Bukit Tabur - Tabur East

The East Tabur hike has always been the topic of conversation during my ‘yumcha’ session. I have done several times to the West Tabur (as many does) and thinking of trying out another hiking trail in Bukit Tabur. Prior to hiking, we were aware of the difficulties posed in this trail. It is going to be steep and at some point, you are going to use both hand to support yourself above the rock. Thanks to the web bloggers for their hard work in sharing the information.

The entrance to Tabur east.

The hiking started at 7am. It was raining in the night before. We were lucky enough to have a good bright day on Saturday morning. Along the trek, we greeted many people who shared the same passion, some in a big group of 10 and there is one foreigner coming with his local guide (I guess). In total there were three check points before the summit. We actually realized that we have missed the first two signboards before spotting the last, ‘ending of tabur east’.

City jungle.

At the end of the trail.

Finally got you in my eyes!

Crystal @ Crystal Hill (Known as Tabur Hill by locals)

The trail up.

The summit.

Another magnificent point of view!

In overall, the ascending journey took us 2 hours approx, which is shorter than the West trail. The descending part is about 30 minutes only as we are taking another shorter route down. It can be easily spotted while on the way going up to the summit. The trek is not that tough as we thought at the beginning. Besides, the greeneries and breezy wind at 900 feets above is definitely worth the hard work and I bet everyone is going to agree with me that the East Hike offers greater landscape scenery and tranquility than the West.

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