Gunung Telapak Buruk, a height of 1193m above sea level is well-known for it WW2 plane crash site. Gunung Telapak Buruk is situated in Seremban which is roughly an hour plus drive from Kuala Lumpur and although the mountain is 1193m high, your starting point elevation is already quite high and to reach the crash site, hiker will only need to climb down and up through a valley to get here. (Note: this site can also be reach from Pantai entrance where hiker will climb to Gunung Berembun peak and another 2 hours to hike down to the crash site)
Here, you will be able to see the crash site of a B-24 Liberator though half of the plane is missing from the crash site. It is still a very different experience from most other hiking. To get here, use the following coordinate: "2.840246, 102.068981". There no public facility here. Permit and guide is not required at this point of time of writing.
 |
| The route from Monash University Malaysia to the entrance of the forest road |
 |
| You will reach this point after an hour drive. Turn right into the forest road. |
 |
| It may up to 45 minutes depending on your car type and who in front of you to the hike entrance |
The road condition while driving up the forest road
 |
| After the forest road drive, you will reach a T-junction. TM building is on the left, the hiking entrance is on the right |
 |
| A TM building |
 |
| The hiking entrance |
The road condition up to the hike entrance is bad but does not require a 4 wheels drive up. During this time of writing, a normal Myvi manage to reach the top, and a Perodua Bezza with 4 people in the car also did make it to the top. Just make sure your car brake is in good condition and your car isn't too low to the ground. After the 11km drive, you will reach a T-junction where on your left is a TM building and on the right is the hiking entrance. Cars were park on the side of the road before the T-junction.
The hiking profile:
 |
| A hike to the crash site (Apps: Mapmyhike) |
The hiking start with a steep drop down to the valley and straight to the crash site. It around 2 hours+ of hiking and the trail are marked with a distance marker supposedly every 50m. You will reach Gunung Telapak Buruk after the marker read 2500m. Though this is not the end yet but here if you look to the left, you can start seeing crash debris. The main crash site is on the right where is another 200m downhill to the wing debris and another 100m through the small river after to the tail of the plane.
 |
| The last marker before Gunung Telapak Buruk though the trail is not really 2.5km far |
 |
| Gunung Telapak Buruk (Looking left too see a plane debris, going straight bring you another 2 hours up to Gunung Berembun, and going down right will bring you to the crash site) |
 |
| Some of the crash debris (There is a lot more but definitely not showing everything here!!) |
The hike is fairly easy for an average hiker but hiker need to take note that they will have to climb back up while going back to their car. The crash site is already 70+ years old so do not sit nor stand on the debris. Also note that this area is the burial area for all the crew who were on board of the plane so respect the area and DO NOT take any souvenirs home nor leave any rubbish in the area!! Overall it a very different hiking experience as you don't usually see these in nature where it is still well preserve by nature itself!
Side note: If you do not want to go through the forest road, you can still reach Gunung Telapak Buruk from Pantai side by you would have to climb to Gunung Berembun peak and another 2 hours hike toward Gunung Telapak Buruk (I have not taken this route hence I do not know how long nor how far this route is)
Last Edited:
9 February 2017
