Distance: 12km
Elevation Gain: 1000m
Rated: 5.0/10
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ukit Kutu, a mountain of flee if direct translation from Malay. Of course, there is no flee on the mountain at all, but leech are plentiful during the raining season. Situated in between Fraser HIll and Kuala Kubu Bharu in Selangor with a height of 1090m+-, this mountain has a fantastic view on top of the peak, but it only can be access through a few ladder climbing and overcoming the fear of height. To get here, use the GPS coordinate [3°34'42.121"N 101°44'4.927"E] or turn right at toward Fraser Hill at Kuala Kubu Bharu. There is no public facilities prepared nearby the mountain entrance. (Note: There maybe surchage for entrance fee to the mountain)
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| A map to Bukit Kutu via Kampung Pertak from Monash University Malaysia |
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| A zoom-in map |
There two entrance up to Bukit Kutu, one is Kampung Pertak and another is Ampang Pecah. I have only attempted Kampung Pertak and have no idea the different in difficulty between these two trails. Nevertheless, it can be a challenging mountain where at a normal pace, it took around 3.5 to 4 hour to climb up to the top at average pace (At fast pace, it can be completed within 2 - 2.5 hours. The mountain has a gradient which constantly go up, mean for some, it can be a tiring hike.
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| The hiking trail (Mapmyhike apps.) |
GPX File Link:
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The entrance of Bukit Kutu
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| Take right off the first bridge crossing |
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Bukit Kutu hiking start with a bridge crossing. If you have time, walk off the bridge to the right to see the it stream of waterfall where one can also swim in it. There are two bridge crossing altogether but the second bridge has fallen, it take careful step to cross it (or just walk into the water) and one river crossing. Also, during your journey up the hill, you will come across various fork road along the way.
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| 1st turn: turn right upon the first fork road (note: turning left here will lead you too more stream of waterfall) |
During the first turn, if you turn left and left again after the second fork road, it will lead you to Lata Medang. Though, I did not reach Lata Medang in this case, I did reach one if Lata's which is Lata Jebus. The hike here take about 30minutes just to Lata Jebus, though Lata Medang site is definitely nicer and worth the trip up there.
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| Lata Jebus |
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| Lata Jebus |
Continue on Bukit Kutu...
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| 2nd turn: more Right... |
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| 3rd turn: Yes, even more right! |
Yes, you should realize by now that most of the fork road, right is always the right ways. Though, this is only appear to be true for the first hours of hiking or more precisely, after all the four wheel drive road. After that, it will be jungle route where it is inaccessible for vehicle and it is from here where fork road vary time after time. My hike on year 2014 and the hike on 2016, the jungle route has change a good amount where I don't recognize most of it route (Don't worry about the 4x4 route should not change anytime soon as this road is often use by orang asli). One way to make sure you are heading the right way is to always pick the path that is cleared or heading upward. If not sure, just ask around, there a good amount of hiker here (Well, on both time I visited here on the Sunday morning)
Roughly halfway through your journey (2 hours approximately << vary from person to person), you will come across a very beautiful rock formation. It one of it famous landmark on Bukit Kutu, you will surely not miss it unless you were walking at the wrong way the whole time!! After that, if you manage to reach the top early in the morning, you can climb "The Rock" to get a 360 degree view of the mountain view. Why early in the morning? Cause this "Rock" is small and can only fit 4 people max. Reaching there late mean you will have to line-up or worst....
Once you got bored of the peak, there one more thing Bukit Kutu that can offer and a lot of us will miss it. It a five minutes walk from the peak, there is a small beautiful ruin lying around it. To access it, once at the peak near "The Rock", walk down the path, upon reaching a fork road, turning left will lead you back to where you were originally from. Go straight, keep walking downhill for 5-10 minutes and you will reach it. Upon reaching the place, I do wish no one will vandalize this area as before hand, Bukit Kutu has a good amount of vandalism going on, just hope this ruin will stayed as it is for the next hundred years and so.
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| Spot the Orang Asli harvesting "Petai" |
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| One of those moment where right is not the right way! |
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| Beautiful rock formation |
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| The view on top of "The Rock" |
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| 360 degree view of Bukit Kutu (well not shown in picture... Go there and experience yourself!!) |
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| A ruin used to be a house, there a chimney still standing strong |
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| The beautiful small ruin! |
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The beautiful small ruin!
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Bukit Kutu has a lot to offer, clear clean water, amazing rock formation, 360 degree scenic view and a small beautiful ruin! A place worth a visit, camping is also recommended if you want to visit everything on the list!
