Malaysia Peninsular State Parks, Nakawan State Park


Malaysia Peninsular State Parks, Nakawan State Park 
玻璃市州级公园, 玻璃市州属, 马来西半岛

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Perlis State Park is located along the western border of Perlis, where Peninsular Malaysia meets Thailand. The Park is situated on the longest continuous range of limestone hills in the country, called the Nakawan Range which stretches some 36km long. The Nakawan Range has beautiful, heavily forested slopes, sheer cliff faces, streams and extensive cave systems. The Park consists of Mata Ayer Forest Reserve and Wang Mu Forest Reserve with a total area of about 5,000ha.

One unique aspect of the Perlis State Park is that it is the only semi-deciduous forest (which displays marked changes during the dry season, whereby the leaves fall) in the country. The Park's objectives are protection, conservation, research, education and recreation. Some of the major attractions in Perlis State Park includes the various caves such as Gua Kelam and Gua Wang Burma which is located within the 500 year-old Setul limestone formation

Perlis State Park is the first State Park established on 1997 and gazetted on 3 July 2008 to protect and preserve biological diversity. It sits in between Mata Ayer Reserve Forest and Wang Mu Reserve Forest with area of 4,379.81 hectares. Perlis State Park is on the west side of Perlis which is located on the longest limestone range in Malaysia (38 kilometres) known as 'Banjaran Nakawan'.

The natural forest Perlis State Park is the seasonal type forest of Meranti Putih-Gerutu or better known as partial forest deciduous (semidecidous). Most of the trees which grew on these limestone hills will drop their leaf during prolonged drought between December to May each year. In certain part of Perlis State Park, the vegettion forest is the dipterokapa lowland type.

Untill today, there are 616 species of flora (including one new species of Tectaria shahidaniana), 68 species of mammal (including 5 primate species, 4 cat species, 32 bat species), 211 species of birds (including 6 hornbill species), and 35 reptile species (including 27 snake) species were identified.   Kentoi Ape (Macaca arctoides) was the sole species of endemicmammal and can be found here. Bogak  species (Cycas clivicola) is a type of antiquity endemic plant and its rarity have become a symbol  for Perlis State Park.

The uniqueness of Perlis State Park is not only in the Flora and Fauna, but on the State Park itself. Most limestone hills located along Banjaran Nakawan is the oldest Setul Formation in Malaysia and the age are estimated of more than 500 million year. There are also other attractive places and can are visited by tourist in Perlis State Park such as Gua Wang Burma, Gua Kelam, Arked Niaga, Bukit Pelarit, Bukit Rongkit, Denai Warisan, Denai Putera Denmark, Tasek Meranti and Gunung Perlis. Historic materials and samples picked up from the park are also stationed and displayed in gallery.

State garden Perlis is a tourism destination for all age and group level. Experience obtained from this park is a valuable experience. To make all tourists feel comfortable, Perlis State Park provide  complete facilities such as hostel, seminar hall, chalet, surau, toilet, wakaf, campsite, view tower, open hall and canteen.

Tourist who would like to go to Perlis State Park may use their own transportation or the Public Transport, such as buses and taxi. Close to Perlis State Park is Kangar town which is 30 kilometres far. There are also two district near Perlis State Park, which is Kampung Wang Kelian and Kaki Bukit Town.

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