PENCINTA ALAM - Malaysian Nature Society (MNS)

The cost of the trip itself is RM1200 including land transport, accommodationand meals in Sarawak. Participants must make their own plane bookingsto Miri arriving the evening before and overnight accommodation inMiri. We will require a RM500 deposit by 15th June. The balance is payableon 15th July. The limit is 15 persons.Those interested please contact Ashleigh Seow on 0198171416 ora.kivilaakso@gmail.com for further details.22-23Sat-Sun Trip to Sg Pulai Estuary & Kukup National ParkRefer to package details in last month’s newsletter. Cost: RM190 (members)/RM260 (non-members, includes 1 year membership). Places are limited,first come & paid first served! Booking: By Friday, 24 July = pay RM100. Confirm: By Friday, 31 July = pay full sum (RM190 or RM260). Contact:Khor Hui Min 017-881 7714, khor.hm@gmail.com26-31Wed-Mon Danum Valley Conservation Area and SepilokOrang Utan Sanctuary, SabahRM1100.00 (exclude airfare to Sandakan). Limited to 15 photographerwith DSLR.Danum Valley covers 43,800 hectares and comprises almost entirelylowland dipterocarp forest. DVCA represents the largest expanse of pristineforest of this type remaining in Sabah. The Photo Group is revisiting DanumValley with an intention to further document the richness and diversity ofthis conservation area thru photographic images.Besides the day trekking we shall also be doing night walk and nightphotography as the animal are more active at night. We shall be limitingthe number to 15 members to allow more opportunity in capturing wildlifeand animal during our trek.On the first day, we will visit Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary andthen we proceed to Danum Valley in the evening.Please call Alex Foong (012-2893133 after 7.00pm)afoong@ku.com.my or Yap Kok Sun (013-2087418) for a place. Airasiareturn to Sandakan return tickets cost about RM350.00(742912-V)Website: http://www.mymountaingoal.comContact : Thong at goalus@mymountaingoal.comH/P : 016-6375622 Off : 03-40248896Kathmandu to Lhasa, Xigatse, Gyatse and Namcho Lake via Everest Base Campfrom 17/09/09 to 02/10/09(16D15N)The drive from Kathmanduto Lhasa Tour viaEverest Base Camp takesseven days over the'Friendship Highway'; along the way stopping at quietly enchanting Buddhist monasteriesand remote villages untouched by modern civilization. A generous two nightswill be spent at Everest Base Camp, time to take in some unforgettable views of thehighest mountain on the planet. The road also passes through quiet Nyalam, the historicalXigatse ,Gyantse and Namcho Lake. And that's all before the road even comesinto Lhasa itself; the spiritual heart of this country. For centuries the home of theDalai Lamas and the target of devout pilgrimages, you could spend happy weeks lostin Lhasa's historical and spiritual treasures.Further info please sign in:www.mymountaingoal.com/everestkalapattar.htmAnnapurna Base Camp Trek(4130M) 08/10/2009 to21/10/2009 (14D13N)Walk through villages,then climb through forests into the Annapurna Sanctuary, a valley surrounded by highHimalayan peaks. A great opportunity to get into the mountains without the altitudeproblems of the Mt. EverestThis fantastic 10-day trek offers the most spectacular landscape views of theHimalayas, allowing you to be completely immersed in the heart of the towering Annapurnarange. Altitudes of 4130m are reached, and a reasonable level of physical fitnessis required to comfortably complete this expedition.Two free training trip will provided for the trip. Further information pleasesign in:- http://www.mymountaingoal.com/AnnapurnaRegion.htm14