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8 Great Malaysian day-hikes

The sun is shining, the wind is blowing…. So what are you doing indoors? Get outdoors and get on top of the world. Here are 8 great Malaysian mountain hikes from easy to tough that you can complete in a day.

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Gunung Irau hike

They say if at first you don’t succeed, try and try again. Hafiza, Vasantha and I had completed our hike up Gunung Irau by way of Trans Pass and Yellow Pass but as far as deeming it a success … we exited in the dark, tired, cold and disappointed in ourselves. It was 2012 and we were noobs that had  bitten off more than we could chew. Next time we’d be ready. Next time came 2 years later….

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Lata Naning hike

I had done Lata Naning before. The mid way point on a 32km round trip to the peak of Gunung Rajah in Bentong. Lata Naning was our rest stop rather than our destination and if we were to make the mountain’s peak by the turnaround time and exit the forest before dusk, we couldn’t linger. So we begrudgingly left Lata Naning’s stunning scenery behind.

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