Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Kepong
563m | 11.8 km | 6.1 hours

UPDATED: This is our sixth attempt to reach the peak of Bukit Lagong, and we finally made it!.  The trail was there alright and the peak was exactly where I had estimated it to be.  The trail though was badly overgrown and the journey, especially the last two kilometres was arduous as we had to hack along the way while scouting around for the trail.  We have cleared as much of the path as we could to make it easy and obvious for hikers, and we have laid direction signs at tricky junctions to spur people on.

​Malaysia, Perak, Mengelembu
813m | 11.1 km | 4 hours

Bukit Keledang is the highest peak in the southern part of the Keledang Mountain range.  It's situated between the Kinta and Perak river valleys and frames Ipoh on the western side.  Given it's location between two river valleys, and open flat land on the southern side, I expected it to offer unobstructed views of the mountains in the Main range as well as the mountains on the Bintang/Bubu range.  And Keledang didn't disappoint.

At the peak, there is a plethora of telecom and TV broadcast towers with the highest point being occupied by an RTM antenna.  In addition to  many recreational paths at the foot of the mountain, there are 3 routes that lead to the peak.  The first is a paved access road for the various telecom towers.  This is the longest, but as you can imagine, the least steep route.  It starts from Jalan Keledang and twists its way all the way to the top.  It has the best views.

Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Cheras
419m | 12.6 km | 5:30 hours

It's real name is probably Bukit Sungai Putih, after the stream that makes the Sungai Putih waterfall.  But it certainly has no shortage of popular names though:  Saga Hill, Bukit Ahpek, Cheras Hill.  Apparently it's called Ahpek hill because of the large number of elderly climbers who crowd the hills during the early mornings (Ahpek means Uncle in Chinese).   The name Bukit Saga probably originates from the neighbouring Taman Saga housing estate where one of the trails start from.   Interestingly, the peak near the Taman Saga entrance is often called Bukit Saga, but the peak further south is usually called Bukit Ahpek.  But as I said earlier, I think these are just popular names.  The real name before the housing estates were opened and before the uncles popularised the trails was likely Bukit Sungai Putih.  Indeed, the forest reserve that covers the hill is still called Hutan Bukit Sungai Putih.

Malaysia, Negeri Sembilan Labu
613m | 6 km | 3:12 hours

If you have ever travelled between Kuala Lumpur and Seremban than you would not have missed Bukit Galla. Bukit Galla is the prominent hill on the left side of the Seremban highway just as one approaches Seremban from Kuala Lumpur.  It's located right behind the Seremban rest area.   The hill can also be seen from the LEKAS highway or the old north-south trunk road, but on the right side if one is southbound.

It is supposedly 613m in height, and provided there is a clearing at the top, should offer good views of Sepang airport to the west, Kuala Lumpur to the north and Bukit Broga to the northeast.  We weren't sure though if there were any marked tracks leading to the peak, but we took a chance and made the attempt.

Malaysia, Negeri Sembilan, Mantin
523m | 4.1 km | 1:23 hours

Seremban is separated from Selangor by the Galla, Penda and Gangis hills.  If one is travelling from Kajang on the old trunk road (Route 1) to Seremban, Bukit Galla will be the first to appear on the right hand side, just before Mantin.  After Mantin, Bukit Penda will the peak on the right hand side while Bukit Gangis will be on the left hand side.

This was an attempt to climb Bukit Penda.  We weren't sure if there were ready tracks to the peak although satellite maps seem to indicate that the hill is littered with trails.  Given the location of the peak, if there was a track to the peak AND if there is break in the tree cover AND if the weather was good then the peak should afford great views of the vicinity of Seremban, including the mountains to the south (Gunung Angsi) and west of Seremban (Gunung Berembun).  Lots of ifs...