Location: Gopeng
Top Things to do in Gopeng
What to do and see in Gopeng, Malaysia: The Best Places and Tips
Gopeng is a town located in Mukim Teja, Kampar District, Perak, Malaysia. It is situated approximately 20 km south of Ipoh, the state capital. The town is located on the west side of the North-South Expressway stretch of Tapah-Simpang Pulai. The limestone hills and the Titiwangsa Mountains are clearly visible; the expressway penetrates between them and the view of the Tapah-Gopeng stretch is one of the most picturesque areas on the west side of Peninsular Malaysia.
Restaurants in Gopeng
1. Nomad Adventure
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 139 reviews
Nomad Adventure is Malaysia's leading outdoor adventure company. We are the only Malaysian adventure company which is certified in ISO 9001:2008, which means that we offer to our clients the highest quality services. We provide a wide range of outdoor activities such as: whitewater rafting trips,kayaking, caving, rock climbing, high ropes course, waterfall abseiling and adventure racing among many others. IMPORTANT: You need to book your trip in advance, we do not practice walk-in inquires and can't guarantee we will be able to accommodate you without any previous notice. Please check with our office before travelling to Earth Camp. We also provide accommodation, our camp is called the Earth Camp and it's a place where we help our clients to learn about the environment and culture. It's a great opportunity to make your adventure trip longer!
Reviewed By Myxamatoful - Singapore
We are a family of 3. My teen is 13 yrs old . This is our family's 2nd time visiting Nomad Adventure. 4 days of thrilling fun exploring gopeng on our mountain bikes with guides , Soleh and Najib. Rode our bikes to Ulu Geruntum fall where we had a little picnic , lunch and swim there . After that we headed off road to a limestone quarry . Definitely worth it ! A Gorgeous sight!!
Next day we rode to Ulu Geroh , where we trekked a little bit to view the amazing Rafflesia flower . The orang asli guide taught us a little bit about the orang asli language , culture , flora and fauna in Ulu Geroh. Saw many interesting creatures during our trek , enormous stick insects , centipedes, leeches , the gorgeous Raja Brookes butterfly , frogs etc.....
3rd day we cycled to Lata Kinjang waterfall , a magnificently tall waterfall which can be seen from the highway! Long ride but definitely worth it . Amazing scenery and super fun terrain . Stopped by Chappati corner for lunch and had the most delicious chappati with mutton curry we have ever tasted - SCRUMPTIOUS!
Experiencing Gopeng on bicycles allows us to soak in the atmosphere at our own pace & OH! all the spectacular views! We rode along rivers , across rivers , past Mountains , up Mountains , along kampong roads..... such a memorable and unique experience for us .
Saw pigtail macaques , herds of buffallos , cows , heard gibbons calls early in the morning in the Mountains...... truly , truly a wonderful experience for my family .
Anyone who loves biking and adventure should try it!! So worth it !
Guides Soleh and Najib were professional ,
friendly , knowledgeable and helpful .
Felt comfotable and safe under their guide.
2. Kellie's Castle
Overall Ratings
4 based on 273 reviews
Reviewed By NgSP80 - Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia
seen this castle visited by some of friends
seems interesting to me
drove from ipoh to here aroung1/2 hour
nice castle or maybe resident??
a small bulding on small hill
with main building calling castle and home at the back
unfinished building by spanish if not wrong
it also has a small garden at the back, but nothing much there...
this is a nice place for photo taking
but the view from top is very nice as can climb to the roof of the building
but need to be careful as the safety is not so good must take care of yourselves
but must go to visit...
3. Gua Tempurung
Overall Ratings
4 based on 312 reviews
Reviewed By Jodie P
We've always wanted to go explore caves but rarely found anything interesting enough for the view.
We randomly came to Gua Tempurung by also hoping to be able to explore the wet course as well. But since we brought toddler with us, it was forbidden to choose that course since it will require to crawl to pass through small caves.
So we took the dry course and it was already very challenging for us. We had to take hundreds of steep stairs up and down to explore the cave. And the views are awesome! There are 5 different platforms, and it's getting higher and higher to the next platform. The entrance fee was also cheap since we had an expatriate ID card.
Caution: please take extra careful when you are bringing kids, some stairs are steep and can be dangerous for them. Elder people will also have difficulties to reach the second platform to above.
4. Radak Adventure
Overall Ratings
5 based on 41 reviews
Reviewed By Germ19
My husband has introduced to me 2 activities with Radak Adventure during the recent short trip to ipoh. It is an excellent experience in both programmes as the guides had been pdofessional and caring to make sure the guests are well taken care of. We are also very impressed to learn that the owner of the company is very passionate in giving back to society ie volunteering activities for old folks and young kids. Strongly recommend for anyone who wants to have white water rafting experience. You will be in good hands!
