Day 2 – Gunung Lambak

There were a few possible activities in Kluang such as hiking Gunung Lambak or visiting the organic farms.  A few of us decided to hike Gunung Lambak, a 510m tall mountain just 5km from Kluang town.

After breakfast at Rail hotel, we took a cab to Gunung Lambak.  The base of Gunung Lambak was crowded.  There were chalets, horse riding activities and swimming pools making the place popular for weekend family outings.

Some traditional Chinese Kueh for the hike?

The start of the hike was an easy walk on gentle slopes.

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Introduction

Singapore might not have a lot of hiking options but there are actually a few mountains in the nearby state of Johor, Malaysia.  A few of these gunungs (malay for mountains) are Gunung Ledang (aka Mt Ophir), Gunung Belumut, Gunung Lambak, Gunung Panti and Gunung Pulai.

For this trip, we are heading to Kluang town to hike the 1,010m high Gunung Belumut.  We also decided to stay overnight in Kluang to explore the area a little.

We brought along a GPS receiver and managed to track the route and waypoints shown below.  If you would like a copy of the file in Garmin GDB format, just post a comment and I will send the download link to your email.

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