Well, what’s better and more relaxing than spending a wonderful holiday or weekend in such a adorable place where you can enjoy beautiful views of the nature? If you are interested, then it is a must for you to visit to Segamat.
Segamat is a small town that is worth for a quick visit or one day trip. With its beautiful nature surroundings, shopping center and agri-tourism, this place might offer you with a memorable holiday.
Below are some of the Segamat attractions that SGMYTRIPS would like to recommend upon your visit to Segamat. We hope that this list would help you in your planning on a Segamat day trip.
Segamat Attractions
- Pusat Rekreasi Kolam Air Panas
- Hutan Lipur Sungai Bantang
- Takah Merluh Kb. Tenang
- Aurora Leisure Farm (阳光休闲渔场)
- Taman Rekreasi Sungai Kapeh
- Dataran Segamat
- Jambatan Putus Buloh Kasap
- Kuari Simpang Jabi
- OneSegamat Mall
1. Pusat Rekreasi Kolam Air Panas
Built with a concept of ‘Medicated while Recreation’, Pusat Rekreasi Kolam Air Panas is a small recreational park established in Labis, Segamat since 1996. It aims to provide the communities in generate and recovery process in reducing the amount of damaged tissues in the body. It is a great place for family trip or friends gathering while enjoying some refreshment from both active or passive activities.
The main attractions of Pusat Rekreasi Kolam Air Panas would be their Kolam Air Panas. Literally known as the hot spring pool, this pool owns its specialty in medication.
There are four hot water pools with different depth available in Pusat Rekreasi Kolam Air Panas and they are also the only hot water pools available in Johor State. It is also a nice event place to carry out activities such as camping, picnic, students visit and morning exercise.
Some Specialty of Pusat Rekreasi Kolam Air Panas’s Hot Spring Pools:
- Cure various skin diseases.
- Cure tired and sore body.
- High mineral contents as well as hot water temperature reaching 42°C.
- Water is continuously boiling, which can be seen from hot bubbles produced in the main pond.
Apart from that, Pusat Rekreasi Kolam Air Panas also offers various of amenities and facilities to their visitors to be freely used upon their visit. Besides that, visitors can enjoy a dip in their Jaccuzi with some additional charges.
The facilities offered in Pusat Rekreasi Kolam Air Panas are:
- 2 Main Swimming Pool with roof
- 2 Main Swimming Pool with no roof
- 2 toilet for men and women;
- 1 prayer room building
- 1 recycle building;
- 1 guard house
- 5 gazebo
- Playground and “Outdoor Fitness Gym”
- Car Park and
- An Artificial Lake.
Additional Information:
Address:Air Panas, 85300 Labis, Johor
Operating Hours:
Monday – Friday (3.00 pm – 7.00 pm )
Saturday & Sunday (9.00 am – 7.00 pm )
School Holidays & Public Holidays (9.00 am – 7.00 pm )Entrance Fee:
Adult (Citizen RM2, Non-Citizen RM6)
Children below age of 12 (Citizen RM1 , Non-Citizen RM4 )
Any Types of Vehicles (Citizen RM2 , Non-Citizen RM6 )Jaccuzi Pool Price:
Citizen RM30/hour
Non-Citizen RM50/hourVisitors Capacity:
Normal Day : 100 people.
Weekends and Public Holiday : 300 – 500 people.
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2.Hutan Lipur Sungai Bantang
Hutan Lipur Sungai Bantang is one of the rain forest available in Johor. This rain forest is not very large, but it generously offer every nature lovers a place to relax their tired body and mind. With its natural ecosystem and strategic man made constructions, Hutan Lipur Sungai Bantang is considered as a tourist friendly rain forest that provides the visitors with experience of observing the nature.
Featured with nature streams, pools and rocky trails, Hutan Lipur Sungai Bantang is a great place for every adventurous to enjoy some forest exploration too. Upon arriving at the rain forest, you will be welcomed by a red and green colored 3 meters high entrance which is also the starting point for all hikers.
Approximately after 15 minutes of hiking, you will be able to see a small waterfall with swift flowing stream that make its way through numerous amount of small and big boulders. This waterfall is relative small in its height, but not its volume. This makes the waterfall a great place for a picnic and also swimming.
Need not to be too worried about the parking, there are a lot of parking slots available at the end of the asphalt road. You even can buy some drinks, snacks and towels at the stalls opened near the car park before starting your forest exploration also.
Additional Information:
Address: Jln Sungai Bantang, 85400, Johor
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3. Takah Merluh Kb. Tenang
Originated from Aborigine Language, ‘Takah’ and ‘Merluh’ which literally means water container and asleep, Takah Merluh is one of the popular attractions available in Segamat that offers the tourists with nature rain forest and waterfalls. It gained its name from the Takah Merluh waterfall’s area that shaped like a notch which create a relaxing and sleepy atmosphere to the aborigines.
This waterfall is opened for visitors for free, without any payment charged. It is a suitable place to held activities like camping, picnics and also swimming. There are also various of facilities such as changing room, toilets, prayers hut and rest huts prepared around Takah Merluh waterfall to ease the visitors.
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4. Aurora Leisure Farm (阳光休闲渔场)
Formerly known as the Atap Fishing park, Aurora Leisure Farm is a combination of fruit orchard and fishing park that is located in Kampung Sepinang, Segamat. Approximately 9 km away from the Segamat town, Aurora Leisure Farm is one of the well known fishing venue for all the fishing lovers. It had been operated for more than 20 years too.
