Part of the Taman Tugu Forest Park is now open as a green space for you to learn, appreciate and experience one of Malaysia’s greatest heritage – our flora and fauna, and to escape from the hustle and bustle of the city.
Its close proximity to the city centre as well as the Perdana Botanical Garden made it a great alternative for Kuala Lumpur city dwellers to enjoy mother nature while exploring forest trails.
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The park opened in September 2018 with the aim of conserving a 66-acre green-lung in the middle of Kuala Lumpur and turning it into an urban forest park open to the public. Currently there are 2 kms of forest trails on a 20 acre portion of the site and this will be expanded in due course.
Taman Tugu Forest Hiking Trail Entrance & Location
The forest trails have two entrances along Persiaran Sultan Salahuddin, namely the Taman Tugu Campsite Entrance and Taman Tugu Nursery Entrance. The trails are opened to the public from 7am to 6.30pm.
p/s The Taman Tugu Campsite is still work in progress and is targeted to be opened by Q2 2019.
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Visitors can start at several routes of the trail as it branches out to different forest trails between the two entrances.
It was not a tough trail and the shortest route connecting both entrances takes about 20 to 25 minutes at most.
The trail was fairly easy and I believe it should be alright for every age group.
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Something different apart from other forest trails is that logs were lined up as borders of the forest walkway while rocks were made into steps at several places of ascend and descend.
Visitors can also enjoy checking out the tree species and get to as most of the trees were tagged with its scientific names on it.
Interesting details of Taman Tugu are printed along the trails while a board highlighting the map of the trail and other facilities in the park is placed at the entrance of the park.
Several check-point tags are also in place where the trails branch out to different directions.
As you walk the trails, you will also notice quite a number of palm oil trees. It is believed that the trees were brought by the British prior to independence when the site was home to British residences.
The British initially brought in the palm oil seeds from West Africa and planted it for ornamental purposes.
After independence, the site was home to Malaysian government officials including Malaysia’s first Director of Agriculture, and Finance Minister Tun Tan Siew Sin.
The site eventually became a government quarters and you will see the remnants of these quarters as concrete slabs along the trails.
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Taman Tugu Forest Park
- Opening Hours: 7.00am – 6.30pm daily
- Entrance Fee: Entry is free and open to all. Management may close the park due to inclement weather
How To Go To Taman Tugu Forest Trails
Entrances
There are two entrances to the forest park, along Persiaran Sultan Salahuddin, as shown in the masterplan above; the Taman Tugu Campsite Entrance and Taman Tugu Nursery Entrance.
p/s The Taman Tugu Campsite is still work in progress and is targeted to be opened by Q2 2019.
Taman Tugu Parking
Parking is available at:
- Rumah Kelab Pegawai Tadbir dan Diplomatik (PPTD) (look for “Tugu View Café”)
~ 2 mins walk to Taman Tugu Trails Nursery Entrance - Padang Merbok Carpark (look for “Padang Merbok”)
~ 12-15 mins walk to Taman Tugu Trails Nursery Entrance - Lake Gardens Multi Storey Carpark (look for “Padang Bertingkat Taman Botani KL”)
~ 12-15 mins walk to Taman Tugu Trails Nursery Entrance
You can Google or Waze to:
- “Taman Tugu Campsite Entrance” to enter from the Taman Tugu Campsite Entrance
- “Taman Tugu Nursery”/ “Taman Tugu Nursery Entrance” to enter from the Taman Tugu Nursery Entrance
