KAHANG ORGANIC RICE ECO FARM TO-DO-LIST

KOREF, an acronym of Kahang Organic Rice Farm is one of the eco-farm located in Johor, Malaysia. This over 260 arches of land farm is quite popular recently due to its picturesque village scenery and beautiful floating chalets, which provide a great getaway from busy city life and regaining the childhood memories.

This farm offers a peaceful village atmosphere and bustling wild life. Visitors are able to see a lot of fish ponds, paddy fields, fruit farms or fruit estates and lively animals all over the village. It is totally a different world compared to the hustle and bustle Singapore.

1. RICE HARVESTING

An experience of rice harvesting during the rice harvesting session is a must whenever you spend your precious holiday at Kahang Organic Rice Farm. Well, honest to say, paddy harvesting is not an easy job to be done as walking in the clayey mud do require some skills to avoid being stuck or falls down onto it.

This activity does offer a chance to educate young children not to waste food and tells them to appreciate every farmers’ work with an endless heart. Besides, experiences such as rice seedling transplant and winnow could be try out also, if you are lucky enough to meet their seedling and winnowing session.

2. STAYING IN A FLOATING CHALET

Kahang Organic Rice Farm offers their visitors with a precious experience of staying in a floating chalet. These floating chalets are built of red wood and each of them has their own unique exterior designs with colorful paintings. Located just right above the lake, this floating chalet could be an ideal accommodation for family trip and friends gathering if would like to try out something new.

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Besides, visitors are allowed to upgrade the floating chalet to a deluxe floating chalet built with high quality wood that reinforced by steel and occupied with a hotel-like interior if they have enough budget. Each of the rooms do come with their personal balcony and independent bathroom too.

3. BAMBOO RAFTING

Bamboo rafting along the lake with your beloved friends or family members would be a great activity to try out when you visit Kahang Organic Rice Farm. This eco-friendly activity is quite challenging as it test your balance, group coordination ability and team cooperation during the rafting. Bamboo rafting is best to be done in the morning or in the evening, as astonishing lake landscape would be the best during those time.

4. FISH NETTING AND RELEASE

Another interesting activity that test team cooperation that is available in Kahang Organic Rice Farm would be the fish netting. Unlike fishing, fish netting would be done by using a big fishing net, not a fishing rod.

It is also not an individual task as it must carried out in a group. After walking and submerging deeper into the lake, the owner (who also act as the guide) would start scattering fish pellets in order to attract some fishes to gather in that particular area before netting them. Then, visitors would carry the net to the area full of fishes, putting it slowly into the lake and net them. Be reminded that this activity requires prearrangement with the owner and booking must be made earlier to secure a place.

5. FIREFLIES SPOTTING

When dark night comes and would like to have a special night while staying in Kahang Organic Rice Farm? A fireflies spotting boat trip would be recommended.

This boat trip will moves along Sungai Tambang and eventually takes about 30 minutes to one hour, enable every visitors to have enough time to spot and surrounded by numerous dazzling fireflies which looks like bright glowing stars in the dark sky.

This fireflies watching sure provide magical and enchanting experience to every visitors as this huge amount of fireflies is hard to be spotted in the city.

6. JUNGLE TREKKING

Uncover and exploring the lush green tropical rainforest in Kahang Organic Rice Farm surely be a must for adventurous visitors . In this mysterious jungle, visitors would likely to discover floral and natural herbs that they never seen before in the huge city. Besides, they also would not know what animal that would suddenly appears in front of them, it could be a wild hare, wild boar, or even wild porcupine.

Need not to be too worry about that as there would be an experienced guide who would assist the visitors throughout the whole jungle trekking activity. However, please remember that this thrilling jungle trekking experience offered usually required a pre-booking and a minimum of ten participants.

Hence, it’s time to grab your beloved family and friends along to try this exciting activity whenever you pay a visit there.

7. EXCITING WATER OBSTACLE COURSES

Challenge yourself and your squad with these exciting water obstacle courses offered! Designed by a professional Singaporean guide, these water obstacle courses definitely won’t let you down as they are really challenging and challengers do have chances of falling into the water if they do not pay enough attentions. This provide a golden opportunity to test and strengthen the family bond and even team cooperation.

8. WATER BALL

Basically, it is similar to a human hamster ball where players would be placed inside a big transparent inflatable ball. In order to roll forward or backwards, players are needed to paddle their way to and fro for one lap without falling. It could be a hard task to keep the players to stay balanced in the ball once the ball start moving.

