Gunung Chabang - Kampung Pos Slim, Simpang Pulai, Perak

Gunung Chabang located in Kampung Pos Slim, Simpang Pulai, Perak, with the height of 1711 meters. 3 hours drive from the heart of Kuala Lumpur.

Parking Fee (by orang asli)

RM20 per car

Hiking Summary

Ascending – 5.5km (one Way) in 4 hours

Descending – 5.5km in 2 hours 30 minutes

Total – 11km in 6 hours 30 minutes

Details

Checkpoints	Distance	Duration Taken	Trail difficulties/conditions
Parking to junction orang asli	320 meters	10 minutes	Tar Road/easy
Junction to small stream	50 meters	2 minutes	Trail/river crossing/easy/Not Wet
Small river to Rumah Orang asli trailhead	180 meters	5 minutes	Trail/easy
Rumah Orang Asli Trailhead to small waterfall	1.6km	40 minutes	Trail/moderate to hard incline/dry
Small Waterfall to False Peak	2.4km	2 hours	Hard incline/dry
False Peak to Mount Chabang Peak	940 meters	1 hour 10 minutes	Easy/little bit muddy

GPS Coordinate of parking area at Kampung Pos Slim

4.570540, 101.278867

The parking area. The main road - turn right to Cameron Highland, left to Simpang pulai

Form Parking area...heading to the bridge

Go straight

Some of the houses

Pay attention to house with no. 26, in front of this house is the entrance to Gunung Chabang which is towards the small stream. The trail entrance is at the parked motorcycle in the photo.

This is the trail (junction orang asli)

Further up, few meters only, there is a small stream, cross it. Just jump on the rocks

This is the stream

up the stream, just continue forward

keep going

You will reach this house. Turn left. Follow the trail path

Keep going

around 100 meters, you will reach another house (Rumah Orang Asli)

This is the trailhead leading up to Gunung Chabang.

Going up around 100 meters or so, you will reach here, please turn right and go up

1.66km later (or 2.14km later), this is the small waterfall, cross it, the trail continued up ahead

Actually its 2.14km or so from start (I accidentally pressed the paused button earlier..dem!)

At False Peak.

It seems like we reached the peak, but no...

Actually its 4.5km or so

At the false peak.

Another 940 meters to go

This is the peak

Around 5.5km or so in 4 hours 

Yup, we have to go through this bush tunnel - a knee breaking task

Along the way, you will find spot like this for photo session

and mesmerizing the horizon.

Looking back how and what you have gone through to get here

A panoramic view at one of the section

Not Green enough - it suppose to be green - its mossy 

but turned out to be grey instead with my cheapo handphone.

Before the clouds whitened the valley below, better quickly snap one shot...haha...i beat you cloud.

Dont mind the ugly face ya...

Descending was relatively easy as its all the way down. 

It took only 2 hours 30 minutes to reach the parking 

just add 500 meters to the mileage ya

There you have it, complete guide on climbing Gunung Chabang.

Few notes to highlight : 

1) I only bring 1.5 litre of water (1 litre of plain water, 1 small bottle of coke)

2) I travel light - few essential items only, first aid kid, survival kit

3) Hiking can be done in one day, no doubt about it but at least you are moderately fit enough

4) I walk fast, little time of rest, 2 or 3 minutes at check points, 20 minutes at the top

5) I ate less, for this trip I didn't bring food except 2 karipaps (uneaten...I forgot ok?)...

6) Few extra minutes for photo shoot, its a must to document your journey

Happy hiking

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