Located at Kahang, Gunung Berlumut is a must for trekkers who feel they are ready for a more challenging climb. From Kluang town, the driving time to Gunung Berlumut is about twenty minutes. After Kluang town and following Jln Mersing, watch out for a right turn to Kahang. From here there will be plenty of signboards directing you to the Hutan Lipur Gunung Berlumut Forestry office. And yes, you need to register with the Forestry office before you start your ascend.
Height and Trail.
With a summit height of 1010 meters and a walking trail of roughly 5 km, Gunung Berlumut presents a challenging trail for most trekkers. However it is also a perfect mountain for a perfect climb. The whole ascend can be divided into three parts - the easy, the ok and the tough. Starting from the forestry office gate, the first one third of the trail is quite an easy climb. The trail starts off with relatively easy walking trail preparing you for the second "ok" trail. In fact, the first part of the trail is a good warm up exercise preparing you for the balance of the ascend.
The second part of the trail is essentially an ok climb trail. The trail maybe a bit steeper but most trekkers should have no problem surmounting it. The fun start at the beginning of the "tough" trail. Here you determination will be fully tested. At this trail you will encounter two very steep treks that require the use of your upper body strength to pull yourself up. This last part of the trail maybe exhausting but take comfort in that it is the last part of your ascend.
The False Peak and the Peak.
Once you pass the last camping site you will soon arrive at a flat clearing that look like the peak of any mountain. But this is actually the false peak of Gunung Berlumut. To reach the actual peak you need to follow a narrow trail toward your left. A final ten to fifteen minutes walk along this gentle trail will complete your full ascend of Gunung Berlumut. If you are a regular and a very fit trekker, the ascend should take slightly over two hours. Similarly, your descend should take you not more than two hours. For me, my recent third trip up took me about three hours and fifty minutes for both the ascend and descend.
Ration.
An exhausting trek that should require at least one to one and half litre of water, a light snack and perhaps a change of t shirt for your descend. And yes at the base of the gunung there are stalls selling drinks and local food.
Person to contact:
Jabatan Hutan Lipur Gunung Berlumut
Mohd Razifshah Bin Ramlan (Bob)
Tel: 019-7620873.
