Tabur Hill offer nice hiking and rock climbing experience for anyone who scale this hill. Tabur Hill, even with all the accident reports, I would still consider this side of the hill (west side) to be very safe as long as the hiker know his or her limit and know what he or she is doing. Do note, I would not recommend this hill to be the first hiking trip for any new hiker but go ahead if only you feel confident and would also not encourage hiking on the mountain while raining or right after the rain as the rock will be slippery. To get here, one can use the following destination: "Jalan Kolam Air, Taman Melawati, 53100 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur". It is all the way to the end where you should be able to see the "puncak niaga facility" gate. There are no public facilities provided here.
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| The map to Bukit Tabur (West) from Monash University Malaysia |
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| A zoom in map to Bukit Tabur (West) |
Do note, ever since all the accident occurring up on the hill, the hill is only legally open on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from 8am - 5pm [but 24/7 if no one knows ;) ], permit is needed to get before one can start hiking and there will be officer in charge. Personally, I really don't think all these permit nonsense will help with anything. There are many hiker who will avoid the officer by going early in the morning and start their hike before the officer start work. For me, I went during "Puasa Month" at 12 noon, hence, I manage to walk in without any interference. To obtain the permit,
Pejabat Hutan Daerah Selangor Tengah is the place to go
as shown below. The office will only provide the pass with a RM5 per pax fee on weekdays office hours only.
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http://www.streetdirectory.com.my/malaysia/kl/travel/travel_id_473972/travel_site_580198/travel_no_/)
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| The map to Pejabat Hutan Daerah Selangor Tengah from Monashu University Malaysia to obtain the permit |
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The zoom in map to Pejabat Hutan Daerah Selangor Tengah to obtain the permit
(I have not been there so not sure where to park) |
With the tallest peak of around 450m+, the height is not that matter here. The fact that since Tabur is a range of hill, it is does provide some challenge especially to the newer hiker. It roughly took me 2 hours to complete all the peak and to the edge of Tabur before looping back down, which take another 45 mins to 1 hours to hike back down to the car. The first half an hour or so is an easy climb up, after that, the terrain will start to turn rocky and gradient of the slope will increase to the point where it is required to rock climb upward. Avoid making any mistake as a fall down of the cliff will almost certainly earn you a ticket to the nearest hospital.
Nevertheless, the view from the top can be breathtaking especially when one is catching the sun rise. It is possible to catch the sun set to, but hiking down in the dark at Tabur Hill is not the best idea. The Tabur hill trail can be done in a loop or if want, you can always climb back down the same way to come up for extra bit more of thrill. If you plan to take the loop down, do take note of the following fork road. Altogether, as I recall, there are three obvious fork road. Take left for all three fork road and you should be able to come out of Tabur Hill near the main entrance (Do note, I took the wrong turn at the third fork road, it did lead me out but at the wrong exit. Anymore fork road after the third one I am not very sure)
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The entrance to Tabur Hill (West side)
The ranger will be waiting at the "pondok" |
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| The peak ahead is Tabur Hill (East side) |
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| The view of Tabur Hill (West) |
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| "Wind Tunnel" |
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The first fork road after the "rock climbing" session
Take the left turn to loop around the mountain and back to main entrance, right turn for more view as below (dead end)
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| At the most west end of Tabur Hill |
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| At the most west end of Tabur Hill |
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| Hiking down Tabur Hill |
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| Second fork road, unsure where right turn go, but take the left turn to head home |
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Third fork road, take the left turn to head back to the entrance
(In this case, I ter-took right turn and end up somewhere far from where I expect to be, as shown below) |
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| If you mistook the turn at the third fork, you will end up at Jalan 1/4B, which in this case, happen to me |
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| If you take all the correct path, you should be able to see this wheel once you finished the trail and is around 50m away from the main entrance |
Overall, this hill does give that satisfying feeling of accomplishment if everything goes right. If you looking for bigger challenge, the Tabur Hill does offer two more tougher hiking trail which are
Tabur Hill East and Tabur Hill Far East and
Tabur Hill Extreme. I am soon to complete those part of the hill too.
(I have done Tabur Hill Extreme but Far East I may not plan to go)
Last Edited: 31 July 2014
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