I enjoyed my visit to The Tree Top Walk of Hutan Lipur Sungai Sedim, Kedah very much. Though getting there wasn’t easy, I would say that they trip was all worth it. The canopy walk was much more than what I have expected.

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I enjoyed my visit to The Tree Top Walk of Hutan Lipur Sungai Sedim, Kedah very much. Though getting there wasn’t easy, I would say that they trip was all worth it. The canopy walk was much more than what I have expected.

Entrance fee is RM10 for an adult and RM6 for children for a 925meters worth of nerve wrecking height among the trees. The structure used for the Tree Top Walk (TTW) in Sg Sedim is built onto the ground. Unlike the canopy walk in Taman Negara that is built between natural trees, this TTW gives me more confidence in terms of stability and built.

The Tree Top Walk in Sedim is built on artificial bases

The designs and built gives me the confidence

Yup…yup…I am afraid of heights. I admit it. The TTW in Sg Sedim is built using really huge metals, with railings and bolts at sizes I have never seen before. I honestly doubt if this is a local ‘Malaysian’ design. One gotta have the stomach to take in the heights and occasional ’swaying’.

A word of advice…go to the toilet and do what you need to do before you get onto the walkway. It’s almost a one kilometer walk and the height may actually make you freeze, so having to answer nature’s call while on the walkway isn’t a situation you want to be in!

There are signs such as these that helps to identify plants

Height is one thing and although the structures are built on a solid foundation, I still felt the walkway sway at certain span of the bridge. This happens whenever there is a strong wind and also when there are other walking heavily along. Its kind of scary at the beginning but you’ll get used to it after a while. Along the walkway, there are many labels and signs indicating how high you are from the ground. It seriously is very high, some places more than 10 meters.

I am glad I made the road trip to The Tree Top Walk at Sungai Sedim that weekend. I had a great time with my wife, my mom and aunt. Though there are many other things to do there but I think only the Tree Top Walk of Sungai Sedim is worth the while.

The place is called The Tree Top Walk Hutan Lipur Sungai Sedim. I am not sure what are the differences between a [...]]]> Now…get this. Do you know that the longest tree top walk in the world is in Malaysia? Well, it is and it is situated among the big jungle trees in Sungai Sedim, Kulim Kedah.

The place is called The Tree Top Walk Hutan Lipur Sungai Sedim. I am not sure what are the differences between a tree top walk and a canopy walk. I have done the canopy walk in Taman Negara eons ago and the only difference I noticed was that the one in Kulim is built on a permanent structure from the ground up with most of the walkways suspended on these supporting beams. The one in Taman Negara on the other hand is built with most of its walkway suspended from natural trees.

Me and my better half decided to explore this ‘world’s most’ during one of our road trips back to my hometown in Kedah. I couldn’t really remember how to get to the Tree Top Walk in Sungai Sedim although I have visited it two years ago. Back then, it was a work-recee trip, trying to establish a route for an adventure race (which did not happen).

Anyway, from Sg. Petani, we headed on the PLUS highway towards Butterworth. We then turn off onto the Butterworth Kulim Expressway (BKE) highway and drove straight into Kulim. Sungai Sedim is roughly 33km from the town of Kulim.

It was not easy finding this place. Unfortunately, like many other ‘Malaysian’ projects, there was barely enough signboards to get us there. We stopped no less than 3 times to get directions. Anyway, one local told us to head into the Kulim Hi-Tech Park and head on straight. We passed the Hi Tech park and that is only when we saw more signboards pointing the way.

Not many signboards to show the way, so ask around

After the kulim Hi Tech park, it was mostly winding, narrow and ‘remote’ road all the way in. Going in felt like forever.

Drive carefully as there are many of these locals on the side of the roads

There are more signboards within the few kilometers from Sungai Sedim

Closing on to the Sungai Sedim area, I can’t help but notice that the access road was still under repair and construction. 2 years ago when I visited this place, they were already working on the road and the bridge. In November 08, they are still working on it. Imagine the irony of building and completing the world’s longest canopy walk to then only worry about the access roads. Sigh…I sometimes wonder if there was any forward thinking plan in place when they decided to work on this project.

Even this welcome arch is still in works!

Finally, we arrived.