Julan waterfall is situated at the Usun Apau National Park plateau. Its has countless waterfall, but the most famous one will be the eastern Julan, and western Julan waterfall which are two of the highest waterfalls in Sarawak.
To get there, its not as easy journey, there is no proper tar road to that place, all the journey require a 4WD, and couple of hours of jungle trekking. The place not frequent being explorer, therefore there are also no proper trail to the place, all we can rely on its the local village people who stayed there, and use their instinct to bring us to the place.
First we are using 4WD and drive along the logging road. The distance from Miri to Julan Bridge 274km, with a 7 hours drive. In between, we stop by Lapok town for food supply, and also to pick up the rest of the porter to help carry our food supply.
路程开始，先开用四驱车在歪来歪去的木山路。七小时，全程两百七十四公里。
Height
Elevation is about 650 meter above sea level
位于高海拔六百五十米
Julan Bridge to Julan Waterfall Top 祖兰桥到瀑布的顶
Distance
From here are all jungle trekking, and the distance to Julan waterfall is about 11.65km, at 8 hours and 50 mins of hike.
这里开始登山，全程解决十二公里，解决九小时的路程。
Height
Elevation goes up from 680m to 1111m above sea level.
从海拔六百八米升到一千一白米。
THE TRAIL CONDITION
The trail condition is bad, really bad. As there are no clear trail to our base camp or the waterfall base. All are base on the instinct of our guide Mr Lipau. Along the way, there are full of plantation with thorns, spines, and prickles. We have to cross a few streams, and keep on ascending. 70% of the trail are mud trail.
THE CHALLENGE 95% of the trail have leeches waiting for the correct timing to strike, and there are also a lot of flying blood sucking insects. I suffer at least 40 leeches bites, and one of my friend had suffer a rather bad leg injury, as a patch of his skin fall off after bitten by an unknown flying bug. Our bags are all more than 10kg, and its very heavy to carry extra water. With a 9 hours hike, most of our water almost finish, so water supply is another issue, as most of the river had leeches, so we have to boil our water, wait for it to cool down and mix with chlorine pill before we drink it.
That morning we are going to the very top of the Julan waterfall, and also the base of the waterfall to witness the hundred meter drop of the highest waterfall in Sarawak. First thing first, cook some breakfast to gain some energy to move.
