Setia Alam Trail - tips and guides

The first Tuesday of February 2015, it was the Public Holiday for Thaipusam. I had planned for my first hike at Setia Alam, realising the traffic at KL and parts of area in Selangor going to be terrible with people flocking to Batu Caves for celebration. As early as 730am, we reached the hiking spot after meeting up with Wewen from Klang.

We started at trail point A. The gathering point is a huge piece of empty land with some construction planning on the go. The aim for today is the Peak Garden and we took approx. 1 hour to reach the destination. Although the peak stands at 240m and certainly not as tall as the previous hills taken, it was good with high winds and sceneries worth-the-adventure. Be surprised that you can view the KL Twin Towers from here.

We parked our car next to this water tank.

The starting point.

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View from the peak garden.

Construction going on..

The peak garden! Here looked more like a farm!

In overall, the trail was fairly easy and an enjoyable one. We were able to finish them within two hours. The incomplete part of it when we noticed there were numbers of illegal shelter sitting at the beginning of trail. The canvas-like tents occupied by the foreign workers was not a pretty sight and their presence poses significant danger to the hikers and the neighborhood. Few of the occupants were walking out of the forest, topless and wrapped in ‘sarong’, when we made the way into the entrance.

It was great to know the locals are contributing relentlessly to the Setia Alam Trail, with help of the social site, the introductory video and TNF hiking group. However, the construction contractors and authorities have to work hand in hand to provide a safe environment and a decent trekking experience to the all hikers.

The location map.

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Useful plotted map from Setia Alam Trail.

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