About Us
GTOC
Gua Tempurung Outdoor Camp (GTOC) is located at Gopeng, a small town 25 minutes’ drive from Ipoh, Perak capital city and 2 hour from Kuala Lumpur and Penang. GTOC was established in April 2014 with the registration number IP0409354-H. Compatible with the previous company experience, GTOC focuses on providing the adventure and outdoor activities such as cCaving, White Water Rafting, River Tubing, Waterfall Abseiling and many other recreation and outdoor activities that are available at Lembah Gua Tempurung. The other activities that we offered are Hiking, Night Jungle Trekking, Rafflesia Trekking, Rajah Brooke Butterfly Trekking, Kayaking, Tressure hunt and Tele-match.Besides that, to enable the customers to stay longer and carry out various types of activities at Gopeng, we also provide several types of accommodation such as chalet, dormitory and campsite for the customer’s convenience.
Until now, the activities offered by GTOC are well supported and received positive feedback from schools, higher education institutions (IPTA and IPTS), government departments and organizations that have chosen GTOC in conducting their camps and courses successfully. GTOC is also very committed and work hard in ensuring that the products and services offered have the best quality, safe and accordance with the customer’s needs and objectives. GTOC is operated and managed by a private owned Bumiputera company registered with the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Tourism.
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Gopeng
Gopeng is a town located in Mukim Teja, District of Kampar, Perak, Malaysia. It is situated approximately 20 km south of Ipoh, the state capital. The limestone hills and the Titiwangsa Mountains are clearly visible; the expressway penetrate between them and the view of the Tapah Gopeng stretch is one of the most picturesque areas on the west side of Peninsular Malaysia. Due to its strategic location, locals are indeed very fortunate to have major towns approximately half an hour from Gopeng, Batu Gajah to the west, Ipoh to the north and Kampar at the south.
Once this town was bustling with tin miners and locals who busied themselves with the great tin mining industry of Malaysia. By 1892 the town had been surpassed by Ipoh in size, wealth and importance but mining activity continued in the area until the tin industry collapsed in the 1980s. Having lost its reason for being, the town fell into decay and young people drifted away to look for work but in recent years Gopeng has tried to reinvent itself. Now Gopeng already flourished with heritage, cuisine and ecotourism attractions developed by the locals themselves with white water rafting, river tubing, caving, jungle trekking, Rafflesia trekking and other outdoor activities all taking place nearby. Gopeng is also well known for limestone caves such as Gua Tempurung, located approximately 5 km from the town center. Surrounded by million aged limestone and rainforest, Gopeng is now becoming a favor destination among nature- adventure lover.
Gua Anak Tempurung
Everyone is familiar with Gua Tempurung in Perak, but little is known of its smaller sibling located nearby, which is Gua Anak Tempurung. Gua Anak Tempurung is a cave located in the eastern face of Gunung Tempurung. It is smaller than the famous Gua Tempurung, being less than 1km in length. To get there, we will pass through into a dirt track just after Sungai Siput Selatan and drove to the eastern face of Gunung Tempurung.
Despite its size of a mere length of 1km, no one can argue that this pristine cave offers beauty and charm. Gua Anak Tempurung, is a river cave with several entrance and has various levels of passages. Carved through time by water, you will be able to see glistening white marbles along the passages. Majestic formations and sparkling calcite crystals can be seen along the single river passage. Inside the cave, you’ll be fascinated with interesting rock formations, stalagmites, stalactites and even patterns on the wall as you go from one chamber to another, while guided by the rangers. The caving activity will take about 1 hour to 2 hour to complete, depending on the number of participants joined.
The stream in the cave is still quite clean despite the earthworks outside and a few species of fish live in these dark waters, including a white catfish. They are quite shy and could not be caught by hand for a closer look. The stream has cut the cave along the eastern face of the hill and it emerges again a few hundred metres south of the entrance, with a larger opening. The stream continues its flow along the side of the hill and its waters may eventually merge with the stream in Gua Tempurung which is still further south.
