24 November 2023

Singapore and Johor, Malaysia, July 2023

A very brief trip to Singapore and potentially a good mammal watching site in Johor, Malaysia. Species seen include Raffles banded langur and southern pig-tailed macaque.

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Singapore and Johor Malaysia July 2023

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Michael Johnson
Australian. Founder and Director of Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park. My primary interest is threatened species recovery.   All my life I have enjoyed watching wild animals whenever I saw them, but never took it further. In 2018, my 60th year, I started to record what I saw, and this has become my dominant hobby.  I love nothing more than turning up in a place where there are lots of new species to see.
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  • 24 November 2023
    JanEbr

    You say that Panti requires a permit – did someone check it? When we were there in 2018, the bunker road was freely accessible – well until same gate many kilometers deep, but that looked like there is some mining behind it, not related to conservation. Hiring a car in Malaysia is indeed straightforward, the driving is really cultured there as well.

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    • 24 November 2023
      Michael Johnson

      True, nobody checked and you could just drive down the road. However my guide said that checks are made from time to time. I imagine the ramifications’ for him as a professional guide in not having a permit might be different to the ramifications’ for you or me. There is a good chance we could get away with a “sorry, didn’t know”.

      • 24 November 2023
        JanEbr

        Thanks, good to know! I was in Panti only for one morning, just checking the birds, but it really looks like an interesting place for animals in general, particularly considering that there isn’t that much room to access forest freely in peninsular Malaysia. Btw. for us this very sign is iconic, that’s where we started collecting a photo album of animal warning signs from all around the world, which we call “AWAS” 🙂

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