Taman Tanjung Ketapang: Where Mangrove Boardwalks & Monkey Drama Collide🌿🐒

#johorbahrutrip Need a nature fix without leaving Johor Bahru? **Taman Tanjung Ketapang** is the city’s best-kept secret—a mangrove wonderland where wooden boardwalks twist through emerald forests, kingfishers flash like blue lightning, and the monkeys are *way* too comfortable with tourists. I went for a quick walk and ended up in a real-life Jungle Book scene! --- ### **First Impressions** - **The Boardwalk**: A 700m wooden path hovering over tea-colored water, with roots twisting up like nature’s sculpture garden - **The Sounds**: Splashing fish, screeching birds, and the *rustle* of something moving in the bushes (probably a monitor lizard... hopefully) - **The Smell**: Salty sea breeze mixed with that earthy mangrove funk (nature’s perfume!) **"Only in JB" Moment**: Watching a **brazen macaque** unzip a tourist’s bag to steal a juice box—then casually drink it while making eye contact with us. Power move. --- ### **Hidden Gems** 🔍 **The Sunset Platform**: At trail’s end, a perfect viewpoint where the Straits of Johor turns liquid gold 🔍 **Crab Central**: Low tide reveals hundreds of tiny crabs doing synchronized sideways dances --- ### **Wildlife Bingo** ✔️ **Monkeys** (the park’s furry thieves) ✔️ **Monitor lizards** (tiny Godzillas) ✔️ **Kingfishers** (faster than your camera shutter) ✔️ **Mudskippers** (fish that think they’re frogs) --- ### **Local Tips** - **Go at 8AM or 5PM**—cooler temps + active animals - **Wear bug spray**—the mosquitoes here are Olympic-level - **RM2 parking** (cash only) - **Leave snacks in car** (unless you want to fund monkey parties) --- ### **Quick Adventure Itinerary** ⏰ **7:30 AM**: Arrive as morning mist rises off the water ⏰ **8:00 AM**: Birdwatching + monkey antics ⏰ **9:00 AM**: Breakfast at nearby *warung* (their nasi lemak bungkus is legendary) --- Taman Tanjung Ketapang proves you don’t need to go far to find wild magic—just watch your snacks, mind the roots, and let the mangrove symphony work its spell. And yes, I *did* spend 20 minutes trying to photograph jumping fish. Worth it. 📸✨ *Bonus: Full moon high tides make the boardwalk feel like you’re walking on water!*