None of us had hiked Bukit Kutu before. So we just gathered the info about Bukit Kutu from the internet and blogs. We planned to reach Kg Pertak, Kuala Kubu Baru at 8.00am and start our hiking at 8.30am. However, the plan was delayed by about 1 hour.
Once we reached Kg Pertak, we parked our cars at the roadside. If you see those wooden + cement houses at the back, those are the orang asli houses, resettlement area. Some will call it orang asli bungalow houses.
We need to take about 10-15 minutes walk to the 2 metal bridges. There is a river on the right hand side along this road.
Top - 1st metal bridge.Bottom left - 2nd metal bridge. The 2nd bridge had partially collapsed.
After the 2nd metal bridge, we got to walk again to the 1st river crossing. This time, we need to take out our shoes as the the water level is about 2 feet high.
After the 1st river crossing, we will come across 2 small streams and have to walk along the 4WD road. The road is a bit confusing as there is no marking to Bukit Kutu and many folks. So, always take the RIGHT road when ones see the trail folks out.
At first, we make a mistake by taking the left turning at the 2nd folk. We spent about 30 minutes walking on a flat jungle trail. At the end, I took out my phone to check the trail to Bukit Kutu using my GPS. Haha... we are indeed off-track from the hiking trail (pink color line). At the end, we have wasted about 1 hour by walking on the wrong trail.
Top - Another small folk. This time, got to take the left trail.Bottom - Always look out for the marking along the trail.
Along the trail to the summit, there are trees of various shapes and sizes.
And various types of fungi as well.
Bukit Kutu is not difficult to hike for regular hikers. However, it will become challenging to ascend and descend if it rains because of slippery.
Some of our slower group took about 45 minutes to reached the big giant boulder area from the small folk point.
We rested about 15 minutes before continue hiking to the summit.
Be careful to check your both legs for leeches. And do bring a long salt or leech repellent.
There are plenty of bamboo trees along the trail to the summit.
The final stage to summit :P
At last, we reached the summit at 2pm after about 3 hours of slow walk and hike . We took the group photo in front of chimney.
If you read from the internet, the British built a house at the summit as a weekend break. However, the Japanese bombed the place during the war and now all that remains are a few wells and a chimney.
A further up from the chimney area, there is this little rock looks like the real 'peak'.
It was too cloudy at the summit. During good and clear weather, ones can see the Selangor dam and Kuala Kubu Baru town.
We left the summit at 3pm and reached the 1st river crossing by 5.30pm.
We will come back again in the future.
1 comments:
lol..we also climbed that mountain, because of rain, the track got really dangerous..then we stuck at the middle of the track,bomba came to bring us out..we made it at 3am..great experience ever..from Intec-ians..
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