Mountain Irau is locally known as Gunung Irau, which is located in Cameron Highland. At 2110m and 6923 feet, it is the 15th highest mountain in Malaysia and 9th highest mountain in Penisular Malaysia. At the peak of Irau, there is a border stone marker which indicate 2 states - Pahang and Perak.
To go there you have to travel to Cameron Highlands and proceed to Brinchang by road. Along the way you will pass by Tea-boh farm and strawberry farm. After that you will reach the entrance of gunung Irau.
From the entrance, you will need to hike about 4-5 hours to reach Irau peak. The road is framed for being the highest road in Peninsular Malaysia. Mossy forest and fairyland, cold wind and misty clouds, are some of the wonders at gunung Irau. You was like hiking in a fairytale forest. Therefore It make Irau mountain so special and unique compare to others mountain. You will definitely love it. Pictures talkzzzz
From the entrance,there is a bridge connection about 100m. Trek very simple in the beginning but after this bridge, the trek will become harder and muddy
We are FS!! FS=fast speed??front support??foto shooting??Actually our task is to arrive at the peak before other participants so that we can setup our tents,fly sheet on the peak campsite before raining. But then we end up taking lots of pictures on the way to the peak. However we still manage to reach peak before others can do. Good job!!!!
Fog is everywhere in the mountain. Fresh and cold air. I like this weather very much, no sweating
Sign board show that we still have 1.55km more to reach the peak. We have already trek along the mountain for about 800m
I like this mountain very much. Nice scenery along the trekking and you will not feel bored
Heard that there is a local movie filming that take place in this mountain before.
Almost all the trees here are fully covered by moss. It is like as wet as sponges, so comfortable to touch it. I use it to clean my dirty hand
Very steep huh? Yes..some of the trek is very steep that you need to use not only your leg muscle, but your hand muscle also, to pull yourself up
Fallen tree and exposed roots is very common here and it normally block the path, making the track more challenging
Can you see this? Awesome
I sure many know what is black nepenthese. But how many actually saw white nepenthese?
My backpack, which I taken during our rest at checkpoint after 2 hour hike. Rain cover is very important here to cover my backpack so that it will not get dirty easily
Three of us. Me, Z.hao and Raymond
Can you see the marker? Marker that indicate the hiking path.
Golden green mosses
The only picture that contains 5 of us. Thanks to a hiker that volunteer to take our picture. I like this picture the most. Great background
Over-exposure picture
Forest of fairlady land. Do it looks alike with LOTR?
Steep steep steep
We are in the middle of the mountain
Pay attention at Z.Hao face expression. On the way, J.Yang will shout "Wow..仙境""wow...仙境" if he saw any extraordinary view. And we will take turn to take photo in front of the 仙境
Muddy ground is everywhere in this mountain. Some of the ground is so soft like a mattress and will sink when you step on it. I kena few times and I have to pull out my leg from the ground
Leave nothing but footprints
Look at our shoes. Very dirty
I wonder how God can create such a beautiful place. It is a reward for hiking so long
This is the last track to the peak
This post only contains information about mount Irau and our trekking experience. More picture will be upload in second post regarding our activities in the peak. What we do and how we cook in the peak. STay tune.
