IPOH, Aug 4 — Perak will have its first dinosaur park at Gunung Lang Recreation Park, which is expected to be operational in August next year.

Ipoh Mayor Datuk Rumaizi Baharin said the park, which is a new tourism product in conjunction with Visit Perak Year 2024, would have more than 30 static and animatronic prehistoric animals.

"The project is a collaboration between Ipoh City Council (MBI) and Pebec Berhad. We have two phases of construction. Phase one involves a construction period of six to eight months to build animatronic prehistoric animals, as well as a learning centre that can accommodate 100 students at a time.

"Phase two will start within a year of the opening of phase one, but it depends on the response. We plan to build a 3D/4D cinema and a water playground,” he told a press conference after the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between MBI and Pebec Berhad here today.

Pebec Berhad was represented by its chairman Norali Nordin.

With the setting up of the park, Rumaizi said Perak would be the seventh state to have such a theme park in the country.

He added that the dinosaur park will be built on 2.4 hectares of land at the Kinta Valley Geopark.

"About 20,000 to 30,000 people visited Gunung Lang per month, and during school holidays it can be up to 40,000 visitors. When the dinosaur park is completed, it will definitely be a new tourist attraction in the district and Perak in particular,” he said. — Bernama