Hi John,
I agree with you about Bukit Fraser. Unfortunately it now does not
meet one of your criteria, in that there is no longer public transport
up to Fraser's. You now have to catch the KTM Komuter train from KL
Sentral to Kuala Kubu Bahru station and catch a taxi up to Fraser's.
Some locations I would nominate are:
Mount Kinabalu National Park, Sabah, Malaysia;
Rainforest Discovery Centre, Sepilok, Sabah, Malaysia; and
Singapore, which has afew quite good birding spots accessible by
public transport.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
On 02/01/2010, at 8:44 AM, wrote:
Hi everyone,
Just to lift you out of the gloom of having to go back to work next
week and get you dreaming of further birding adventures....
My favourite birding destination (that is, one centre from which you
can easily access different birding locations), I think, would be
Bukit Fraser in West Malaysia. This is a little town on top of a hill
in the middle of forest, you can walk around the roads bird-watching
and walk down off the hill in various directions. It is also easy to
get to with public transport and you don't need a car. (In Australia
think Mt Tambourine).
Anyway, does anyone know of any other locality in Asia similar to
Bukit Fraser? I was thinking perhaps Thailand or India. Must have
similar features:
1. Extensive accessible forest, preferably at different altitudes,
with walking trails/quiet roads
2. Accommodation within walking distance of birding sites
3. Accessible by public transport, no need to hire a car
4. Enough variety to occupy an eager birder for 4-5 days (perhaps also
some open country nearby for open country birds).
Happy New Year everyone, and good birding
John Leonard
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