Bukit Sungai Samak - Bukit Hulu Munchung - IBP 32-42

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Bukit Hulu Munchung is one of the few hills near KL which we haven't hiked in the past.

The old trail, leading to its summit is dangerously eroded, so we will avoid that section and take the detour via Bukit Sungai Samak. This gives hikers who are not up to reaching Bukit Hulu Munchung to call it a day and return to the trailhead.

The run-in is quite easy, still pleasant, and the real work starts after going through the tunnel of the Latar Highway.

Quite some stretches do not have any tree canopy coverage. Protect yourself properly against the elements.

We will hike the same way in and out, for around five kilometres in total for the Sungai Samak hike and an extra kilometre for the Hulu Munchung hike.

If it has rained it might be muddy at some places.

There are no options to take shortcuts.

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 OSMAnd 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. Before or latest by 09:00 am the last participant should have started the hike.

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...?

It is compulsory that you respect the SOPs in place.