Monday, November 3, 2014

BOTANICAL PARK MELAKA SERVE FORESTSTAY



       Before leaving Melaka during our visit recently, we drop by at several places including Botanical Park Malacca (Melaka).



Our arrival was greeted by the manager and operators of the Foreststay park and we were served with delicious local made icecream contains variety of flavors as a welcome treatment.

 After being brief about the Park, we were than escorted to our lunch venue at the foreststay cafe and served with variety of local recipe.


Different from Homestay, Kampungstay or Townstay, Forestay presents a unique experience for visitors who wish to stay and in a peaceful tropical rainforest.

Botanical Park Malacca which provides forestay concept located just five minutes drive from Ayer keroh tol.

Formerly known as “Hutan Rekreasi Ayer Keroh”  the park spread across more than 92-hectare of forest and surrounded by more than 300 distinct of flora and fauna. It is also a home to various animals including a few species of monkey.

By only walking around the park, visitors will enjoy watching several types of monkeys swinging around the trees as well as enjoying the peaceful atmosphere around the park.

The park provided visitors and tourist with a comfortable and reasonable price of chalet and dorm from RM35 to RM150 pernight for each person who wanted to overnight and experience the foreststay.


As for those who like camping, a wide area of campsite that can accommodate up to 700 people is also available at RM3 pernight for each person.

Various activities including jungle trekking, jogging, camping, motivational activities buggy ride are made available here.

As soon as we finished our lunch, we were taken to visit the surrounding and try a few activities such as paintball shooting and survivor programme.




As for the book lover, you can visit and confine yourself at Kampung Buku (Book Village) which is situated in the middle of this park.

Listed as no two of the Book Village in Malaysia and no five in Asia not only provide reading material but equipped with internet and provide meeting room and including a venue for book launching.

More than 15000 books from local and international publishers can be found here and it operates from Tuesday to Sunday at 9am to 6pm.


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