Suited North of Johor accessible through town of Bekok, Bekok is where the management office of the Endau Rompin Selai is sited, and you will need to register yourself here. From here, 4WD vehicles (whether personal or chartered) will take you past a Ranger Post near Sungai Kemidak, and onwards to the camping site at L.ubuk Merekek and main visitor complex at Lubuk Tapah, some 6 km away. It is NOT recommended to drive from Bekok to Selai with a sedan car; there is a risk the rough and only partially sealed road will damage your car

The main visitor complex adjacent to Lubuk Tapah is equipped with a cafeteria, a small multi-purpose hall, dorms and chalets, and further down by the riverside, there are jungle huts for rent as well. All in all, the accommodation is adequate but not luxurious. The superb location of the visitor complex permits a splendid view of Gunung (Mount) Tiong on most days, as well as the surrounding lowland rainforests, hills, and ridges. There is also an aboriginal Jakun plot (Orchid Island) where aborigine displays/exhibitions may be held from time to time, as well as an arboretum next to it (many trees are tagged here).

Conservation

The continued integrity of the park’s ecosystems/habitats needs to be maintained to continue being a successful conservation story. Selai River was slightly murkier, especially at Lubuk Merekek, where siltation was a little heavy. From early accounts of visitors and past photos, the Selai River was a lot more clear and beautiful just a decade ago. In Google Earth,  heavy logging activity having or currently taking place in the long strip of land that encompasses at least a kilometer wide on the opposite bank of the Selai River, running parallel with the access road, that for some reason was never included within the park’s boundaries. This large strip includes much of the prime lowland forest along the base of Gunung Tiong, now lost forever. The massive deforestation cannot be seen by visitors at the Endau Rompin Selai Base Camp, only from Google Earth.

The Waterfalls and Trails

Endau Rompin Selai is best known for its waterfalls (or Takah in the local Jakun language), Although the trail system at Selai is somewhat limited.They all head to waterfalls and do not stretch far, most of them are over steep river banks and rugged terrain, so cannot be considered a walk in the park. A certain level of fitness is required, and a guide is compulsory to take along for every trek (in case of any untoward accident).

It is estimated there are 20 waterfalls in the Selai area alone, but the main ones can be said to be Takah Tinggi, Takah Selow, Takah Berangin, Takah Pandan, and Takah Tempaang. There is also a trail heading to the summit of Gunung Tiong (1014 m), but this trail is presently not promoted as one of the attractions at Selai.

Flora and Fauna

The Selai region of Endau Rompin is definitely more rugged and hilly than the Endau-Jasin area, which means there is little forest on flat ground; all the flatlands outside the park have been logged and turned into oil palm estates

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The last 2 km stretch of road to Lubuk Merekek and Lubuk Tapah does pass under remnant lowland dipterocarp forest on flat ground, alongside the Selai River. Although this patch of flatland forest may not be totally undisturbed (from past human activities), it is still a very rare type of lowland forest . Here,birding would be excellent, under the crowns of huge rainforest trees interspersed amongst an extremely broken and uneven main canopy layer
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The lowland forest on undulating terrain at Endau Rompin Selai is classified as Keruing-Red Meranti dipterocarp forest, with a typical canopy height of 25-30 meters above the ground, and emergents rising above that at 40-50+ meters tall. Big trees of Dipterocarpus, Shorea, Anisoptera, Koompassia malaccensis, Palaquium, Sindora, etc, can all be found here, examples of Mersawa (Anisoptera laevis) can still be found in the lowland forest alongside the Selai River, in association with numerous big Keruing (Dipterocarpus) trees. Slightly higher up in altitude, the hill dipterocarp forest comes in, with its characteristic Seraya (Shorea curtisii) trees.