Trans-Titiwangsa V2, not a name you will hear often and not many will organize a hiking trip for this. As this trail is known to be one of the toughest hiking trails in Malaysia, it is expected that hikers has to be extremely fit to attempt this!
This hiking trail covers 4 of the tallest Peninsular Malaysia mountain. Gunung Korbu (G2), Gunung Gayong (G4), Gunung Yong Belar (G3) & Gunung Yong Yap (G6). Typically, most hiker will start their hike from Yong Belar side as it will make the hike easier. Since Yong Belar elevation is much higher compare to Yong Yap trailhead, there would be much less elevation gain from Yong Belar.
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| https://www.strava.com/activities/2381887921/overview GPX File: https://www.dropbox.com/s/d248ec427o4deoe/Trans_Titiwangsa_V2.gpx?dl=0 |
The hike start at Camp Cabin/Kebun and the hike of Yong Belar is covered in this blog:
The hike for Trans-Titiwangsa V1 is covered in this blog:
And similarly to Trans-Titiwangsa V1, you will use the same route all the way until Gunung Korbu. The only difference this time after reaching Gunung Korbu, you have to come back to Gunung Junction to start your Trans-Titiwangsa V2 journey. The trail here is as raw as Trans-Titiwangsa V1 but it is quite open though can be quite badly overgrown at some part of the trail, please take note as there is a quite a number of minis junction which doesn't go the right way.
The hike from Korbu to Gayong is covered in this blog (do notes, for V2 you will only hike to Korbu peak and u-turn back to Gayong):
During this trip, do notes you have to bring a LOTS of WATER from Camp H2O as there won't be any water source from Camp H2O to Gunung Korbu and back to Gunung Junction and then continue all the way to Camp Lembah Agas to have your next water refill.
- Refill 2.5L of water at Camp H2O
- Limit myself to drink only 500ml during the Gunung Junction hellish climb.
- Leave 500ml at Gunung Junction and bring 1.5L to KorGa
Side note: I brought watery fruit along this journey too like apples
(In some case, there is an exception, there a water tank in Korbu peak but it water is stagnant but there are rats there. And the water tank maybe dried up if you go during dry season. Use that water with caution! I did bring my life straw here and use it to drink the water here.)
Once you come back to Gunung Junction (30.1km), repack your bag and start heading toward Gunung Tok Nenek and prepared for more series of up and down!
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| Gunung Junction (head down to Anak Junction after KorGa) |
We reached Anak Junction (30.6km) and sleep here for an hour. Initially thought Anak Junction would be warmer as has a lower altitude compare to Gunung Junction itself, we were very wrong, it like a wind tunnel here and it was not a pleasant night to sleep. So take note others, it may actually be better to sleep at Junction Peak or if you can tahan, continue on for 2:30 hours and you will reach a very small empty land but wide enough for 4ppl that is much warmer to sleep at. (it took us 3 hours minus the sleep time to reach Lembah Agas from Gunung Junction).
There will be one more much bigger empty land which looks like a campsite and has a river which requires you to walk down around 3-4 minutes to it. This is not Camp Lembah Agas which is roughly less than 30 minutes away.
After all of that, we reached Camp Lembah Agas (34.6km) and had our breakfast here for around 40minutes. Refill our water and prepare ours hike up to Puncak View.
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| Anak Junction, worst place to sleep. |
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| A campsite without any name (not Lembah Agas) Turn left and walk down to a river, cross the river and start climbing toward Lembah Agas |
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| Lembah Agas (Breakfast here & water point after a long period of time) |
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| Camp Lembah Agas |
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| Puncak Bonsai Tengah |
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| Puncak Bonsai Tengah |
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| Puncak Bonsai Tengah |
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| Puncak Bonsai Tengah |
After enjoying the view here, there is one more viewpoint along this trail. It may look near on the maps but it actually quite a distance and it took us one hour to reach it, otherwise known as Puncak View (38.5km).
(Side note: If you take a look in the attached GPX file or our route, we actually took a wrong turn down the hill at 36.6km. It was a good 150m downhill which is huge. The problem was not because the path is not clear but the path that took us to the wrong route was "clearer". And yes, the whole group mistook a turn here, so please be careful at 36.6km.)
(Side note: If you take a look in the attached GPX file or our route, we actually took a wrong turn down the hill at 36.6km. It was a good 150m downhill which is huge. The problem was not because the path is not clear but the path that took us to the wrong route was "clearer". And yes, the whole group mistook a turn here, so please be careful at 36.6km.)
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| Puncak View |
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| Puncak View |
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| Puncak View |
After that it a short downhill to Camp D.G.U. aka Don't Give Up. You can choose to refill your water here or on the next water point which is roughly 2-4 hours away after Puncak Belumut.
