Stuif's Adventures
| Bukit Kutu 21-1-2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| When you take the road from Kuala Kubu Baharu to the Gap and Fraser's Hill, you will first pass the new Selangor Dam reservoir. Just after the reservoir a small road leads to Kg Pertak. At the end of the road a trail starts to Bukit Kutu. Climbing this 1053 m high 'hill' had been my wish for quite some time, because of the romantic fact that on the top of the hill there are remains of a bungalow, built by the British in the first decade of the 20th century. My chance came when my friend Chong from PD invited me to join a group of his friends, who were planning to climb Bukit Kutu. With my Dutch friend Paul, I left KL early and after breakfast in Rasa we parked our car at the end of the tar road in Kg Pertak. Following the road, we soon met Chong and his wife, who had been camping there overnight. They told us that there had been heavy rain. Soon the other members of the group arrived and we could start our trek. First we had to negotiate two river crossings. The first one was a bit problematic because the water level was high and the current strong, due to the rain. But a few campers, bathing in the river, offered us a helping hand. The trail was clear, we met several groups who had been camping at the top. Still it was useful that we had a few people in our group who had been here before, because there are several forks in the trail. Halfway up there is a beautiful gigantic overhanging rock, where you could even camp. At several places there was thick bamboo forest, forcing you to crawl underneath. It took us, senior citizens, almost four hours to reach the summit. The remains of the bungalow consisted of a chimney and a well (with drinkable water!). There must have been another access road in those days, because our trail was sometimes very steep. Going down was not easy, never before I have seen such muddy slopes. Often the only way to go down was just using your bum...:-) We were back at the car at ~ 5:15 pm, without any rain! A refreshing bath in the river formed the end of a very pleasant outing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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