Bukit Chorocho, Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor

Summary of Hike

Total distance : 6.5km in 3 hours

3.2km ascending in 1 hour 39 minutes

3.3km descending in 1 hour 14 minutes

Caution! Killer elevation, thorny plants & leeches

Gpx :

Bukit Chorocho

Location :

Search for bukit chorocho in google map. It will bring you to this spot.

The parking spot and chorocho entrance is 200 - 300 meters further from the original google map direction. Take note on this ya.

Bukit Chorocho entrance is where i stand. Notice the car park. This to measure the distance from car park to the entrance.

The entrance view from the main road

Let's go in

Some notification by the authority

From start, the trail is going down...to the river.

Around 500 meters from start we reached a junction, take right. At this point, the sound of the river is clear.

(Well, there's a trail on the left but we don't know lead to where...we miss out this junction on our back, made us to u-turn back to the junction, luckily i kept an eye at my gps distance on why it's getting farther, supposed to be another 500 meters to exit but it shoot to 600 meters...so, becareful here ya...)

Moving another 200 meters or so, we reached this river wild... there's a section where the water level quite shallow... easy to get a cross.

And that's it, the entrance from start and river crossing done.

Take note the arrow where the trail continues

After river crossing, please prepare yourself for a ride of your life...crazy ascending around 2.4km to the top!

This is view at the top... nothing much to admire...except the sounds of the jungle..

Rawang By Pass and Bukit Guling Ayam - Easy and Quick Hike

 

Rawang by Pass

We decided to hike Rawang By Pass (in Rawang) and Bukit Guling Ayam (in gombak) as both are easy hike and close to each other.

Rawang by Pass

First, navigate your way to the correct parking area based on the gps coordinate via google map here : 

Where you should park, start...

This is the drain tunnel...sure a lot on social media where people take shot here

overall trail path from parking to the top

Summary of hike

As there are many route to the peak, mine is 

from Carpark to Peak - 1.25km in 32 minutes

We choose different exit point

as you can see on the photo above, we choose dangerous way to climb up then safer way to climb down

Total Journey - 3.46km in 1 hour

This is the safer way from parking...need to walk along the highway, then at the end of the road, cross the highway at a section here...

Next is Bukit Guling Ayam, Gombak

Summary of Hike

Carpark to Peak - 400 meters (distance) in 10 minutes

Total Hike : 868 meters only in 30 minutes ...taking photos, resting...

The peak is limited, so becareful ya...

Situated 22km away from Rawang By Pass, we make our way to Petronas lingkaran Karak (with starbucks and mcdonalds).

Petronas Lingkaran Karak GPS coordinate

The entrance just beside the starbuck & MC D...can't miss it

All the way up..

A view to die for - nice sunset spot

Gunung Datuk and Gunung Angsi at One Go - Challenge Yourself Edition

 

on top of Gunung Datuk...crowded...

Have you ever thought of doing Gunung Datuk and Gunung Angsi in one day? 

Why not? That's what I did as hiking Gunung Datuk alone or Gunung Angsi are too common, so I thought of up the game to the next level (next level la sangat).

That faithful day, we started hike Gunung Datuk quite late, at 8.00am, reached the top 1 hour 20 minutes later, took couple of photos but with not so strategic location as there were too many hikers at the top and such a little room left to move around.

We headed down to the carpark. The pit stop is Gunung Angsi.

Summary of Gunung Datuk hike : 

Car Park to Peak - 2.96km around 1 hour 32 minutes

Peak to car park - 2.3km around 1 hour 

Total hike : 5.2km in 2 hours 24 minutes...plus minus la ya...resting, buying drinks, chi-chatting with fellow hikers. The time was 10am something.

Round 2 - Gunung Angsi

Distance from Gunung Datuk to Gunung Angsi is around 55km in 58 minutes. The challenges here was the traffic, it was one hell of journey. We arrived at Gunung Angsi trailhead at 11.27am and allowed to hike. When we asked when is the last hikers allowed to climb up, the counter official said by 11.30am...I dont know I heard it right or wrong...hehe..

Gunung Angsi was a tough one, 4.5km one way. 

Summary of Hike

Start to peak - 4.5km in 1 hour 20 minutes

Peak to start - 4.5km in 51 minutes

Total : 8.8km in 2 hours 11 minutes...plus minus ya...no medal won here...

Yay! Made it!

Yes, climbing both Mountains in a day is doable, manageable...but keep in mind on the cut off time when the counter official allowed the climber to hike ya. If you are too late, maybe your are not allowed to climb. I haven't confirm on this one yet...hehe.

Bukit Repin via Lepoh Waterfall, Hulu Langat

 

I would recommend bukit repin from Lepoh (rather from kemensah) as the distance is shorter and on the way back it's totally going down to lepoh waterfall. After Lepoh waterfall, it's flat like lempeng (pancake).

(If from kemensah, de-motivation comes after Lubuk Tedung all the way to finishing line)

You also may consider to hike bukit repin from Janda baik (Pahang), Kemensah (Ulu Klang) or Gunung Nuang, Hulu Langat (Pangsun) or if you are free and got nothing to do, you may do a full loop - Lepoh, Bukit Repin, Lentang Legong, Nuang, Janda Baik or vice versa..the trail could be crafted to suit your need.

Of course, the longer the trail, the more preparation you need to be aware off - drinks, water station, food, shelter, power bank, emergency kit, etc.

Leech are aplenty! So, I recommend to wear a leech socks, it will save your time, just keep on walking. If you use insect repellent, you may need to stop apply and reapply, that would cost you a precious time.

Dead-Tie knot your shoes string - untangled shoe string can be a nuisance during your hike. Just dead-tie it. Will show photo later on (cannot find in google..demm!)

Tired of your shoelaces coming off in the middle of hike? Dead-knot it...

Summary of Hike

Total distance - 21.7km in 9 hours 12 minutes
10.5km one way in 5 hours 6 minutes (ascending)
11.1km return in 3 hours 40 minutes (descending)

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GPX file : 

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A tiring day

This is the starting and end point

Ample parking space as you go deeper.

No need to worry about parking

Huge parking area

Started at 7.33am

Reached this ruin shack at 3.6km, another 5.9km to bukit repin

This is lepoh Waterfall, 3.9km from start

Get ready for hard inclination after this ya...

Just an ordinary tree

To show my lousy camera

We reached the junction to Bukit repin and lentang Legong at 7.5km from start, 2.5km more to peak of bukit repin.

Trail difficulty : hard...

This  is the crucial junction at 7.5km from start.

Please turn left. 

The bukit Repin junction ya...

Though it said on my watch its 2.5km more to peak of bukit repin (from the junction) but when I relook back on the actual distance, it was 3km from the junction. So, plus minus 2.5km - 3km...be prepare for this ya..

Yay! Finally! After 5 hours and 10.5km later, we landed at the peak of Bukit Repin.

From Bukit repin junction it took us 1 hour 36 minutes to reach the peak.

Trail difficulty - hard, up and down but mostly up

Been here couple of times..

We're going down at 1.06pm, 25 minutes rested here

Reached back the junction 1 hour 25 minutes later

At lepoh waterfall, 17km from start. 3.49km to finish line. Downhill seems fast but extra careful.

I fell few times

Completed at 4.45pm after 9 hours 12 minutes of hike, 21.7km of total journey.

 Hope the readers benefits from this journey.