FRIM; where the Green Greens

You may take a walk in a park as the wind blowing and the shady trees canopying you. But a walk in FRIM would never feel the same.

At FRIM, your relaxing tour would be the best moment you could ever had.

The pacifying green, the fresh gentle breeze as it puffs through your senses, the soothing eye catching scenery, the cool shady lulling trees, and the feel that you will be dying to have it once again, all those you can experience at FRIM, the naturest nature experience.

To wander about the FRIM area, to rover through the greenery trail, to stroll through the eye catching views, is a step into the endless heaven.

Canopy Walkway: Up Up and Away

In FRIM there are a lot of outdoor activities that you can enjoy. Firstly is the Canopy Walkway. Why it is called canopy walkway is that the big huge trees would shadow your path through, just like canopy.

Started the journey at the bottom, visitors have to climb the hilling paths at about 5km. It worth the fatigue you would get as after the 5km, you will reach the hanging bridge. Stood at about 6000 feet above sea level, your experience in other hanging bridges could not help you.

With 200m long, this hell-like ride was constructed in 1992 for scientific studies of above ground flora and fauna. It was built 30m above ground level. Now it is open for entertainment.

As to note, I myself felt trembling like a leaf even though already five times experiencing hanging bridges.

The moment you step on the bridge, all the shivers crept through. You can see largest trees as if you have never seen once, were like waving to you. The bird eye view scenery from above was really captivating, with the water flowing here and there and the wind was stronger up up at the higher level.

The hanging bridges have four curved stations, and each station provides space for rest and beautiful scenery. You can see the whole Kuala Lumpur city from there.

Canopy Walkway is available everyday except for Monday and Friday. Make booking latest at 1.30 p.m. with the RM5 charge per head for normal citizen, RM 3 for students and RM 10 for the tourists at the FRIM’s One Stop Centre.


Soaking wet at the Wetland and Picnic Area

So much with the sweats and exhaustion at the canopy walkway, there is nothing more exciting than to throw yourself into the water.

Let your body drift away with the chilly and tender currents at the waterfall. Visitors can have picnics near Sungai Kroh. Two shelters and restrooms are available in the area.

If you are fit enough to climb the stairs alike path at the top of the waterfall level, you can experience the most natural Dr. Fish you could ever had.

As you put your feet to rest near the shallow water at the rocks, flocks of fishes will attack your legs and gave the bittersweet bites that you will never forget. The bites of love. The bites of nature.
Pix:Watch the water dripping setting your
adrenaline rush to the highest extent just to get drown in it


Get green in the Kepong Botanical Gardens

As for the outdoor done, the visitors can visit the Kepong Botanical Gardens. This garden is developed as the center for living plant collections mainly for Malaysian plants, which in other words, are the haven for these species to be evergreen and eternal.

This very unique garden gives research opportunities in botany, horticulture, landscape and other related fields. Plants from the wild will be systematically collected and planted in the garden for exhibits and as the hub for conservation.

Watch the largest collection of the stunning and serene flowers and other plants as they kiss all your pains and weariness of the stone forest life. You will be obsessed just by observing through the colorful petals and thorns of the plants. Horticulture and landscaping education, research and development will be another strong feature of the garden.

Among the activities have been done at Botanical Garden is the tour around the garden for the old folks.

Well, that shall I say about FRIM. Though how beautiful it is, what matters most is what we can absorb from the nature. FRIM may have played their parts in protecting the nature. What can we do is to support them wholeheartedly, not only appreciating the nature at FRIM but to wherever our foot steps bring us to.

"The splendor of FRIM might only be the significant of other nature through the world. It offers such great scenery that nobody can ever doubt the tranquility you can enjoy there. It would be so wasteful to let it washed away by the man’s greed."

As it may sound dreamy, this is what we should fight for. Let the green stays green forever. And what we can do, at least, visit FRIM. You can understand better what I am saying.