This fishing farm is then constructed with numerous buildings as worker hostels, canteen, car parks and four fishing sheds. You may even join their fishing competition if you like.
Upon joining the fishing competition, you would be provided with a fishing rod and animals organ as fishing baits to fish. Keep in mind that only Patin, Rohu, Pacu and Carp would be entitled for their fishing tournament. Each fish is only entitled for one ranking too.
Besides that, they also own a 4 acres agriculture land, which is also the fruit orchard land. This fruit orchard of theirs is best visited during the fruit season, where seasonal fruits such as durians, rambutans, mangosteens are available.
There is also oil palm estates and pomelo estate which can be visited if you sign up for their Eco Trip Package.
With its wide and spacious venue, Aurora Leisure Farm is suitable to hold various types of activities such as company activities, family and friends gathering, fishing competitions and school visit. For visitors with 8 people or more in a trip, it is encouraged for all of you to join their trip packages available.
Trips Packages Available:
1) Eco Trip
3 days 2 nights or 2 days 1 night Eco-trip
Visit fish, goat, cow and bee farms
Trip to Pomelo orchard / Durian orchard
BBQ in fish farm
Waterfall and hot spring trip
Visit Bekok, Labis, Gunung Ledang and Segamat
(A minimum 8 pax to join the trip)
2) Fish For Fun
2 days 1 night
Fishing
Feeding fish
Whole Day Free Karaoke
Inclusive 1 refreshment, 1 breakfast, packed lunch, BBQ dinner and accommodation.
(A minimum 8 pax to join the trip).
3) BBQ Dinner
RM50 per pax
( A minimum 10 pax)
Additional Information:
Address: Jalan Gelang Chin Chin, Kampung Sepinang, 85000 Segamat, Johor
Contact: 012-701 8538
Operating Hours: 2PM – 12AM
Entrance Fee: RM20 per person
Sites: Aurora Leisure Farm (阳光休闲渔场)
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5. Taman Rekreasi Sungai Kapeh
To enjoy some leisure time while visiting Segamat, head to the Taman Rekreasi Sungai Kapeh. It is a small park located near Sungai Kapeh, featured with various types of facilities and amenities such as children playgrounds, exercise facilities, resting huts and sport fields. All of these facilities can be freely used without paying any additional charges.
During the evening, you will be able to see many locals enjoying their daily jogging and sports training at Taman Rekreasi Sungai Kapeh. If you love fishing, you can bring along your fishing rods and fishing baits, then head to the lake located at the center of the park to enjoy some fishing time. This is the place where you will meet new fishing friends and enjoy some fishing experience sharing too.
Additional Information:
Address:Jalan Hassan Abdullah, 85000 Segamat, Johor
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6. Dataran Segamat
The Dataran Segamat or Segamat Square was built in year 1996, acting as a principal place in Segamat to hold National Day celebrations of Johor state. This area was once known as the Padang Besar Segamat before it was renovated and renamed. In today, this place had become one of the most popular place for all the tourists and locals to stroll around and take beautiful snapshots.
After the renovation, there is a clock tower that has the similar shape as Kuala Lumpur Twin Tower built on the field. Now, whenever you are having a visit to Dataran Segamat, you will be able to find a durian replica placed near to the clock tower, which is also the landmarks of the Segamat City.
Additional Information:
Address: Segamat, Johor
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7. Jambatan Putus Buloh Kasap
For history lovers, it is a must for you all to have a visit to the Jambatan Putus Buloh Kasap. Literaly translated as Buluh Kasap Broken Bridge, this bridge itself do own a story. It is located in the village of Buloh Kasap, approximately 10km away from the Segamat Town.
Jambatan Putus Buloh Kasap was once demolished by the British in order to check for Japanese army’s advancing on their way to Singapore. However, the bridge is then a futile attempt as the Japanese army managed to take over the Segamat. After the war, there is a new bridge constructed beside the Jambatan Putus Buloh Kasap that is remained until today as a history war relic.
Additional Information:
Address: Jalan Buloh Kasap, Kampung Kuning Patah, 85000 Buloh Kasap, Johor
8. Kuari Simpang Jabi
Also known as the Canyon of the Bumbun, Kuari Simpang Jabi is a quarry made up of huge rock boulders with water flowing between its gaps. Upon arriving at the Kuari Simpang Jabi, you are required to park your car near the entrance and walk into the quarry by foot. You are reminded not to fish at the lake available in the canyon as this quarry is not an open public place.
This place is a great photo shooting venue if you are searching for a nature canyon/quarry as background of your photo taking theme. As a suggestion, this place has will offer you with breathtaking photo shooting scenery during early in the morning and also evening.
This is the time which enable you to capture a lot of natural light’s progression, but be careful of the nasty shadows due to the sidelights too.
Additional Information:
Address: Kampung Bumbun, Pekan Jabi, Segamat
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9. OneSegamat Mall
OneSegamat Mall is the only shopping complex available in Segamat that started operating since year 2012. Located adjoining the bus and taxi terminal and also adjacent to the railway station, this shopping complex can be easily reachable by any kind of transportation.
The shopping complex also owns the only cinema in Segamat at their first floor. This 8 screen cinema was operated by the Lotus Five Star with a capacity of around 1,800 people.
Additional Information:
Address: 1Segamat Shopping Centre, Jalan Kolam Air, Kampung Gubah, 85000 Segamat, Johor
Contact: 07-931 3888
Operating Hours: 10AM -10PM, Daily
Sites: OneSegamat Mall
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