Gunung Irau - Mossy Forest

Gunung Irau, the 9^th highest mountain in Peninsula Malaysia. It is situated in Brinchang town of Cameron Highlands. We have planned the Irau hike for almost half a year since everyone is busy with work after out of college.

The hiking was planned on date 15^th June 2013. A group of 6 departed from Kuala Lumpur at 1am and reached the Brinchang town at 6am. After some light breakfast in a Malay restaurant, we headed to the entrance of Gunung Irau. The driving experience in Cameroon Highlands was different and way challenging than I had in previous hike indeed.

Welcome !!!

We started the hike at 7am. Everyone was soon fall in love with the place. Nothing beats the strong breeze and cool air in a morning. The trail was fairly easy at first, everyone was so excited of snapping photos around. 

We entered the mossy forest at last. Everything in the forest is wet, muddy, and slippery. All of us had to be extra cautious checking on muddy traps and slippery grass roots. Besides, due to low oxygen in air (high elevation of 6000 ft), we took more rest during the hike.

Mossy forest !

Dare to fall!!

The ascending to the peak took us about 4 hours. Credit to my friends whom have not been working out for a long period yet managed to keep up with us. We have brought a small cooking set for maggie and milo preparation. The food is the best medicine after 4 hours grueling in the forest. After 30 minutes rest, we decided to leave early as we noticed a hiking group of more than 40 peoples were reaching the peak group by group.

Stay Strong!

Cooking time.

Finally it’s glad to see everyone survived the Gunung Irau hike and none of us get wounded or injured. The overall hike was approximately 8 hours. For me, the mossy forest is a perfect painted green, misty yet mysterious forest blessed with amazing kinds of flora. What’s more, It’s in my homeland Malaysia! 

Before the hike!

 After!!! (not so bad after all)

 Not to be missed!

 Awesome view from above! ^^

Group photo at the entrance point :)

How to reach there? Follow direction of Sungai Palas Boh Tea Plantation, before you reach the tea plantation, you would notice a "Gunung Irau" signboard on your left, just follow the signboard and you would be there. Due to the poor condition of the road, be extra careful when driving there.