This activity is fun to have a try but usually players would totally end up feeling extremely exhausting. However, it is not recommended for players with heart disease, high blood pressure or getting dizzy easily.

9. FLYING FOX

Well, enough with the water activities. How about flying in the sky! Zip-lining across the lake or known as flying fox would defiantly makes your adrenaline rush took over yourself and end up screaming non-stop from fear of falling into the lake. Feel the wind blowing across your face, look at the great view of colorful floating chalets and green paddy field is what you just need to do in this activity. Hence, be ready and strap yourself a Go-Pro or monopod to record this amazing moment as you fly across the lake to the opposite end. You may even dip your feet into the cool water due to the slant degree of the flying fox design and this feeling would be wonderful in the hot and humid weather.

10. CYCLING AROUND THE VILLAGE

When is your last time cycling in the park or around the village?

Do you miss the old childhood time where you cycle around with your siblings or friends?

Here, you are able to rent a bicycle and cycle around Kahang Organic Rice Farm. Indulge yourself in the golden rice field and stunning farm view while cycling could relax both of your tiring mind and body too. This activity is best to be done during the rice harvesting session, where the scenery is magnificent and suitable for photo shooting.

11. ANIMAL FEEDING AND PETTING

Since Singapore is restricted with rules that prohibit people to keep living stocks in their home or at the outside of the house, it could be a nice chance for them to get close to these animals if they spend their holiday at Kahang Organic Rice Farm. Huge numbers of chickens, ducks, rabbits and monkeys could be found almost everywhere in their village. Visitors are allowed to feed and play with these animals too, avoiding them to feel boring while staying at the farm.

12. VISITING ORANG ASLI VILLAGE NEARBY

A visit to Orang Asli Village could be wonderful for cultural understanding. At Kahang Organic Rice Farm, visitors are allowed to pay a visit to the Orang Asli Village in the rain-forest, with an excellent guide who works closely with KOREF staffs.

Here, visitors would be greeted warmly by these Orang Asli once they arrive, as all of them are really friendly and do welcome every visitors who pay a visit to their village. There would be a lot of tree house built on the tree and visitors are able to spot them easily upon reaching the village.

13. CAMPING, CAMPFIRE AND FIELD COOKING

If you need something more challenging, you may try camping. Bring your tent along and build it near the lake. This activity most probably one of the favorite activity to be carried out by students and campers who like camping a lot, where they can directly enjoy the nature while having overnight in the tent.

Field cooking and campfire are allowed but required a pre-booking or pre-inform before carried on to avoid any unwanted circumstance.

14. LANTERN RELEASE

Also nown as Kong Ming Lantern, this lantern is a small traditional sky lantern made of paper, with an opening at its bottom where a small flame source is suspended. It has the shape of a hot balloon and would rise into the night sky after the density inside it is low enough as the flame heat the air inside.

Before releasing the Kong Ming Lantern into the night sky, visitors are allowed to write down their wishes on it, hoping that their wishes came true in the future.

15. SWINGING BY THE LAKE

Bringing back your childhood memories by swinging on the swings provided in the playground of Kahang Organic Rice Farm. This swing is located just at the edge of the lake and users are able to enjoy the irresistible lush greenery and glistening water view in front while swinging. Sometimes, users can feel their toe tips touching the cold lake water when rocking to and fro too.

16. SUNSET VIEWING

Need not to say, the view of Kahang Organic Rice Farm during sunset is nice and you could see the sky with orange-yellow gradient layers which create a warming and romantic atmosphere.

17. TRYING ‘KAMPUNG’ FOOD

Only using the organic grown vegetables and high quality protein source, Kahang Organic Rice Farm do provide excellent traditional food to every visitors in their meals. Wide variety of food such as noodles and rice dishes, all sorts of vegetables, baked banana cakes in leaves, pressed soy and steamed sweet beans filling buns are offered beside the traditional food as light snacks too.

18. BBQ PARTY

A barbecue feast till midnight is highly recommended if you come with more than five persons. Provided with the freshest food ingredients direct from the farm, it surely makes everyone mouth-watering and craving for more.

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LOCATION

Address: 213, 81930 Kota Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia

Contact: +6012-768 3149

OTHER THINGS TO NOTE:

Wi-Fi is not provided, and it is hard to get a good signal from own carrier.
There is no EFTPOS facility, so be prepared to pay with cash or do a bank transfer.
Even though there is a lot of water around the accommodation, the mosquitoes weren’t too bad. The water is not stagnant, it has pipes that help it to constantly flow.

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