A trip to Kota Tinggi Waterfalls

During the school holidays last year, my parents had decided to go to Kota Tinggi Waterfalls, which is one of the naturally formed waterfalls in Malaysia. It is not really a well-known attraction as it is located in the more rural part of Malaysia. Nonetheless it still attracts the local people and Singaporeans. Well, my cousin had gone to the Kota Tinggi Waterfalls before. So, she had suggested that we go there.

We decided to travel there by car on a Saturday. Since our car is an off-peak car, we had to wake up at five in the morning to reach Johor Bahru by seven. Well as planned we had breakfast at a restaurant in Johor Bahru and had a drooling two hour drive to Kota Tinggi. In the drive I had seen brilliant scenery of the green plantations. I had even seen some of the plantations for which Malaysia is famous for, like the palm and rubber tree plantation.

When we reached there, it was not crowded at all. We first went to look at the upper waterfall. It was actually the major waterfall and the biggest one. It was out of bounce for swimming as the water was very deep and water was plunging down at a steep speed. It was really a fantastic sight to see.

We then headed down to the minor waterfalls to wet ourselves. This was the time that I had waited for. I quickly change to my swimming trunks. The water was really shallow and it was filled with a lot of rocks regardless whether they are big or small. Algae had grown on the rocks and they were very slippery. One time my father nearly slipped and fell on the hard rock, but fortunate for him a Malay gentleman had provide support and prevented my father from falling down.

After two hours of soaking myself in the crystal clear water, I went to the play pool. This pool was located further away from the waterfall so the water was a little muddy. There was tube slides located there. We were supposed to rent tubes for the slides. My brother and I had enjoyed ourselves in the play pool.

After the play pool we went for a short bath and were forced to leave as we were supposed to go back to Johor for a little bit of shopping. I feel the maintainers have allowed it to have a natural feel and have not touched on the waterfalls and fish living in the water. We left the Kota Tinggi with memories we will never forget and a promise to come back soon.