Day hike at Gunung Bunga Buah

Friday, June 20, 2014 Day Trip , Hiking , Nature , Outdoor & Adventures 0 Comments

Trail difficulty rating: Easy-Medium
Time In: Approx 4 half hours
Time Out: Approx 3 hours (to the trail entrance) Another 1 and a half hours to carpark
Recommendation: You'll need to have at least some stamina/ hiking experience, else you'll be crazy tired. If you are a fit bunny, this trail will be easy for you ;) Bring Mosi-guard (or your favourite 'leech repellant' ; people told me that pesticide like Baygon works really well and the all famous remedy: salt, of course when you could see the leech) if you are REALLY afraid/ allergic to leeches because you'll bound to find some inside. 

Life's without a doubt one that we must live to the fullest! :) Here we go again for another mini adventure to Gunung Bunga Buah at Genting Highland, Pahang. Maxine invited us over about 3 weeks ago when I was preparing for my exams and I couldn't resist a no to this trip. Plus, Bryan said that the scenery there is going to be scenic and so I said yes although I actually still have one more paper left to go. Plus, its an excuse to let myself loose from all those studying and cramping in my room.


On the 31st of May, we left from KL for Gohtong Jaya at about 6 am in the morning. I woke up at around 6 am, made egg ham and cheese sandwich for lunch later and then waited for both Bryan and Ashley to arrive. We departed from KL as soon as Bryan came and at about 7 ish, we arrived Gohtong Jaya. Thankfully we were not late! :) We were suppose to meet up with Maxine's group at this nasi kandar shop situated opposite hotel Seri Malaysia. It wasn't that hard to find as the hotel was pretty obvious and also, Bryan knew where were we and so, we decided to park our car at the parking lot. We introduced ourselves, have a lil chat and then had breakfast before heading out for our lil adventure!



We started our journey on the road and as we walk, on our left was Mr. Lim Goh Tong's mansion entrance. There was a guard house on our left but there wasn't anyone inside. Ahead of us, there was a barricade that blocked people/cars (I couldn't remember exactly the intention they had the barricade) from entering but it seems like to go up to Bunga Buah, this is the only way. The route in was pretty flat and we kept walking for about 30 minutes before I needed to stop for a short 'grass watering session' (basically I needed a pee) and coincidentally where I stopped, it was also the junction to enter the trail. The 'forked road' wasn't really obvious. It's a small little path that deviate away from the main path. You would easily miss it if you didn't know. If I'm not wrong, the main path actually leads to a water reservoir (Please correct me if I'm wrong! :) ).


All the way in was pretty easy, nothing difficult and there're parts where the lalangs (Wild grass) grew tall above your knee. As we walked, there was a clearing in front of us and we could see the walls of the valley at our right. Then, Bryan said : "Do you want to take a picture?" I was a little baffled and thought to myself "picture? where? here????" and then I realised there's a "lookout point on our left. It was really scenic and beautiful. We could see the lush green mountains and the clear blue sky merging perfectly together to form a pretty scene.We kept walking until we reached a sign that says "G B.B". This is where the "actual real entrance of the trail" is.





I couldn't remember exactly how long did we take but as we reached one of the 'false peak', I said : "Hey, this looks familiar! This looks like Tabur!" And Bryan said : "yah, this is 'fake Tabur'." I giggled gleefully and uttered softly: "fake!"We loitered around for awhile before we continued our journey to the peak.




As we walked, we realised that we were not the only ones in this part of the forest. As we hike up, we saw a group of students coming down. Not only that, we also saw another group of hikers going up the same path that we are going to go up. As we made our way up, one of the lady from our group (I uh.. well forgotten her name... I beg your pardon lady...!) stopped and started talking to one of the student hikers. I decided to wait for her as I realise she is the last person behind. When she finished, our group was not to been seen already. But it's alright! they know I'm behind with this lady. And so, for the next 2 hours or so until we reach the peak, she suddenly became my non-appointed hiking buddy.  *smiles*


After about at least an hour, we finally reached the peak! I asked them how long have they arrived and they replied : "30 minutes ago." I exchanged conversation with our other members before taking out my sandwiched I made earlier in the morning for lunch. Suddenly someone said : "We want to do Gorilla in the Mist!!" I gave a puzzled look, looked behind and laughed. I don't know what that means but well, they were waiting for some mist to form at the back of the trail so they could make gorilla poses.



We hiked down after an hour of rest and this time, we quickened our pace so we could reach back to the starting point in time. Also, before we left, we made sure we kept our own rubbish so that we could dispose them later (Do Mother Nature a favour please? "Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints”)





After an approximate 3 hours, we reached the "actual real entrance of the trail", the one with the "G B.B" signboard. All of us were happy as we're nearing the exit! :) We took about another 1 and a half hours to reach to where we parked. So, our total journey out to the parking lot is about 4 and a half hours. When we arrived, we had tea with Vadeh at a Mamak stall before we had dinner with Bryan.

By the time we finished dinner, all of us were pretty tired. Although it was a day hike, still, we felt kinda burned out. Well, we (Ashley and me) were lucky we didn't had to drive...!

Till the next jungle expedition,


P.s: Hope you've enjoyed today's entry! :) And also, from this post onwards, I'm going to include, at the very beginning of the post some short data/summary of the trail's rating, in my opinion. I hope it would be helpful for others! :)

For more pictures you can have a look at: Scouting in the clouds - Gunung Bunga Buah, Genting Highlands and macro pictures at: Nature,Camera,Action! :)