Distance: 14km
Elevation Gain: 900m
Rated:
4.5/10
Gunung Angsi, a mountain with a height of 824m tall, not far behind Gunung Datuk can be done within a day. The hike is a trans-hike across the hill which mean you start from one point of the mountain and end the hike on the other side of the mountain. For Gunung Angsi, it is one of the better hike to do a trans-hike as going down on the Ulu Bendol side can be "challenging". It take rought 2-3 hours up and 1-1.5 hours down the other side. To do a trans-hike at Gunng Angsi, go to [2.7274921, 102.058325] where you will see a parking area with a monument in it. The parking area has no facility but as when walking to Ulu Bendol, they have everything except you have to pay 50sen for toilet.
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| Map to Parking Area, (2.7274921, 102.058325) from Monash Universiy Malaysia |
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| A walk to Ulu Bendol to the foot of Ulu Bendol |
After parking the car at Jalan Bukit Putus, one have to take a half an hour walk along the road to Ulu Bendul recreation park. As mention, there are a lot of facility here and recreational waterfall, but most facility won't be open till the late morning. Five minutes after walking from Ulu Bendul entrance alongside the river, there will be pavement road and on the right will be the guard house where you have to pay RM5 entrance fee for hiking Gunung Angsi. After that, the hike up to Gunung Angsi start.
The first hours of the hike, you will be walking alongside the river on your right and with piping along the trail. You will also walk pass two "checkpoint". You will also need to cross the knee deep river during the hike. After an hour hike, the gradient of the hike will start to steepen greatly and will take another an hour plus to reach the peak. Along the hike, there will be a almost 90 degree wall to climb with rope. There are two path here where the right one is easier but the later path is tougher, whereas the left path will be tougher but later path is easier. The path from the start to the end is simple and there was no major split road during the time which I was climbing.
After all that, you have reached the peak of the mountain! It is a nice place to rest here with shade around the place when it get too hot, though, the view isn't much (and yes, on the way up, there isn't much of the view too). To descend to the other side of the hill, take the path right opposite of where you initially came up from. It a simple trail down and there is more view side to see along the way. Just keep taking the main path down to avoid getting lost till you reach a "very-obvious" Y-junction, take left here. (Side note, I got shock when I saw this junction road since it was my first time here and this mountain trail by right is supposed to be clear and obvious, to make thing worst, on both trail, I remember seeing marker also... Trusted my instinct and guess I got lucky!)
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| Head left at this junction |
On the way down, there is a "pondok" with a "stall" nearby. They serve food and drink. While I was there, they told me the food and drink are free but to wash all the culinary after you used. Do ask the keeper there to check first as I not a 100% sure of this. After that, it a steep way down and to the end of the hike. After reaching the end, you will have to walk a bit more down the road to where you park your car.
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| A small walk to the car after the end of the hike |
Hiking route profile
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| Gunung Angsi (Ulu Bendul side) (Apps: Mapmyhike) |
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| Gunung Angsi (Bukit Putus side) (Apps: Mapmyhike) |
Picture of Gunung Angsi
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| Car Park area |
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| Ulu Bendol rest stop / Gunung Angsi start point |
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| Almost at the start of the hike. Walk till you see pavement road and turn left to pay for tix entry (RM5) |
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| The ticket payment counter |
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| The start of the hike |
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| Hiking along some pipe system |
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| River Crossing |
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| The steep wall with rope |
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| The peak |
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| The peak |
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| More Peak!! |
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| One of the view while heading downward |
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| Free food?? Do ask the keeper there first! |
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| Entrance of Gunung Angsi from Jalan Bukit Putus (Entrance on the right, beginner hiker who want to hike this mountain can use this route) |
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| Entrance of Gunung Angsi (Jalan Bukit Putus) |
Overall, it is a good hike for hiker who want to experience what trans-hike feel like. Though, this kind of hike according to expert is not suitable for beginner hiker and I agree with it, unless you are able to hike mountain like Bukit Kutu or Nuang (Hulu Langat). For beginner hiker, you would still be able to hike this mountain using the road from Jalan Bukit Putus.
Last edited:
15 August 2016
