You can gain your hiking experience here in Bukit Kutu. With 1053 meters tall, it will take 3-4 hours to climb up.

The starting point to hike Bukit Kutu is at Kg. Sg. Pertak, Kuala Kubu Bharu (KKB). The town KKB is located about 1-hour drive from KL. We started our journey in the wee hours of Saturday morning. Reaching KKB just before the Sun fully showed itself, we managed to catch a glimpse of the magnificent view of the sunrise that morning, and it looked just like Aurora!

We had our breakfast at the market. The nasi lemak & kuih still have the ‘grandma’s-cooking’ taste. Yummy! Packed some kuih to be our ‘power bank’ – those were the exact words of our sifu Abg. Olan – for the hike that day.

Please note that permit is required before the hike. After settling all the necessary documentation at the police station, off we go to the starting point of Bukit Kutu. Parking area was provided. Public toilet however, was not around; you need to either go knocking on the doors of the orang asli there, or go behind the bushes or trees. Then take a walk about 10 minutes to reach the 1st bridge. Good warm-up.

The cold river looks so inviting.. you can go for a dip after the hike later. Suitable for young children. For the more adventurous ones, may go up to Lata Medang which is on the left at the Y-junction later. It will take about 1 hour hike from this junction.

Along the way, there’re lots of fruit trees, durian, bacang. The forest smelled so wonderful – sweet smelling ripen fruits & morning dew.

There’re 3 river crossings; 1 & 2 crossings are by the bridges. Be careful on the 2nd bridge – it is slippery & slanted a little bit. Step & balance yourself on the wood provided, not on the metal deck. I paid the price of not listening to our sifu; lost my balance & tumbled at the 2nd bridge hahahaa.. The 3rd crossing is either by stepping on the stones or to simply wade thru the cold river. It is recommended to wear hiking sandals, and then change to hiking shoes once u passed this 3rd river crossing.

Trek is going uphill all the way after that. Make sure you take sufficient amount of breakfast before the hike; not too much, not too little. For me, usually I’ll take nasi goreng before this kind of hike, but as I was lazy to search around the market for nasi goreng, I settled for nasi lemak & Teh O.

Trek is clearly marked; however is it always better to be walking in pairs or more. It hasn’t rain for the past 2 weeks; hence the soil is a little bit slippery due to small loose stones. If it rains, then it’ll be a different kind of slippery (which is much worse, I reckon).

Before reaching the top, there’s a small pathway between 2 big rocks that u need to squeeze yourself a little bit.

Going downhill was a little bit easier than climbing, but be careful not to exert too much pressure on the knees.

To summarise, the hike itself was not that difficult actually. But having said that, fitness is a definitely a pre-requisite. If u have been doing regular hikes to a few hills before, then you should be able to enjoy every moment of the hike. And the most important thing is – no leech!!!! Hehehh..

We stopped by the food court in front of Masjid KKB to fill-up our tummies after the hike. Nasi goreng kambing salai + ABC Special totally made the day!!

Direction signage where available if you lose your way at the junctions.
One is leading to campsite while the other is to bukit Kutu peak. You will cross 3 water stream. Likely your shoes will get wet or you can remove to cross the stream and then continue. Steep climb all the way up. Couple of highlight points for good photo sessions.