LATA BAYU
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Location: Compartment 18, Rimba Teloi Forest Reserve.
30 km from Baling.
Accessible by road.
Also known as Lata Asam Jawa
Type of Forest: Lowland Dipterocarp Forest.
Elevation : 100 - 150 m a.s.l.
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Special Features:
This site boast of a marvelous 20 m waterfall that forms a pool at the bottom of it known as Lubuk Lesung.
The surrounding are is hilly and there is a 5 km jungle track that leads to Tok Bidan Hill (842 m a.s.l.)
This site is ideal for picnics, swimming, jogging and other more adventurous activities.
A wide variety of flora and fauna of lowland dipterocarp forest such as meranti seraya meranti tembaga, meranti melantai and non-dipterocarp species such as kulim, terap keledang and bintangor are found here.