When we decided to move to Asia a new adventure started and of course, we also made it a priority to finally go to a real jungle trekking tour in Malaysia. Since none of us had any relevant experience yet we chose a moderately difficult trek for the first time.

We visited Taman Negara for 4 days 3-nights with 1-night jungle stay. We had 9 km walk ahead of us per day. We knew we had to prepare to walk 7 to 10 hours daily, depends on how fast we can move.

We left our big backpacks in Kuala Lumpur at the hotel reception and only took our 2 small 14 L bags. As we were told we will only need those and spare clothes, flashlight, swimwear, repellant, and of course our cameras. We wore simple running shoes and were comfortable on the whole trek.

However, trekking shoes may be a better choice if you’re worried about your ankle. Definitely, don’t wear sandals or slippers. You would be surprised how many people choose to wear them and then lose these flip flops during the trek. It’s not just dangerous for you but also harmful to the environment since most of these footwears are just left in the mud.

You have to be fit and you better have a travel insurance policy that covers helicopter evacuation otherwise they only come if you’re already dead because it’s too expensive.