Fraser’s Hill - 3 Days / 2 Nights - ex Kuala Lumpur

(Full board (F/B), guiding fees, all transportation, accommodation inclusive all meals B/L/D)

Nestled high up in the montane evergreen forests of the Central Range of Peninsula Malaysia in the state of Pahang, Fraser's Hill is one of Malaysia's earliest hill stations. Located at an elevation of 1,100 meters above sea level, this is undoubtedly Malaysia's and indeed South East Asia's premier montane birding destination. Built by the British over a hundred years ago from an old tin mine, this hill station still retains it atmosphere of a rustic & tranquil highland retreat today.

Numerous quiet shaded forest trails offering anything from easy morning strolls to technical jungle trekking criss- cross the hills and offer excellent venues in which to spot and photograph lesser seen montane bird species.

You can expect to see birds such as silver eared mesias, long tailed sibias, blue winged minlas, orange bellied leafbirds, blue winged leafbirds, streaked spiderhunters, black throated sunbirds, fire tufted barbets, black browed barbets, red headed trogons, chestnut capped laughingthrushes, chestnut crowned laughingthrushes (now known as the malaysian laughingthrush), little pied flycatcher, bronzed drongos, lesser racquet tailed drongos, large cuckooshrikes, common green magpies, mountain bulbuls, mountain fulvettas, black & crimson orioles, rufous browed flycatcher, snowy browed flycatchers, pgymy wren-babblers, white throated fantails, oriental magpie robins, blyth's hawk-eagle, black eagle, javan hawk-cuckoos, collared owlets, house swiftlets, greater yellownaped woodpeckers, lesser yellownaped woodpeckers, grey chinned minivets, black crested bulbuls, blue nuthatches, golden babblers, black eared shrike-babblers, mountain tailorbirds, verditer flycatchers, large niltavas, grey headed canary flycatchers, slaty backed forktails, chestnut naped forktails.

Please note that the Bird listing here is only representative and is far from being comprehensive. If there are species you are specifically searching for, please tell us and we can see what we can do.

Itinerary :

DAY 1

(Only lunch & dinner is included)

Pick up Kuala Lumpur / KLIA and proceed to drive to Fraser's Hill.

Arrive at summit of Fraser's Hill & check into Shahzan Inn, Fraser's Hill

We will start birding as soon as everybody has settled in at the hotel and make the most of the day until last light.

DAY 2

(Breakfast, lunch & dinner included)

Full day birding at Fraser's Hill

Starting in the morning, we will see a wide variety of birds such as mesias, sibias, sunbirds & spiderhunters, cuckooshrikes, drongos, flycatchers, barbets and babblers coming in to feed at several regular feeding stations.

Moving on to the quieter sideroads, we will see more of the elusive skulking species such as the wren-babblers and broadbills and even the much sought after red headed trogon.Fraser’s Hill is offers various hiking jungle trails to explore such as the Bishop’s Trail & the Hemmant Trail. If jungle trekking is not your forte, the birding can equally be rewarding on the roads especially in places such as the Telekom Loop and Lady Maxwell Road. There is almost no end to places to explore for birds at Fraser’s Hill.

DAY 3

(Only breakfast & lunch is included)

Half day birding until about 1200hrs

Check out from Shahzan Inn at 1200hrs followed by lunch

1300 to 1400hrs - Drive back to Kuala Lumpur, estimated to arrive at 1700 to 1800hrs.

Drop off anywhere in KL or at KLIA

(please advice if you require a post night's stay in Kuala Lumpur so that we can try to arrange a booking for you OR your departure flight times so that we can time your arrival at KLIA Departures appropriately)

Inclusions : the following are included :

- Pick up and drop off anywhere in Kuala Lumpur or KLIA

- 2 nights accommodation as indicated in itinerary in a twin shared room (2X single beds. All rooms have attached bathrooms and toilets with hot and cold showers)

- All transportation costs by private 4WD including fuel and toll

- Includes all meals (B/L/D) daily

1. -Personal bird photography guide for entire duration of tour (3 days)
   

Please note that the rooms at the Shahzan Inn Fraser's Hill are not air conditioned as the montane climate temperature is already quite cool.

(there will however be free wifi internet access at Fraser's Hill for everybody)

Exclusions : the following are not included :

- Personal travel insurance

- Any orders on alcohol

- Additional meals and snacks

- Additional activities not specifically listed in above itinerary

- Other incidentals - telephone calls, laundry, paid wifi internet access, room minibar charges.

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