Gunung Bubu 1,657m 2010

Camping at the summit of a mountain is always nice...

 

Date: 26 Feb 2010 - 28 feb 2010 [3D/2N]
Location: Gunung Bubu, Ulu Kenas, Kuala Kangsar, Perak
Altitude: 1,657m ASL
Difficulty: 6.2/10
Trail length: 10.2km + 1.8km
Camera: Canon G10
Filter: none
Post editing: PS CS3
Organizer: Dan
Members: Uncle Yong, Ken Tat, Lucy, Dan, CS Law, Steven Heng & KL Tan
My reason to go there: To bring friends there and I would like to go back to Bubu, it is a nice place to hike because the hike is moderate, not hard and not too easy. I didn't camp at the summit the last time, so this trip we camped at the summit, it was great. I hope to go back there again and again...

Time for a little afternoon siesta

The Journey log [copied from KL Tan’s album]
Date : 26.02.2010
0715 Dim Sum breakfast at Permatang Tinggi
0840 Meet Lucy group at Bukit Merah
0930 Meet Ken Tat at Kuala Kangsar Guest House
1000 Hutan Lipur Ulu Kenas - Starting Point
1030 Start
1230 Lunch break after river crossing
1520 Camp Garding - 1st night campsite
1730 Prepare dinner
1900 Dinner
2100 Tong Sui time.
2230 zzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZ

Date : 27.02.2010
0800 Breakfast & packing
1015 Leaving Camp Garding
1220 Last Water Point, Lunch Break
1400 Summit Campsite
1530 Coffee time
1730 Prepare Dinner
1800 Dinner
2000 Tong Sui Time
2100 Do nothing.......
2230 zzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Date : 28.02.2010
0700 Sunrise
0830 Breakfast & Packing
1000 Group Photos & Descend
1200 Camp Garding short break
1300 Lunch Break after River Crossing
1630 End
1730 Leaving Hutan Lipur Ulu Kenas... Foods hunting....
1830 Sauk Fresh Water Fish.... "Lau Kai Air-cond Restaurant".. yummmy
2000 Send Ken Tat back to Kuala Kangsar Guest House
2130 Home sweet home

 

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Gunung Bubu 1,657m 2008

Date: 25 Oct 08 - 27 Oct 08 [3D/2N]
Location: Gunung Bubu, Ulu Kenas, Kuala Kangsar, Perak
Altitude: 1,657m ASL
Difficulty: 6.2/10 (http://danlow.multiply.com/journal/item/50)
Trail length: 10.2km + 1.8km
Camera: Canon EOS 350D
Lens: Tokina AT-X 124 AF Pro DX 12-24mm f/4
Filter: none
Post editing: PS CS3
Organizer: http://loitc.multiply.com
Members: Uncle Yong, Dan, KL Tan, Doraemon Ang and 10 hikers from KL('YOU-HIN LIAU'; 'Eng Wah Lok'; 'Chee Weng Yeoh'; 'Kaw Pua'; 'Teck Chai Lai'; 'keng heng tan'; 'Chu-huan Jong'; 'Victor Chan'; 'Lawrence CY Lo')
Drivers KL
Guide: http://kimcheejong.multiply.com + my GPS
My reason to go there: There are only a few mountains at the west side of PLUS highway, Bujang Melaka, Jerai and Bubu …. I have hiked the other 2, so I thought that it would be great to do the remaining..

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Albums from other cameras:
http://powerofnature.multiply.com/photos/album/136
http://powerofnature.multiply.com/photos/album/137
http://powerofnature.multiply.com/photos/album/138
http://kimcheejong.multiply.com/photos/album/50
http://kimcheejong.multiply.com/photos/album/51
http://loitc.multiply.com/photos/album/65
http://picasaweb.google.com/liauyouhin/GBubuKualaKangsar2426OCT08?authkey=p-61X-e6seA#

Journey 
Day 1: 9:00am - 3:00pm from starting point/100m(Kem Bina Negara Ulu Kenas) to Camp Garding/945m (Long break for lunch by the river/400m)
Day 2: 8:00am - 10:00am from Camp Garding/945m to Summit/1657m (Explore other peaks at summit)
Day 2: 11:40am - 2:10pm from Summit/1657m to Camp Garding/945m (Long break at last water point/1390m)
Day 3: 9:50am - 3:20pm from Camp Garding/945m to Kem Bina Negara Ulu Kenas/100m (Long break for lunch at river crossing/450m)

Rewards of this trip 
- nice quiet campsite(Camp Garding)
- Lots of streams along the trail, very clean water
- There are streams on both sides of Camp Garding
- Relaxing hike, moderately easy hike
- Not too cold, very nice temperature during the day and night
- Clear blue sky for all 3 days, no rain

Challenges of this trip 
- There were a lot of leeches, especially on day 1
- I stumbled upon some sort of wasp colony and got bitten all over, ouch
- Venomous ants bites
- Very few sandflies 

Cost 
- Guide Fees: NIL
- 4WD: NIL
- Permit fees: RM10.00 (for 1-40pax)
- Camp site fees: NIL
- Food: approx. RM19.00 
- Transport: RM40:00 Passengers AA share petrol + tol cost - Drivers don't pay

Summary
- 3 days / 2 nights
- Camped 2 nights at Camp Garding, which is about 2 hours from the summit
- 4 people from Penang, 10 from KL 
- No guide, 4-5 people have GPS with them, however http://kimcheejong.multiply.com led the trail
- Started & ended at Kem Bina Negara Ulu Kenas
- There were leeches all the way from the carp park until Camp Garding
- Lots of bees and butterflies 
- Didn't see any Raflesia, but we saw a Raja Brookes during river break, evident of Raflesia colonies.
- Lots of hornbill encounters; there were several different calls, but I could tell exactly which species they where. (poor visual due to the thick forest canopy)
- Temperature at campsite (24°c before bed time, possibly <21°c after 3:00am)
- There are streams on both sides of Camp Garding
- Camp Garding was devastated by some sort of tropical avalanche quite recently(I think <6 months ago), what used to be a flat campsite that could accommodate 50 campers is now reduced to several small areas that accommodates perhaps 20. What used to be a stream at the right side of Garding has been transformed into a wide opening littered with boulders and other forest rubbles. However the stream on the left is still small and nice.
- Camp sites on the summit seem really good, especially on the west peak. I think it could easily accommodate 20-30.
- The LWP(Last water point) before the summit is about 1 hour from the summit