5. Gopeng Museum
Overall Ratings
4 based on 24 reviews
6. Gaharu Tea Valley
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 59 reviews
Gaharu Tea Valley Gopeng (務邊沉香山茶園). HOGA had a quiet and unofficial inception in 1992. At present, the plantation located within the quaint little town of Gopeng, has 200,000 trees of a special Aquilaria spp (Gaharu Gopeng, Geographical Patent GI2013:00005) and other natural attractions that will leave you mesmerized. The Gaharu tree is listed as an endangered species by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna known as CITES. It is not only organically cultivated here to further prevent its extinction but Gaharu Tea Valley Gopeng is the only plantation with 300 acres of the special hybrid Aquilaria spp trees. Due to its uniqueness, Gaharu Gopeng has been aptly coined as HOGA (Holistic Gaharu). It is indeed holistic in its quality as its benefits can be extracted from every part of the tree. Gaharu, commonly known as Agarwood and also called Eaglewood, Aloeswood, ChenXiang, (沉香), Jin-koh (沈香), or Oud (عود) in different countries, has many beneficial and healing properties. Possessing such an array of valuable qualities, Gaharu has played a vast and significant role in Middle Eastern, Chinese and Ayurvedic cultures and the earliest documented use of Agarwood was in 600 CE but its existence in the medicinal
Reviewed By lwkeng - Malaysia
The place itself is not very far from Ipoh town, around 30 minutes drive. If you are looking for a short trip during weekends, this is a good place to go.
There will be a mini van to fetch you to 3 different location to enjoy the view. It's not that spectacular but going with young kids they will enjoy it.
The ride is uphill and downhill but it's safe. The place itself is clean and well organized.
Downside is that the cafe there serve limited food
7. River Explorer White Water Rafting
Overall Ratings
5 based on 13 reviews
river explorer is white water rafting in Gopeng, perak, rafting Malaysia. we provide waterfall abseiling and caving and jungle trekking. Join us and enjoy the tour!
Reviewed By kim1012 - Singapore
We did white water rafting with another group (Nomad Adventures), but we did the waterfall abseiling with river explorer. The guide, Sam, is a professional white water rafter and sports man. I found him to be good with kids, and a very patient guide. When we were nervous about the abseiling, he was very encouraging and helped us out a lot.
8. My Gopeng Resort
Overall Ratings
4 based on 18 reviews
Reviewed By Milky99 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
I had this whitewater rafting during our company team building event. Wow...I never ever expected this as my company kept it very secretive. Gopeng is not far from Ipoh and we reached there by bus. But the bus could not reach the stop station and we were travelled there by small lorry. We were just like a bunch of livestock behind the lorry and it was damn fun going thru villages and orchard including durian orchard... plenty of them. It was like a roller coaster.
Upon reaching the station, we were grouped into a few and started to wear those safety gear i.e life jacket & helmet. Then, we had a briefing from their team leader on what to do during in the raft and each group was assigned a experienced kayaker. The briefing was intense when he mentioned that someone might fall into river... we were all at awe & worried...
However, we braved ourselves and carried the raft with a 6 member a team. Once at the river, the kayaker taught us a few tips on how to react when encounter certain circumstances. Then, the raft was pushed and went into the river... very exciting... there were a few rough spots which our raft hit the rock, strong fiver flow, hit other raft and we peddled excitedly following the kayaker instruction. At one point, 2 of our member in the raft was thrown into the river once hitting a rock, but we managed to rescue back to them... thanks to the experienced kayaker. Later we also saved another person from another raft that fallen into the river... wow... there was something. Lastly, when almost reaching our destination, our raft was stuck at the rock and cannot move due to too heavy (due to rescuing additional member). So, the kayaker asked one of us to jump into the river to have a body rafting to each the destination, as it will lighten up the raft to make the raft move. So, myself and the other member volunteered jump into river to experienced the body rafting.... wow... I do not know how to swim but with the life jacket, no fears... I just floated according to the river flow.. damn exciting. At one point, my whole body submerged into the water and need to hold breath for about 10 seconds... that's unbelievable...then finally, reaching the spot and our raft also managed to relieve from the stuck spot.
For those that wanted to try... I advise pls go ahead... some of us also over 50 and we can make it... age is not a much issue unless your body is really cannot do it. No fears and I can guarantee for those first timer, you will be blessed with a wonderful experience... this is one of the best moment of all trips...have fun.
9. Gopeng Heritage House
Overall Ratings
4 based on 5 reviews
Reviewed By zhanruiyi - Ipoh, Malaysia
This is another interesting museum to visit and explore the past glory of Gopeng rich tin mining legacy and history. In fact, this place is much better organised than Gopeng Museum, just a stone throw away, although both places belongs to the same organisers and sponsors. Probably, it is the newer setup.
The displays will bring you back to the early 19th century Gopeng tin mining era. It is a good visit for those interested in history, culture and antiquities. Very informative and the antiques are treasures that behold the rich heritage of the foregone era of the earliest tin miners in the then Malaya.
If visiting on a hot day, you can chilled and relax at the back of the museum for a pot of PU ERH tea, iced Cincau drinks, herbal jelly and of course, local coffees.
10. Gua Tempurung Outdoor Camp
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By Tjahmad - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Had a wonderful day with outdoor adventure doing Waterfall Abseiling in the morning and White Water Rafting in the afternoon with Seven Silver. Great Guide and food was included.
Very reasonable price as well for about RM180 for 2 activities and all meals and transport. Highly recomended for those who love the outdoors. Can contact/Whatsapp them at +6019 3808317
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