Lata Kekabu

Deru air dari gunung yang menerjuni lereng bukit berbatu-batu terjal, di celah-celah pepohonan rimba yang berusia ratusan tahun cukup menggetarkan perasaan.

Suasana di kawasan lata (lata = air terjun, mancur) ini memang cukup nyaman dengan suhu yang rendah dan segar.

Foto ihsan Syed Alfandi

Lata Kekabu menjadi tumpuan keluarga dari sekitar Lenggong dan Kuala kangsar untuk berendam di dalam air sungai yang cukup sejuk ini. Kawasan lata ini sentiasa dibersihkan oleh pihak-pihak berkuasa tempatan Lenggong.

Foto ihsan Syed Alfandi

Terdapat pelbagai kemudahan seperti balai besar untuk sebarang aktiviti, surau untuk beribadah, laluan pejalan kaki, jambatan gantung yang sesuai.

Foto ihsan Syed Alfandi

Tempat letak kenderaan yang cukup luas.

Pelbagai kemudahan seperti titian dan pondok rehat.

Kemudahan bilik mandi dan tandas (toilet) disediakan.

Balai besar untuk pelbagai aktiviti

Keindahan pepohonan yang masih utuh di Lata Kekabu.

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Video Lata Kekabu - Air Terjun (Water Fall)

By Idris Talu

Air terjunnya pun cantik, berlubuk dalam. Jika anak-anak ingin mandi, perlu pengawasan ibu-bapa kerana lubuk-lubuknya agak dalam airnya.

Video Lata Kekabu - Cascading Water Fall

By Idris Talu

Keadaan semulajadi sungai cukup nyaman dan menyejukkan. Sejuk airnya seperti air dari dalam frezer.

Ramai pengguna jalan raya Timur - Barat yang menghubungkan Kuala Kangsar Perak ke Kota Bharu Kelantan, singgah berehat dan mandi di sini.

Lata Kekabu mempunyai kawasan letak kereta yang mencukupi.

Lata Kekabu - Revisit2 - Facilties

By Idris Talu

Welcome to Lata Kekabu. We see what are the facilities provided here in order to give maximum convenient to the visitors. First we see the parking area. The park provided us ample parking spaces.

Lata Kekabu - car parking lots.

We are now entering Lata Kekabu park area:

Entrance to Lata Kekabu, Lenggong.

The first bridge we have to cross to the park.

The bridge in the Lata Kekabu (Kekabu Rapids)

Musholla or surau - Prayer place. Close to the river and bathroom.

After the first bridge.

Beautiful landscape.

Kenanga trees.

Bathroom and toilet facilities.

Good view in the park.

The second bridge in the park.

The bridge and the stream.

Nice place for taking bath.

Building that able to cater big crowd.

Do come again to Lata Kekabu,
Take nothing but photographs,
Leave nothing but footsteps.


We really appreciate and thankful to Malaysian Forestry Department (Upper Perak Division) for their best efforts on maintaining the cleanliness and the beauty of Lata Kekabu resort and it surroundings.

©idristalu@2009

Lata Kekabu - Revisit2 - River

By Idris Talu

The attractions of Lata Kekabu are the river, the cascading waterfalls and deep pools in between its.

Photo 1. - There is place where river flows slowly.

Photo 2. - So calm and quite too.

Photo 3. - One of the pools.

Photo 4. - One of cascading waterfalls.

Photo 5. - A siries of pools.

Photo 6. - The same pools.

Photo 7. - A big pool. Almost ten feet depth.

Photo 8. The same pool.

Photo 9. - Another pool.

Photo 10. - How nice this waterfall?

Photo 11. - My youngest son – Ikram, after taking a nap, feel lazy to take a bath.

Photo 12. - The huge trunk and the roots.

Photo 13. - A very nice view of Lata Kekabu.

We should appreciate and thankful to the management of Lata Kekabu - Hulu Perak Forest Department and other related departments.

Thank you.

©IdrisTalu@2009

Lata Kekabu - Revisit2 - Flora

By Idris Talu

Welcome back to Lata Kekabu, an ideal place for relaxing, reducing tensions and more interesting, back to nature.

Just after the first wooden bridge crossing the river, on the right hand side of the path, I found a tree with these kinds of fruits. During old days, my village's folk named it as "buah mangandeh" (looks like kandih or kandis).

The fruits taste sweet while fully ripe, but people don't like it because of the sharpness of the fruit's seed.

Photo 1 - Strange fruits at Lata Kekabu
These are the fruits looks like.


Photo 2 - Closer look on the fruits.


Photo 3. Nice fruits.

Photo 4 - The fruits.

Photo 5. - The tree.

It looks very nice and attractive.

The Forestry Department's staff may help us on the name of fruits or the tree.


Photo 6 - Attractive colours.

Photo 7 - Another view of the fruits.

Photo 8. - Fruits are all over the tree.


Photo 9 - View under the canopy.

Photo 10 - Fruits occupied at almost branches.

Photo 11 - Some said it is a wild langsat. I am not sure.

Photo 12 - Langkap's fruits, differ from kabong.

Photo 13 - Huge tree - no name on it trunk.

Photo 14 - Mini garden by the river bank.

Photo 15 - Putat - at early stage of fruiting with new leaves.

Photo 16 - Ferns on the river stone.


Photo 17 - Nice herbs - no name yet.

Photo 18 - Same kind of herbs.


Photo 19 - A kind of fern.



Photo 20 - Is it a root?

Photo 21 - Deffensive plant?


Photo 22 - Nice flower - kruing or what? Any one can help me?


Photo 23 - Nice herb on the river stone.

Photo 24 - Urang aring, keremak, Eclipta alba.


Photo 25 - One kind of Dedalu.

Photo 26 - Same as above.


Photo 27 - A kind of mushroom.

Photo 28 - Nice plant climbing tree.

Photo 29 - Fern on a tree.


Photo 30 - Beautiful view of Lata Kekabu.

Photo 31 - A durian orchard beside the lata. How nice if the management can transform it like what we have at Jeram Gading, Jelebu.

We really appreciate and thankful to Malaysian Forestry Department (Upper Perak Division) for their best efforts on maintaining the cleanliness and the beauty of Lata Kekabu resort and it surroundings.

©IdrisTalu@2009