Bukit Repin situated at Janda Baik, Pahang. As far as I know
there are 2 mountains via Janda Baik i.e Gunung Nuang and Bukit Repin.
Bukit Repin is actually a mountain category as it stand
1,300 meters (according to my Suunto ambit 2)
What to Expect on Climbing Bukit Repin
- The distance is approximately 4.29km
- flat and easy walk few kilometers at the beginning and steep
climb last few kilometers towards the peak
- will be passing through rubber plantation, orang asli
settlement and 4 to 5 river crossings
- the trail is clear, but be careful to follow correct path
as there are many trails leading elsewhere
- I will try to give the best guide for others not to get
lost
- be mindful of leeches especially towards the summit – get ready
for a few bites (a mossy guards spray or leech socks would help)
the ascending/descending and distance
Accommodation
There are plenty of homestay and small hut to be rented out
as Janda Baik is known as a get-away destinations.
Transportation
There will be no public transport to here. You may need to
use own transport.
Temperature
Between 25 to 28 degree in the morning. Nothing to be
alarmed.
Eating Place
There will be plenty of Malay restaurant at the road side up
to the small town of Janda Baik – few kilometres from the trail head.
I suggest you get
your food on or before here.
Breakfast and lunch are no problems but dinner may be very
limited choice.
Another point to have your meals is at Genting Sempah rest
area – more than 10km away.
Getting there
There are 2 ways of conquering Bukit Repin, first thru
Kemensah (zoo negara, KL) and another is thru Janda Baik.
Since this is our first time and we decided to enter thru
Janda Baik.
We park here (gps coordinate : 3.305605, 101.875539)
About 100 meters we reached the entrance which is a river
crossing. There will be no direction to Bukit Repin at our starting location
No signboard and no trail marker.
Phone Signal
There will be few points of having phone signal but I’m
pretty sure that a strong signal is presence at the peak.
Navigation Assistance
My old trustworthy suunto ambit 2 with routes direction
pre-loaded before the hike more or less helped me with this climb.
Wak Nosly (good old friend) also had his ambit 3 peak with
the same route.
This assurance will prevent us from getting lost
Trail Condition
The trail was easy and flat at the beginning. Passing
through rubber tree plantation, secondary jungle and orang asli settlement.
(2 houses only). The trail is clear with tyre tracks and we
believe it is being used for mobility for the orang asli.
There will be proper trail markers leading to the summit when
you get more deeper in the jungle.
At a later stage of the trail, it will become steeper and
hard climb. The trail is slippery. It took us hours to reach the peak.
Summit
The summit is somehow a small area surrounded by trees. The
ground is dark in colour and covered by fallen leaves.
There is one section on the left where you can view the
valley below, if it is not covered by fog.
If you look carefully, you may find trail markers leading to
another section of the mountain – ‘Pondok’ and eventually heading towards
Kemensah.
I heard the distance is 3 kilometres to Pondok itself.
I hope that somebody will re-open the trail route to Pondok –
Kemensah, it will be more nearer to KL.
Going Back
Heading down from the summit was a very straight forward.
Just use back the same trail.
I would suggest to use extra caution as the trail is very
slippery and you may fall down.
Use a proper trail shoes, glove-to hang on to something and
a slow pace ascending – it will reduce the risk of injuring yourselves.
We reached down around 2 hours plus.
Recommendation
Bukit Repin maybe considered a leisure hike as in
comparison, it is more or less climbing Bukit Kutu.
Its manageable and doable. Of course, hikers with low
fitness level may find it a bit difficult and may take longer time to reach the top. Don’t give up.
Always hike with a buddy, recommended more than 3 persons
ya.
Walk through
Walk through
Around the parking area
We will be heading towards this road
Heading to the Entrance
We reached this house, around 100 meters from parking. Just go straight
At the back of the house, there is a fork road. Please turn on your right.
The green fence on the right is the house fence
We reached our first river crossing. This is the entrance
Rubber plantation
just go straight
2nd river crossing
Orang asli settlement
The fork trail, close up - please turn left
the fork trail from a distance
another fork trail - take your left
This is on our way back
the popular tree
distance and time taken
Time of the day
At the other side of the peak
On our way back
We started descending at 11.20am. Reached the parking around 1.30pm
Western Food Lunch
We saw this western outlet called Nero Bianco Deli
Wak with his new fondly feline friend
Western Food Lunch
