Bukit Melati

 

Bukit Melati, Nilai

(144 m/ 432 ft)

 09th February 2018

 

heard quite some time about Bukit Melati, Nilai.... then a colleague, mat aliff went there himself on a boring Sunday... later informed us about the spot... had an idea for office's program.... her! her! so together with mat aliff n ikqwan, went for a reconnaissance... in short, there are 5 hill peaks; 1. puncak lipan (centipede), 2. puncak tedung (cobra), 3. puncak monyet,(monkey) 4. puncak nyamuk (mosquito), dan 5. puncak helang (helang), plus one rope route...

 

 

pic: signboard & directions


 
 pic: entrance near tokong

us three started @tokong entrance toward cobra hill... trail led us to a slope... it was short hike to the peak but stil left us hard breathing... her! her!

pic: mat aliff n ikqwan



pic: trail



pic: cobra hill


 

pic: centipede hill

 

 

pic: monkey hill

 

 

pic: view on monkey hill

 

 

 

pic: signboard on monkey hill

 

 

we then skipped rope route but continued shorter trip to monkey hill... after about 10 minute, we then, continued straight downhill towards centipede hill.... from this peak... went downhill exit to tokong.... on 28th February, we organized office program following this same trail....

 
pic: group @cobra hill
 
 

pic: group @centipede hill



pic: lunch after climbing down monkey hill



pic: resting after lunch



 pic: all participants
 
 

Bukit Briwang

Bukit Briwang @Batu 5, Lawas

(200 m/  656 ft)

 27 th March 2018

 

 

arived @Lawas, Sarawak with a friend who has job to do..... during tea session @SK Pusat met teacher aliff from Kelantan who alreadi teaching there for more than 8 years.... asked him about hiking spots in the area..... he then introduced teacher shafri @SK Batu 5, a hiker who also organized hiking program as far as mountain Murud... (for those interested to request packages to Murud or anywhere hiking in Sarawak could contact through his facebook: (shafri salleh).... he revealed that there's a hill behind his school where one could see sunset in Brunei bay.... due to time constraint... we plan a quick hike @5:00 p.m. this evening....

 

so, later... arrived @SK Batu 5 with teacher wilson who works @Lawas Education Department.... shafri also invited his colleague teacher azhar to come along... he cautioned us however the trail seldomli used by the villagers... so need to chop down shrubs as well as fallen logs.... each of us carried torchlight (thanx to wilson who kindli let me use his headlamp) n shafri brought his parang to clear thorni bushes upward...

 

 

 

 

 

started climbing hill behind the school... shafri then started clearing wild plants for us to pass... then came the steep slope... our movement getting slower as we need to push bodi up by grabbing twigs as well as tree branches... the soil also veri slipperi.... after almost 20 minutes scaling the cliff...reached to a ridge...

pic: azhar & wilson

 pic: shafri

 

 

pic: crawl trail

 

 

continued upward for a few more minutes until arrived @hill ridge.... followed the uneven old path upward... walked slowli while enjoying views... could see Brunei bay from this point... after a few minutes... arrived at the Briwang peak... took time taking pictures....

 

 

resting @stump

pic: village

 

 pic: view from hill ridge

 

 

pic: sunset

 

 

 

 

started going down when the night came... the trail getting dark n murki... so need to use lamp... shafri retraced trail using view ranger phone apps while the rest of us followed behind... quite thorn bites we earned during descending....her! her! took us double time to reach starting point.... but the view, flora & fauna all the way up n down more than worth it.....

 

 pic: night navigator using 'view ranger' apps

 

 

 

 

 

hopefuli our sondol (waddle) hikerz could hike again together... shafri, wilson & azhar alreadi planning to clear trail to make hiking spot in near future....

 

 

pic: sondol hikerz (shafri, wilson, soki & azhar)

 

Bukit Broga

Bukit Broga, Semenyih

(400 m; 1312 ft)

15 th October 2015

went recce for first time to bukit Broga @Semenyih with a friend, hazlan. the purpose was pureli scouting the area @venue for a training program. it was an hour hike crossing 4 false peaks... 2 of them have names; 1. puncak tinjau pertama (first viewing point) and, 2. puncak tinjau kedua (second viewing point). it was noon!!! n hiking under hot-baking sun proved quite a challenge to us.... her! her!

 

pic: starting point (private palm oil)

 

11:50
 

arrived @parking area... private palm oil farm with RM2 car fee per entri. saw that the signboard also bears direction to Tok Wan mountain.... actuali, i never heard such  mountain before..... maybe, need to come back n do recce again.... from this starting point, took 10 minutes walk towards gerbang Broga (entrance). dont panic if see many trails.... all trails end up at the @same entrance. walked under oil palm tree shades.... don't know that this was the onli heavenli place/ area along the trail to the peak.... her! her!

 

pic: entrance

 

12:55

after 25 minutes walk from Broga entrance... reached @puncak tinjau pertama (800 ft).... at this first lookout point, we could see nice view of semenyih town. from this spot, could also see top of Broga hill... another 10 minutes... after passing second false peak, arrived @puncak tinjau kedua (1150 ft).... signboard here has been alreadi uprooted....  took  short 'long' break catching breath.... fuihhhh!

 

pic: hazlan near false peak 1

 

pic: broga view from 1st view point

 

12:50
 

after short scrambling, we reached Broga peak aka puncak tinjau ketiga (3rd viewing point 400 m/ 1312 ft). took shade under tree shadows..... rest a while.... quite a view from the peak plus haze of course... the sceneri onli slacken by many old rubbishes thrown behind big rocks.... careful climbing ensures safeti... he!

pic: marking on broga hill peak

 



going downhill onli took us 15 minutes from peak to tinjau 1.... another 20 minutes to the entrance.... so, total 35 minutes.... got general idea about Broga hill....

 

on 27th October, carried out office hiking program.... with colleagues... 

pic: with colleagues