone valleys and a moat. Of all the animal enclosures in Malaysia, this is the best one. The handler is also passionate about his charges and it's really good to see the big cats respond to him.
I had no idea what to expect when I first heard about the Lost World but have to say that I'd like a bungalow lot there overlooking the cliffs. It's worth the ride or drive, especially via the old highway.
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