Bukit Repin via Kemensah - The Mean Trail

Kampung Kemensah located behind National Zoo (Zoo Negara) in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. Kemensah is a known hot spot for it's waterfall, river chalet and vast trails.

Among popular trails in Kemensah are Bukit Pau/paw, Bukit Tabur Extreme and Tabur Far East, Bamboo Trail, Sungai Pusu trail, Pondok Repin trail, Bukit Repin Trail which can be extended to Gunung Nuang.

Teratak Angah street view via google map

Teratak Angah location in google map

My point of view on categorizing how hard or easy the trails :

• Easy Trail (beginner level) - Bukit Pau/Paw to the Lake, Bamboo Trail
• Moderate Trail (intermediate level) - Lubuk Tedung, Tabur Extreme/far east
• Hard Trail (expert Level) - Pondok Repin, Bukit Repin, Gunung Nuang and Beyond

Of course, if you're going for expert level, you may need special preparation in term of fitness and better preparation.

Total distance in Strave

You may find the gpx file of the trail complete with waypoints here : Wikiloc-Kemensah Bkt Repin

Going back to the Bukit Repin hike, the journey started from "Teratak Angah", one of popular picnic spot river chalet, heading to Lubuk Tedung, then Pondok Repin and advance to Bukit Repin.

There will be 4 river crossings which you may get your shoes wet - at Lubuk Tedung and another one after Lubuk Tedung - wet guaranteed.

3 major hills after Lubuk Tedung :

Bukit Merah (manageable but hard)

Bukit Korea (mean and long ascending)

Bukit S (Manageable but hard)

Then, the mother of all hills you need to climb is - after Pondok Repin all the way up to Bukit Repin, the whole 3 km of it!

As it's a long journey ahead, we started as early as 6.00am.

Summary of hike:

17km in 5 hours in 53 minutes (one Way)

33.6km in 10 hours 48 minutes (return)

Breakdown of Hike :

Teratak Angah (starting point) to Bukit Roket
Distance From Start to Bukit Roket : 5.4km
Duration from Start to Bukit Roket : 1 hour 3 minutes
Trail condition : mostly dry, little bit muddy at certain section
Trail Difficulty : few small inclination

Bukit Roket to Lubuk Tedung
Distance From Bukit Roket to Lubuk Tedung : 900 metres
Duration from Bukit Roket to Lubuk Tedung : 12 minutes
Distance from Start : 6.3km
Duration from Start : 1 hour 15 minutes
Trail condition : mostly dry, little bit muddy at certain section
Trail Difficulty : easy, mostly downhill

From Lubuk Tedung follow the arrow to make your way to Pondok Repin. There are trail markers too at the trees.

Lubuk Tedung to Bukit Merah
(crossing the river at Lubuk Tedung and onother one towards Bukit Merah)
Distance From Lubuk Tedung to Bukit Merah : 1.1km
Duration from Lubuk Tedung to Bukit Merah : 22 minutes
Distance from Start : 7.4km
Duration from Start : 1 hour 37 minutes
Trail condition : mostly dry, little bit muddy at certain section
Trail Difficulty : easy to moderate

jangan buat main dengan budak ni, laju nak mampus!

Bukit Merah to Bukit Korea

Distance from Bukit Merah to Bukit Korea : 1.4 km

Duration from Bukit Merah to Bukit Korea : 18 minutes

Distance from Start : 8.8km

Duration from Start : 1 hour 55 minutes

Trail condition : mostly dry, little bit muddy at certain section

Trail Difficulty : hard inclination

At bukit Korea...the 2nd meanest hill (the first one which we discovered later on the way up to Bukit Repin)

Bukit Korea to Bukit S
Distance From Bukit Korea to Bukit S : 3.1km
Duration from Bukit Korea to Bukit S : 43 minutes
Distance from Start : 11.9km
Duration from Start : 2 hours 38 minutes
Trail condition : mostly dry, little bit muddy at certain section
Trail Difficulty : long and hard inclination

Bukit S to Batu Landak
Distance From Bukit S to Batu Landak : 600 meters
Duration from Bukit S to Batu Landak : 14 minutes
Distance from Start : 12.5km
Duration from Start : 2 hour 52 minutes
Trail condition : mostly dry, little bit muddy at certain section
Trail Difficulty : moderate inclination

Batu Landak to Pondok Repin

Distance From Batu Landak to Pondok Repin : 1km
Duration from Batu Landak to Pondok Repin : 18 minutes
Distance from Start : 13.5km
Duration from Start : 3 hours 10 minutes
Trail condition : mostly dry
Trail Difficulty : moderate to hard, 2 short and brief hills

A well kept hut - please don't litter here,bring along your unwanted items back

Pondok Repin to Bukit Repin - Hard mode, be prepared!
(We rested for a while at Pondok Repin and started our journey to Bukit Repin around 9.27am)

Distance From Pondok Repin to Bukit Repin : 3.6km
Duration from Pondok Repin to Bukit Repin : 2 hours 30 minutes
Distance from Start : 17.1km
Duration from Start : 5 hours 53 minutes
Trail condition : mostly dry, slippery - please wear glove
Trail Difficulty : hard and long inclination

Brotherhood at the top

As I laid my ground sheet to sit down, suddenly emerged these ultra runners out of nowhere!

It took them 4 hours to reached top of Bukit Repin from Teratak Angah..imagine how fast there were!!!

This is the view point at Bukit Repin, make sure you take a selfie

Rested few minutes at the top, we started going down at 12.17pm.
Going down is a little bit faster as its all the way down, but be careful of the trails as it is slippery.

Reached back at Pondok Repin at 1.38pm
Duration taken from Bukit Repin to Pondok Repin : 1 hour 21 minutes
Distance from Start : 20.2km
duration from Start : 7 hours 36 minutes

Bumped into my long time friend during Mount Rinjani climb years back - Mr Jaz Jerry, known as one of the fast hiker. Laju ya amat!

Finally back at Pondok Repin

Rested few minutes at Pondok Repin, we started back at 1.50pm
Making few stops at Lubuk Tedung and in the middle of the track after lubuk tedung as my body felt very weak...haha...

Finally we ended our journey at 4.51pm, after a grueling 33.6km and 10 hours 48 minutes.
From Pondok Repin to finish : 13.4km
Duration from Pondok Repin to Finish : 3 hours

Few tips on hiking to Bukit Repin

• Water supply is aplenty - top up station at Lubuk Tedung and Pondok Repin
• From Pondok Repin to Bukit Repin - No Water point - bring at least 1 litre
• Please also include isotonic, sour and sweet, minty and sweet taste in your drinks
• Food - heavy food is essential - Nasi Lemak, roti canai telur, burger are recommended - consume it on top of Bukit Repin, you won't regret it.
• Leech was not that many on that day - one bite and 1 attempted bite...was a bonus
• Hot Cream for massage - in case of cramp, one of our team member suffered a burning calf muscle which had slow us down during Bukit Repin hike.