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Selangor / Taman Alam

This 800-acre park, located in Kuala Selangor is a haven for a wide variety of flora and fauna. If you are lucky, you will be able to spot wild animals in their natural surroundings, such as mammals like the smooth otter, leopard cat, silver-leafed monkey and macaques, some 99 species of local birds, 57 migratory birds of which 26 are waders.

There are also about 15 species of crabs, a variety of butterflies, insects, reptiles, molluscs and fish, and not to forget mud skippers, mud lobster and king crabs.

Taman Alam provides facilities such as parking lots, visitors' centre, chalets and rest areas. The park has six nature trails. Do not forget to bring along your binoculars and camera with zoom-lens to view water birds from 2 birds hides overlooking the brackish lake system.

Other points of interest are the watch towers, the mouth of the Selangor River, the secondary forest, mangrove forest, the board walk and mud flats.