Three children survived five days lost in the jungle by consuming water and wild fruits, a report said today.

More than 100 rescue workers were involved in the search in central Pahang state for six-year-old Saharuddin Salehuddin, his five-year-old brother Budin and three-year-old sister Mariam since Saturday, the New Straits Times said.

The three were found six kilometres from their house late Thursday, weak and covered with bruises and insect bites, it said. They were sent to hospital for medical treatment.

"We just drank water from the puddles (on the jungle floor). We found some wild fruits in the jungle, but we mostly gave them to Mariam," Saharuddin was quoted as saying.

Rubber-tapper Salahuddin Abdul Halim, 41, said he had been losing hope of seeing his children alive.

"It was a miracle that they were found mostly healthy despite having almost no food," he said.