Bukit Tabur : Where Is The Starting Point

At the end of Klang Gate Road ( Melawati ) is the gate of Klang Gate Dam,



Trekkers will start their journey by going behind the wall infront of the gate.


Trekkers will be climbing on top of the narrow ranges of Bukit Tabur West.

It’s always good reminder, no matter how much experience or one runs marathons and put in many impressive trail miles, for every trek, the below is important

Prepareness before trekking is important,

Be careful in every step you take is important,

Safety is important,

Going in group or in buddy system is important,

etc...

etc...

Even though one may have gone the same trek many times, each trekking journey has risk of its own, thus this will come back to

It's important to wear the right kind of shoes,

It's important to wear the right trekking attire.

It is important to wear your good attitude and be careful at all times while enjoying the trekking

DISCLAIMER

The information provided herein is purely from the experiences we gathered in trekking Bukit Tabur, we do not claim them as the only way, We WILL NOT BE and CANNOT BE held responsible for any mishaps and/or accidents whatsoever arising from your trekking here.

Bukit Tabur : West

This is a snapshot of Bukit Tabur West, I was standing at the end of a climbable peak in Bukit Tabur East. From this angle, the entire mountain ranges appeared before our very eyes.


On the right side is the Klang Gate Lake and Klang Gate dam. On the left is Melawati township.


The above picture was taken in January 18, 2006. There are some hills development going on at the foothill of Bukit Tabur.


Picture taken on april 4, 2009

This is a snapshot of Bukit Tabur West taken from the platform of LRT at Wangsa Maju station Of Putra Line.



Click on the picture for clearer view.

from this angle, you can see some section on the faces of the cliff of the Bukit Tabur West.

Many incidents have happened in the past two and a half years that draw much attention to this belt of hills to Bukit Tabur.

How picturesque is Bukit Tabur, in pictures and how it has become known due to publicity by words of mouth, public reportings in newspaper and TV, as well as blogs and forums.

In 2007, there was some full pages reporting in some local dailies, on this crystal hills, called Bukit Tabur, much was written on its beauty but negligeble on the danger of it.

Crowds of trekkers come here to enjoy themselves, regulars and non regulars, and the traffic we can say is increasing in the past two and half years.

In the last 6 months this article is written, at least 3 serious falls off the cliff had happened.

Octber, 2008 : a college girl

December 2008 : a lady

January 2009 : a college boy

January 2009 : a malay lady news reporter, injured herself and has to be carried down by rescue team.

It is indeed challenging job doing rescue operation and evacuation work when accident happened.

The birth of this ALL ABOUT BUKIT TABUR comes after we felt there is a need to do so after the death of two specialist surgeon in Bukit Tabur.

We hope the death of DR. Haliza Mohd Shafiee, 53, and Dr Amin Tai Abdullah alias Tai Yen Ming, 57, who has contributed much to the society, wmet with the tragic accident in Bukit Tabur, started our effort this place a safe haven for trekkers is not in vain.......