Do you want to hear legends shrouded with the mists of time? Would you like to hear a natural orchestra resounding with the sounds of Nature and cascading waterfalls? As the district capital of Ledang, Tangkak in the state of Johor, Malaysia is also called ‘Syurga Kain’ or ‘Fabric Town’. If you want to hear the echo of fantastic tales, you can take a bus service to Gunung Ledang from Tangkak that is about 17 kilometers away or a taxi can also be hired from Tangkak. Excitehotels.com as experts in captivating the heart with excellent accommodations, offers their guests a journey with the craft of luxury and hospitality. Extending detailed outstanding care, Excitehotels.com takes every need of their guests into consideration and displays their website with pleasant and wonderful services.
Visitors staying in luxurious accommodations chosen by Excitehotels.com can visit Tangkak and go on a travel of taste with chicken rice, beef noodles, Bak Kut Teh, roti canai, nasi lemak, sate nazar, asam pedas, mee bandung and soto pak ali. Tourists can also sight the fabled Gunung Ledang (Mount Ophir) that is the highest mountain in Johor and evolves about 17 kilometers from the town center of Tangkak. Inspired by the backdrop of a mysterious mountain, visitors can set off after their filling meal to view the much-talked of beauteous scenery and a profusion of rich flora. With the famous Gunung Ledang Resort ranging over a gorgeous natural landscape, guests will be delighted by the bright color of spiders, giant butterflies and wild tropical flowers in exotic hues of crimson, orange and bright yellow. Adorning the area with natural beauty, this lovely place is strewn with boulders, crystal rapids and silver waterfalls with the background music of Nature’s creatures chirping and singing ballads of the forest with crickets, frogs and birds. The Gunung Ledang Resorts offers a great activity center with mountain biking, rock face climbing, night trekking and blowpipe that are deal for visitors and business people holding conventions to ease the stress of corporate life.
THE GLITTER OF ENCHANTMENT
Tourists and families will be enthralled with the fascinating legend of a beautiful princess whom the Sultan of Melaka wanted to marry. The Sultan could not keep up with her unreasonableness. She demanded a golden bridge to walk to Malacca from the mountain, a silver bridge for her to return from Malacca and a bowl of the Sultan’s young son amongst many other conditions. The Sultan could not bring himself to kill his son and was spurned. The princess eventually married a fierce warrior who everybody feared. He liked to tickle the princess’ ribs and one day in a fit of anger, the princess stabbed him in his heart with a needle and the warrior died. The princess fled to Mount Ophir and vowed that she would never ever look at another man in her life. Later, during a storm, the warrior’s boat was wrecked and formed the six islands off the coast of Malacca. As the rumors swirl around the jungle-capped mountain, ancient history opens its box of misty treasures to display that the mountain indeed has gold deposits that has attracted traders from China and Greece. As some swear by the fact that that the gold and silver bridges really existed and have been lost in the thick forests, the 14th century Chinese sailors who sailed through the Straits of Melaka called the mountain, ‘Kim Sua’ or the ‘Golden Mountain’. During the reign of the Majapahit Empire, the mountain was known as Mount Ophir or the ‘Mount from afar’ and means ‘Gunung Ledang’ in Malay. Excitehotels.com takes their guests through the shadows of the mysterious past to mesmerizing accommodations where they can rejuvenate in vibrant surroundings.
Lovers of Nature and hikers would just love the gorgeous and legendary beauty of Mount Ophir with lovely trails where they can hike from a trail starting in Sagil, a town in Johor and the other trail from Asahan in Malacca. Visitors staying beautiful accommodations handpicked with care by Excitehotels.com would be excited to discover the cool Puteri Waterfalls and the Twin Waterfalls where they can swim in the crystal waters with a canopy of rainforest trees above surrounded by exotic flora and fauna. The hiking trail and a rough path lead up to the summit. Brave-hearted guests can trek up to the summit and have the facility of arranging for transport to pick them up. Besides biking to explore ancient plantation trails and trekking, guests can also take a 4-wheel drive to the top of the mountain and enjoy the fabulous scenery that evolves with the Straits of Malacca and if it is a clear day, visitors can also see the coastline of Sumatra. The tourists can relax and picnic at the Sagil Waterfall and have a great time. Excitehotels.com celebrates the romance of caring and takes you on tours that will touch the heart that lead to the most exotic accommodations.
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How to get there
By Road
From the North-South Expressway, the turn-off point is 25km after Ayer Keroh and you can head towards Tangkak. You can proceed along the pastoral Route 23 for another 6km, past Sagil town, before turning left onto a road in a rubber plantation and proceed another 1km and from here, the route to the foot of Gunung Ledang or Mount Ophir can be seen.
By Bus or Taxi
A bus service is available to Gunung Ledang from Tangkak, about 16km away. Taxis can also be hired from Tangkak.