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| Camp DGU |
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| Camp DGU |
This is one of the tougher section of the V2, climbing Puncak Belumut. There is many mini false peaks and to make thing worst, there is literally no view on top here...
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| Puncak Belumut |
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| Puncak Belumut |
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| At Puncak Belumut, after walking around 5minutes or less, there is a junction. The junction going straight might be more obvious than the one going to the left. DON'T GO STRAIGHT! |
After that, it another roughly 40m-1hours downhill to Camp Kacang. During this time, please keep an eye out of this campsite as it is not obvious and it not in the line of sight when you are descending. DO NOT MISS THIS CAMPSITE!
Once you reach here, do refill as much water here as the next water source will be after Gunung Yong Yap and yes, I know there is another water source at Camp Lopak which is in between Bubu and Tok Nenek, but same as Camp Cerek, the water source is very far.
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| Camp Kacang |
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| Camp Kacang |
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| Camp Kacang |
After refilling and all, time to descend a bit more and climb all the way back up to Puncak Kambing. Roughly after an hour or two, you will reach the Puncak Kambing which is part of the trail of YYBTN! Turn right first to go Gunung Tok Nenek, take a few pictures and then U-turn back and complete your Trans-Titiwangsa V2 by passing Bubu and then Gunung Yong Yap!
The hike for YYBTN is covered in this blog:
https://keeminginsj.blogspot.com/2018/08/gunung-yong-yap-gunung-bubu-gunung-tok.html
Time log for this hike:
18th May,
9:45 Start
12:30 Camp Kasut
13:10 Yong Belar
13:55 Camp Kuali
16:30 Camp H2O (dinner 30m)
19:05 Gunung Junction
21:30 Simpang Proton
23:10 Gunung Korbu
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19th May
01:27 Gunung Gayong
02:00 Camp Cerek (Nap 15m)
04:00 Gunung Junction
04:30 Anak Junction (Sleep 1 hour)
08:05 Camp Lembah Agas (breakfast 40m)
09:35 Puncak Bonsai Tengah
10:54 Puncak View
11:20 Camp DGU
13:05 Puncak Belumut
13:45 Camp Kacang (Lunch 30m)
15:30 Tok Nenek
18:00 Gunung Bubu (15m rest)
21:30 Gunung Yong Yap (30m rest)
23:50 Camp Balak Pecah (sleep 1 hour)
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20th May
03:50 Camp Agas (Nap 15m)
07:05 Simpang YY/TN
09:25 End of hike
9:45 Start
12:30 Camp Kasut
13:10 Yong Belar
13:55 Camp Kuali
16:30 Camp H2O (dinner 30m)
19:05 Gunung Junction
21:30 Simpang Proton
23:10 Gunung Korbu
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19th May
01:27 Gunung Gayong
02:00 Camp Cerek (Nap 15m)
04:00 Gunung Junction
04:30 Anak Junction (Sleep 1 hour)
08:05 Camp Lembah Agas (breakfast 40m)
09:35 Puncak Bonsai Tengah
10:54 Puncak View
11:20 Camp DGU
13:05 Puncak Belumut
13:45 Camp Kacang (Lunch 30m)
15:30 Tok Nenek
18:00 Gunung Bubu (15m rest)
21:30 Gunung Yong Yap (30m rest)
23:50 Camp Balak Pecah (sleep 1 hour)
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20th May
03:50 Camp Agas (Nap 15m)
07:05 Simpang YY/TN
09:25 End of hike
(47hours 40mins) [Our team front group managed to complete it in under 38 hours]
Food prepared for this hike:
-2.5L capacity of liquid
-7 Snicker Bars
-2 Apples (for the KorGa round trip as there is lack of water sources)
-9 Hutan Rations Bars
-Salt sticks
-1 Kembara Pack
-1 Can Baked Bean
-1 Energy Gel
-6 Extrajouss
If you do plan to do this hike "daypack" style, be very prepared both mentally and physically! If you feel there a need to abort mission cause of maybe bad weathers or team member don't feel comfortable anymore either at Korbu or Yong Belar or even at Tok Nenek, don't hesitate to do so. the trail can be very unforgiving and one small snowflake can cause a huge disaster in there.
We took 2 attempts to only finally complete it (our first attempt we had to abort at Tok Nenek), there are some took a few more, so don't worry if you can't complete it on your first attempt. But if everything goes well, I can guarantee you that satisfaction... I really can't describe in words.
Last edited:
9 June 2019
2 comments:
Hi, I just saw your blog and it's extremely informative. Btw did you hire any guide for this trip?
During that time, no guide but we were quite familiar with the route
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