Bukit Besi - IBP 86

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This is a hike for which a Forestry permit has to be paid. We will accept payments until Wednesday 22/10/2025 - 11:59 pm. If you click 'Attending' but haven't paid the fee, we will have to revert your status to 'Not Attending'.

The last time we hiked Bukit Besi, we didn't know we were on the eve of the Covid-19 pandemic. Many years have passed in the meantime, so let's revisit Bukit Besi Alam Damai, one of the three highest hills in Kuala Lumpur.

It is located in the Sungai Besi/Alam Damai area. Although only the northern part of the hill is accessible - the southern part is Forest Reserve - it still offers quite some serious up- and downhill hiking opportunities.

A panoramic view is guaranteed, even if the weather conditions are not really favourable.

If it has rained, we will have to deal with slippery surfaces, especially at the downhill sections. We do follow some stretches of the main trails, but also venture sideways onto less trodden narrower trails.

This hike will be around seven kilometres in total. Those who are not up to the full distance can easily cut the hike short and look for a shortcut on the map while navigating.

We make an anticlockwise loop, but there is always a possibility to take a shortcut. Bukit Besi is a small area, so you are seldom very far from the trailhead.

IMPORTANT: Make sure you have a gps navigation app (like ~in alphabetical order~ AllTrails (paid version), Gaia, Hiiker, Komoot, Maps.me, OSMAnd, Wikiloc,...) installed on your phone and make sure that it is working properly. If you don't have an app installed yet, we suggest to use Hiiker to start with. Once you have downloaded the offline map of Malaysia, you can easily import and navigate any gpx file. More info can be found in the Knowledge Base sub Event Information (general) - How to prepare myself for navigation...?

Do not come to the venue if you have not pre-installed a gps navigation app at home, or have not downloaded the map of Malaysia at home, or have not opened the test gpx file at home. Every week, we notice that too many hikers arrive just before the event starts and are absolutely not prepared which is jeopardising the scheduled timing of the event. Especially iPhone users are urged to make sure that they can open the test gpx file at home and are able to navigate.

This is a self-guided hike. You will receive a gpx file at the trailhead and you will have to navigate yourself. There will be no paper markers. For those who are not familiar with gps navigation, you will be guided but still have to use your own navigation app on your phone.

By 01:00 pm the last hikers should have reached the car park again.

Do note that the indicated meet-up time is not the time you should arrive at the meet-up location. It is the time that the hike effectively starts. The QR code for the gpx file can be scanned at the trailhead from 08:15 am onwards. You can start your hike at any time between 08:15 am and 09:00 am.

All details can be found in the Knowledge Base.

Also the explanation of the rating can be found in the Knowledge Base sub Event Information (general) - How to understand the rating system...?