Facts Elevation: 1,448 m (4,751 ft) Prominence: 892 m Peak category: Spesial Region: Peninsular Malaysia Malaysian state: Perak Range: Banjaran Bintang Coordinates: 4.8591, 100.8154 Rating: Other names: Formerly known as ‘Maxwell Hill’. Photos Bagging It! Bukit Larut – or Maxwell Hill, as it was originally known – was founded by the British as a hill station at […]
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Mount Angsi is one of the most popular hill treks in Malaysia. It makes a good introduction to hiking for beginners and can be accomplished in half a day. Most hikers can be at the top in under 3 and hours and back down in less than 2 hours.
Facts Elevation: 1,519 m (4,984 ft) Prominence: 1,292 m Ribu category: Kurang Tinggi Region: Peninsular Malaysia Malaysian state: Terengganu Range: Banjaran Pantai Timur Coordinates: 5.4250, 102.5883 Rating: World Ribus ID: 68579 Bagging It! Surprisingly little information is available on this mountain. It has been a hiked on a small number of occasions including in 2023, always via
Facts Elevation: 2,168 m (7,113 ft) Prominence: 638 m Peak category: Spesial Region: Peninsular Malaysia Malaysian state: on the border of Kelantan and Perak Range: Banjaran Titiwangsa / Main Range Coordinates: 4.7608, 101.3733 Rating: Photos Bagging It! Gunung Yong Yap is considered to be one of the tougher treks in Peninsular Malaysia, with leeches, sandflies and even the
Facts Elevation: 1,533 m (5,030 ft) Prominence: 1,059 m Ribu category: Kurang Tinggi Region: Peninsular Malaysia / Southern Thailand Malaysian state: Perak Coordinates: 5.7998, 101.3166 Rating: Other names: เขาฮูลูติติปาซา in Thai World Ribus ID: 68685 Bagging It! This obscure mountain lies on or very close to the border with Thailand and is the highest summit of the
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Gunung Raya is the highest peak of Langkawi island and is one of the most north-westerly mountains of the lands where mountains are called ‘gunung’. Despite its name meaning ‘great’ or ‘big’, it is not be the most impressive peak nor the most interesting trek, but there are some decent views and it makes a very pleasant half-day out on what is a lovely island.
Gunung Batu Putih (‘White Rock Mountain’) is very close to being a Ribu and is indeed one of the most significant hikes of the Main Range. According to Malaysian hikers who include Gunung Gayong in their list, it is the eighth-highest in the Malay Peninsula.
Gunung Yong Belar is the second-highest peak in the huge Titiwangsa mountain range and only a couple of metres below the highest which is Gunung Korbu. It is a popular hike during weekends, usually with several groups hoping to complete a trek to one of Peninsular Malaysia’s highest peaks in a single day or two days and one night.
Mount Ophir – also known as Gunung Ledang – is the highest peak in Johor and the only Ribu on the Malay Peninsula south of Kuala Lumpur. It is rather popular with Singaporean hikers who visit over the weekend or even do a very long day-trip from Singapore. It is located in the Gunung Ledang National Park which is near the town of Tangkak and less than one hour from Melaka.
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Gunung Rembau is the highest part of the large mountain range southeast of KL and Seremban. This hilly area stretches tens of kilometres from Seremban all the way down to Tampin in the south. The most popular hikes in the area are the easy Gunung Angsi (825m) in the north and Gunung Datuk (705m) in the south.
