Lenggong

Lenggong is a town and valley in the Ulu Perak area of Perak, Malaysia, lying between the Bintang range to the west and the Titiwangsa range to the east. The town sits about 100 km north of Ipoh on the Kuala Kangsar to Gerik road, surrounded by oil palm estates and jungle. The Lenggong Valley is one of the most important archaeological areas of Peninsular Malaysia, with cave drawings, jewellery, pottery, weapons and stone tools from the Palaeolithic onward, and it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 30 June 2012. Notable finds include Perak Man, the oldest human skeleton found in Malaysia, discovered in 1991 at Gua Gunung Runtuh and dated to about 11,000 years ago.