Bukit Wawasan Puchong - Rating IBP 30-41

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Because of the crowded trail and car park issues during the weekends, it is literally ages ago since we last hiked Bukit Wawasan in Puchong.

With the Chinese New Year celebrations not at their end stage yet and Puasa has already started, there might be a chance that there will be less hikers in Puchong. Let's keep fingers crossed...

Although located in a permanent forest reserve, no permit to enter the forest is required as long as one stays on what is called the Wawasan Hills Permitted Loop.

One loop will be good for less than four kilometres, but we recommend to hike one loop anti-clockwise, followed by a clockwise loop. This will give you about 6.5 kilometres of hiking pleasure and a good workout.

There will be no option to take a shortcut as you will have to stay on the permitted loop.

IMPORTANT: Make sure you have a gps navigation app (like ~in alphabetical order~ AllTrails (paid version), Gaia, Hiiker, Komoot, [Maps.me](http://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 12:00 pm all 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 08:30 am onwards. You can start your hike at any time between 08:30 am and 09:00 am.

More 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.