Irau (Malaysia)
IRAU
Gunung Irau is the highest peak in the popular Cameron Highlands, a plateau developed in the 1930s and named after Scottish geologist William Cameron who first surveyed the area in 1885.
Peninsular Malaysia
Ulu Sepat
Facts Elevation: 2,161 m (7,090 ft) Prominence: 775 m Ribu category: Spesial Province: Peninsular Malaysia Malaysian state: on the border of Kelantan and Perak Range: Banjaran Titiwangsa / Main Range Google Earth: kml Rating: Other names: Hulu Sepat Bagging It! This mountain is rather remote and is located in Hutan Belum. Orang Asli villages are common
Chamah
Facts Elevation: 2,171 m (7,123 ft) Prominence: 1,041 m Ribu category: Tinggi Sedang Province: Peninsular Malaysia Malaysian state: Kelantan Range: Banjaran Titiwangsa / Main Range Google Earth: kml Rating: Other names: none. Bagging It! From the trailhead at Pos Simpoh (820m) to Kampung Rekom (910m, an Orang Asli village) takes 4 hours, a further one
Telapak Buruk
Facts Elevation: 1,193 m (3,914 ft) Prominence: 790 m Ribu category: Spesial Province: Peninsular Malaysia Malaysian state: Negeri Sembilan Range: Banjaran Titiwangsa / Main Range Google Earth: kml Rating: Other names: Also spelt ‘Telapak Burok’. Bagging It! The curiously-named Gunung Telapak Buruk, meaning Rotten Palms or Bad Palms Mountain (either hand palms or the soles
Yong Yap
Facts Elevation: 2,168 m (7,113 ft) Prominence: 638 m Ribu category: Spesial Province: Peninsular Malaysia Malaysian state: on the border of Kelantan and Perak Range: Banjaran Titiwangsa / Main Range Google Earth: kml Rating: Other names: none. Photos Bagging It! Gunung Yong Yap is considered to be one of the tougher treks in Peninsular Malaysia, with
Benum
Facts Bagging It! Gunung Benum is a huge mountain massif all of its own, quite separate from other ranges. Despite only being around 3 hours from Kuala Lumpur, Benum doesn’t see as many hikers as might be expected. It can be hiked from Lata Berembun (Sungai Klau near Raub) in 2/3 days or Ulu Cheka
Rajah
Facts Elevation: 1,685 m (5,528 ft) Prominence: 525 m Ribu category: Spesial Province: Peninsular Malaysia Malaysian state: on the border of Selangor and Pahang Range: Banjaran Titiwangsa / Main Range Google Earth kml Rating: Other names: none. Bagging It! Gunung Rajah is part of the same section of the Titiwangsa mountains – or Main Range –
Bukit Kutu
Facts Elevation: 1,070 m (3,510 ft) Prominence: 302 m Ribu category: Spesial Province: Peninsular Malaysia Malaysian state: Selangor Range: Banjaran Titiwangsa / Main Range Google Earth: kml Rating: Other names: Formerly known as ‘Treacher Hill’. Photos Bagging It! Bukit Kutu is one of the most popular hikes near Kuala Lumpur and used to be a
Bukit Larut (Gunung Hijau)
Facts Elevation: 1,448 m (4,751 ft) Prominence: 892 m Ribu category: Spesial Province: Peninsular Malaysia Malaysian state: Perak Range: Banjaran Bintang Google Earth: kml 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
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Tahan
TAHAN
At 2,187m, Gunung Tahan is the highest peak in Peninsular Malaysia and is located in the Taman Negara National Park. It is also the highest peak in the Tenasserim Hills chain (Banjaran Tanah Seri), a 1,700 kilometre-long granite ridge older than the Himalayas which runs all the way down from mid-Thailand to southern Peninsular Malaysia.