Informasi Gunung

Malaysia kaya dengan flora dan fauna maka kita harus berbangga kerana ia telah wujud sejak 130 juta tahun lamanya. Hutan hujan tropika ini mengandungi khazanah alam yang tidak ternilai harganya. Oleh itu harus kita pelihara untuk generasi  yang datang daripada tercemar. Banyak tempat-tempat hutan di Malaysia yang belum tercemar dengan aktiviti  pemusnahan seperti pembalakan dan projek pembangunan. Gunung-ganang yang terdapat di negara kita ini adalah merentasi beberapa buah banjaran antaranya Banjaran Titiwangsa, Banjaran Tahan, Banjaran Mulu , Banjaran Kinabalu dan sebagainya.

 

Gunung Korbu

Gunung korbu is situated in the state of Perak and is the second highest peak (2183m or 7156ft) in Peninsular Malaysia. Gunung Gayong is 2173 m (Fourth highest in Peninsular Malaysia) and is located just two map squares away from Gunung Korbu. The characteristic of both mountains is exactly the same. Both mountains are located in the Korbu Forest Reserve. There are three ways to climb up the peak. First, from Tanjung Rambutan, Perak. Second, from Ulu Kinta, Perak. And third, from Gunung Yong Belar, Pahang.

Here's the Ulu Kinta trail we took in May 2002.This route is much more difficult compared to the Tanjung Rambutan route because even though shorter, the climb is more vertical, and there are parts where fixed ropes needs to be used, as well as scrambling on all fours.

Day 1 The trek starts from the Ulu Kinta intake, which is also a recreation park. Along the road to the Ulu Kinta intake, there is the commando 69 camp, a convenient place to leave our name and expected date out, just in case something goes wrong. From the intake, we trekked to the orang asli village (1-1.5 hours) for lunch. Then continued to Seroja Camp, which is about 4 hours away. The trek is very demanding as it was raining heavily and we need to cross a few rivers. Started around 9am, we arrived camp at about 4pm, just nice to set camp and prepare dinner.