Lying under the shades of cooling trees... looking at the bright sky which is filled with various shape of clouds moving about above the head... feeling the gentle touch of the late afternoon breeze... while having your legs soaked in a wonderful, warm water of natural hot spring pond. How does that make you feel? Relaxing? Rejuvenating? And what if I were to tell you that the place where you can actually experience this is located only about 20km away from Kuala Lumpur city? Welcome to Selayang Natural Hot Spring.
And how can get yourself to this place? Its pretty easy actually. You can travel along Jalan Ipoh towards Rawang town. After you have passed the 'Pasar Borong Selayang' (Selayang Wholesale Market) on your right, continue traveling until you approach the KIA Service Centre. From here, take note of a signboard on your left just before approaching the flyover leading to Bandar Baru Selayang (Selayang New Town). You are almost there. The hot spring is just about 20 metres away from the main road. Another useful landmark for you is the Selayang Hospital. The hot spring is located about 2 km north of the hospital.
Selayang Hot Spring has been around for about 10 years but realtively 'unknown' to many people until last year
when it was 'upgraded'. A new signboard has also been erected at the slip road leading to the site. The entrance fee is RM2 per vehicle.
The spring site has also now been provided with proper washrooms and even the ground is cemented. There is also ample parking space available. And if you feel hungry or need to quench your thirst, there are a few kiosks selling food & beverages located at the side of the area.
To be honest with you, in general, Selayang Hot Spring has 'nothing to shout about' ... really. But then again, people from all over Kuala
Lumpur come here to fetch the water and some even bring home to
their elderly parents! The water is believed to have healing properties and could cure some skin or aching feet. But most interestingly, the locals claimed that the water can actually remain hot for as long as for 6 hours even after they were brought back home! Must be awesomely hot!
And while you are there, you can see all sort of antics and interesting behaviour of some of the bathers. Some of them can be downright funny though...but then again...of course...they have own reasons for behaving in such peculiar manners:)
By the way, there are actually 3 different pools in this area. The first 3 pictures above were taken at the 1st
pool. This is actually the hottest of all! Only the brave &
those with really, really 'thick skin' would dare to dip in their feet into this pool:) Bubbles and steam can be seen rising from this turquoise colored pool. There is also a faint smell of sulfur detected at the site.
The 2nd pool (picture above on the left) is shallower and also less hot compared to the 1st one. The water looks a bit 'musky' but still has the same 'turquoise' color.
The picture on the right shows the 3rd pool. This is actually the favourite pool of the visitors. Eventhough the water in the pool looks really
muddy but strangely enough it seems that the crowd love to flock to this particular one. As with the 2nd pool, this is also a shallow pool.
Just as a gentle reminder to you, the very 1st pool that I've mentioned above is actually considered by many as a 'dangerous pool'. Indeed, several cases of drowning have been reported related to the said pool! So I guess, if you intend to venture out to this place, just bear on mind to be a little bit extra cautious and have a safe fun. And talking about 'fun', I remember that I could'nt stopped laughing when I read what was written on a signboard placed on the site....
Loosely translated:
Please Take Note: To all visitors, kindly adhere to these guidelines
- do not place your feet in the pool
- do not wash clothings in the pool
- do not wear underwear while bathing!
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