Distance: 31km
Elevation Gain: 2,350m+
Rated: 7.0/10 (1D) or 6.0/10 (2D1N)
Gunung Rajah, a mountain located in Bentong with a height of 1685m above sea level, it taller than the mountain I usually climb, Gunung Nuang which only seat at 1498m high. This mountain is definitely not to be underestimated! The starting point for the hike is at "3.509598, 101.8579" or "Chamang Waterfall" on google map. All public facility is provided here and there is an entry fee to the waterfall and permit is needed to apply to climb the mountain beforehand, https://thegeotraveller.com/2016/05/31/how-to-apply-permit-to-hike-pahang-mountains. Guide is not mandatory to the date of this writing.
Elevation Gain: 2,350m+
Rated: 7.0/10 (1D) or 6.0/10 (2D1N)
Gunung Rajah, a mountain located in Bentong with a height of 1685m above sea level, it taller than the mountain I usually climb, Gunung Nuang which only seat at 1498m high. This mountain is definitely not to be underestimated! The starting point for the hike is at "3.509598, 101.8579" or "Chamang Waterfall" on google map. All public facility is provided here and there is an entry fee to the waterfall and permit is needed to apply to climb the mountain beforehand, https://thegeotraveller.com/2016/05/31/how-to-apply-permit-to-hike-pahang-mountains. Guide is not mandatory to the date of this writing.
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| Route to Chamang Waterfall from Monash University Malaysia |
Once you park your car, the starting trail is as shown below:
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| The start of the trail is onto the right |
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| Strava https://www.strava.com/activities/1481428012 |
GPX File Link:
The trek is quite straight forward but don't take my word for it, most of the trek although split into two but will merge back, but some may not.
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| At that time, we had paper mark by our group, KLH (they do remove the paper after the hike) |
After the camp site, we took another 3 hours (while some of my fren take as little as 2 hour) to reach the peak of Gunung Rajah. The total distance is at 16km one way with an easy elevation of 10km to the waterfall and the remaining steep elevation of 6km to the peak. The view up here is can be very nice. It has a 360 degree view from Genting Highland all the way to Bukit Kutu as they claimed. We got up there when it is misty and foggy so the view wasn't at it best.
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| Lata Naning |
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| Lata Naning |
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| One of the toughest part of the climb |
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| Mountain Peak |
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| Peak |
Overall, the hike took 12.5 hours up and down without the camping time. The total of 32km with an elevation of more than 1600m+, this mountain is definitely tougher than Gunung Nuang. Regardless of the difficulty, the reward is worthwhile if the weather is good!
Edited: 12/12/2017
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