Pulau Banding is a man-made island located within the
majestic Temenggor Lake. Sitting amidst the million-years old Belum Rainforest,
visitors to the island can look forward to indulging in nature based activities
such as fishing, bird watching, camping and visiting orang asli settlements.
Explore the beautiful outdoors, or relax indoors with a wide
variety of activities to choose from. If it’s the outdoors your prefer, try
your hand at fishing to enjoy the thrill of reeling in kelah(mahseer), or even
a toman(snakehead), opt to go boating, or take a dip in near of the numerous
waterfalls that can be found around the lake.
In 1974, then Prime Minister, the late Tun Abdul Razak, had
an ingenious plan to flush out the communists by building a dam and filling up
the Temenggor catchment area with water from the mountain rivers. And thus the Temenggor lake was formed.
As a consequence, Banding (the highest peak in the Temenggor
basin) was transformed into an island.
With the East-West highway running through the island, Banding is the
only island in Malaysia that is serviced by two bridges linking it to the
mainland. As for the communist
terrorists, they were summarily flushed out of the catchment area and were
forced to flee to southern Thailand.
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